Correct about what? Getting up every 15 minutes (as opposed to every 20, for example) to do "some" kind of exercise? What kind of exercise - a walk around the block; a quick 20 seconds of jumping jacks? The reason I called what Share communicated from Dr. Mercola as bullshit as the statement simply is too ridiculously specific and makes no sense in that regard. Someone told me some time ago that it was "every 10 minutes. I also heard every "50 minutes, take a 10 minute break."
It has long been out that one of the reasons obesity is on the rise, in kids at least, is lack of exercise and inactivity associated with video games and other electronic media. Guess it applies to adults also. Nothing new there. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : Furthermore, a recent study by Standord proves Mercola correct. (Where'd the ducks go!). In fact I'm listening to the professor from Standford who conducted this study on local Bay Area Talk910 right now. Here's the news release on the study: http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2014/07/lack-of-exercise--not-diet--linked-to-rise-in-obesity--stanford-.html http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2014/07/lack-of-exercise--not-diet--linked-to-rise-in-obesity--stanford-.html On 07/09/2014 09:50 AM, Share Long sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Fellow sitters, according to Dr. Mercola, we should get up every 15 minutes and do some exercise. This is more important, he says, than exercising 2 or 3 times per week! Plus everyone should be doing a balance of aerobics, stretching and weight training. In terms of maintenance, this vehicle is more work than my car! On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:40 AM, "TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: > Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases. I was checking out the FFL web viewer to see if it still worked and saw this complete non-sequitur flash by and the science writer in me just had to comment, for several reasons: 1. The statistic is false -- over 5 million people worldwide die every year from smoking-related diseases. 2. The "either quit smoking or..." phrase is retarded. Last I checked, anyone who dies quits smoking. :-) 3. According to the respected British medical journal "The Lancet," there is a much more critical risk factor for early death that people don't know about. The Lancet researchers call this cause of death a "global pandemic," and state clearly that -- worldwide -- it causes far more deaths from all causes every year than smoking. Furthermore, I would imagine that few -- if any -- people on this forum smoke, but most -- if not *all* -- of the people on this forum exhibit the behavior that has been shown to be a greater risk factor for early death than smoking -- inactivity. If you sit for more than eight hours per day, you are medically "inactive," and risking death. Have a nice day... :-)
