Standing Up May Be as Important as Exercise
Say it ain’t so….but this is quite an interesting study from scientists at the University of Missouri, found that the enzymes that are responsible for burning fat, just shut down when we sit for prolonged periods of time.
“It was hard to believe at first,” said Marc Hamilton, associate professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia and leader of the research team. He said the team didn’t expect to find a strong signal when they began researching what happens to fat when we remain seated. But the effect, both in laboratory animals and humans, turned out to be huge.
The solution, Hamilton said, is to stand up and “putter.”
