Not only early death, too much sitting also caused this terrible harm

Research has shown a cruel truth that sitting a lot makes our brain structure thinner and thinner.

On average, if you are an office worker, you often have to work 8-9 hours a day. What happens when you spend time working up to 8 hours throughout the day and come back home to sit in the car and put yourself down on the chair again to eat when you're at home?

Large sitting increases the risk of intellectual decline and cognition in later life.

Researchers at the Semel Institute of UCLA (University of California of Los Angeles, USA) and Cognitive Neuroscience Center conducted a survey.

They studied 35 people between the ages of 45 and 75 and found a link between continuous sitting for many hours and their impact on the brain, especially the temporal lobe of the temporal lobe .

Because this is considered a very important area to form memories. If you lose this part of the brain, it will lead to the inability to remember everything.

They analyze sitting time and physical activity relative to the thickness of this important brain structure. According to the survey results, the study subjects said: The average sitting time is 3-15 hours / day. After adjusting for an increase in the average number of sitting days per day by 1 hour, the researchers found that the thickness of the medial temporal lobe decreased by 2%.

Sitting for many hours degrades the memory structure of the brain.

The study also showed that people sitting 15 hours a day have temporal lobes 10% thinner than people sitting 10 hours a day.

Therefore, sitting for many hours reduces the brain's memory structure. At the same time, increasing the risk of intellectual decline and cognition in later life.

In addition, the study also looked at the effects of excessive sitting on metabolism and blood circulation.

Lead researcher Dr. Prabha Siddarth said: "The brain relies on adequate supply of oxygen and nutrients to maintain its activity and counteract the aging. Sitting for too long affects the supply. The brain has difficulty maintaining the density and workload ".

Siddarth added: "Sitting for a long time is really harmful to health, which will lead to heart disease, diabetes and bowel cancer, even brain atrophy."

Experts also recommend drinking plenty of water.

Besides, experts also recommend drinking lots of water. In addition to purifying the body, water also helps you to move into the toilet a lot - thereby limiting the habit of sitting. If you have free time, you should walk, bike, not watch TV or dial the phone.

This is a small study on a certain group of people. Therefore, scientists intend to conduct further research and analysis of intermediary mechanisms in this area on a broader scale.