January 12th, 2010 / 2:39 pm
Snippets
Snippets
Nick Antosca—
“An Australian study found that every hour per day spent sitting in front of a TV or monitor raises your risk of early death from heart disease by 18%, even if you exercise and aren’t overweight.” What??? (via Jezebel)
So even if you spend that extra hour per day watching TV while pushing your 125-lb. body at 20 mph on a treadmill, you’re still 18% more likely to drop dead early from a heart attack? Makes no sense. Sorry, not buying it.
So even if you spend that extra hour per day watching TV while pushing your 125-lb. body at 20 mph on a treadmill, you’re still 18% more likely to drop dead early from a heart attack? Makes no sense. Sorry, not buying it.
So I guess if you watch TV or use a computer to write for six hours a day, then you will definitely die early from heart disease. There is no other possible way you will die.
What about writing in a notebook? I think it’s more likely that your arm will fall off and you will die from blood loss.
So I guess everyone who writes for a couple of hours each day is pretty much fucked. Or there’s about a fifty percent chance that they’re fucked.
So I guess if you watch TV or use a computer to write for six hours a day, then you will definitely die early from heart disease. There is no other possible way you will die.
What about writing in a notebook? I think it’s more likely that your arm will fall off and you will die from blood loss.
So I guess everyone who writes for a couple of hours each day is pretty much fucked. Or there’s about a fifty percent chance that they’re fucked.
Maybe it has to do with what watching tv does to your brain. When you watch tv your brain goes into alpha waves. Perhaps brain blankness hurts the heart.
And is reading better than television watching or being on a computer? And why?
Maybe it has to do with what watching tv does to your brain. When you watch tv your brain goes into alpha waves. Perhaps brain blankness hurts the heart.
And is reading better than television watching or being on a computer? And why?
did anyone read the article. It has to do with general sedentary behavior which can be independent of whether someone is obese or exercises occasionally. made sense to me.
did anyone read the article. It has to do with general sedentary behavior which can be independent of whether someone is obese or exercises occasionally. made sense to me.
it made/makes sense to me, too, but it still seems like a reaching extrapolation.
it made/makes sense to me, too, but it still seems like a reaching extrapolation.
i will give it a read but i generally don’t trust australians.
i will give it a read but i generally don’t trust australians.