We all know that too much of anything isn’t beneficial, including watching too much T.V.
Health.com reported that researchers in Australia did a study on close to 9,000 adults with zero heart disease history and followed them for six years. The study did a comparison on those who watched two or less hours of television per day versus those who viewed more than four hours of television. Those who watched more than four hours of T.V. were 80% more apt for death by heart disease.
Every extra hour spent viewing the TV increased the danger of dying from heart disease by almost 20%.
“Prolonged watching of television equals a lot of sitting, which invariably means there’s an absence of muscle movement,” says lead study author David Dunstan, PhD, the head of the physical activity lab at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, a national research center in Victoria, Australia.
The television itself is not the bullet, it’s the position in which you watch T.V. In most cases this is on your derriere, which burns as many calories as sleeping… not many at all.
So all-in-all, this study goes to show that staying active is and always was the best way to be in your optimum health.
Wondering about your own heart health, make an appointment with a cardiologist near your home.
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