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People who sit down for more than 6 hours a day warned of early death if they don't add one thing to diet

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Updated 10:01 14 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 08:20 14 Nov 2024 GMT

People who sit down for more than 6 hours a day warned of early death if they don't add one thing to diet

If you're sat down all day you might already be having this

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

If you work an office job or maybe work remotely with a deep love for your sofa, you probably spend the majority of your days sitting on your arse.

I mean, sure, we say we’ll follow the whole ‘get up and move’ every now and again thing when we’re at our desks but let’s be honest, plenty of us never step up from our spinny chair.

I’ll put my hands up and say I’m guilty of using the wheels on my chair for transport over my own feet - I bet you are too.

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And it probably won’t come as a shock to you that this isn’t exactly great for our health.

In fact, those who sit down for over six hours a day are warned of an early death if they don’t add one thing to their diet.

Some people might not even move all day. (Getty Stock)
Some people might not even move all day. (Getty Stock)

Although, if you’re an office worker, I’d imagine it’s pretty likely you’re already consuming a fair amount of this stuff. It’s practically part of the requirements.

Researchers at Soochow University in China used long-term data from people in the US – looking at over 10,000 of them – and found that a certain drink cut their death risk.

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Apparently, people who sit for long periods of time but also drink coffee are 1.58 times less likely to die of any cause than those who don’t consume the stuff, with the effect lasting for up to 13 years.

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Yep, coffee saves you from an early death it seems... though it definitely isn't good for white teeth.

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The study found that drinking the caffeine cuppas seemed to offer protection from all the nasty impacts of sitting on your bum for ages every day, such as diabetes and heart disease.

Coffee, our saviour. (Getty Stock)
Coffee, our saviour. (Getty Stock)

They found that people who drank coffee also had better protection than those who exercised. Overall, it came out with the findings from 10,639 people that those who sat for several hours a day had an increased risk of dying if they didn’t drink coffee.

And you don’t have to be absolutely downing gallons of the stuff for this supposed protection – even one mug of it is ok. Although, two to three cups a day were found to be the most effective.

This is all backed up by previous studies which suggest having caffeine in the blood can reduce people’s risk of developing heart disease or type 2 diabetes.

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But you probably shouldn’t just think adding coffee to your diet will solve all your problems as of course, it’s important to follow a healthy diet in general.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock

Topics: Health, Lifestyle, Food And Drink

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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