Scientists Just Discovered That Drinking Coffee Seems to Counteract the Terrible Health Effects of Sitting All Day
Fifteen years ago, most of us thought sitting was just about the safest activity in the world. That is, until science declared your chair to be nearly as big a health menace as cigarettes.
You’ve probably heard the dire warnings about sitting by now, but if you work in an office, you probably still struggle to get up as much as you should.
Moving more is clearly the best way to counteract the ill effects of too much sitting — and you probably need to move less than you think to make a difference — but scientists just offered another complementary suggestion that is even easier.
Just drink more coffee.
A refresher on just how bad sitting all day is for you
The dangers of sitting remain a little counterintuitive, so before we get to the details of the study, let’s recap exactly what can happen to your body when you spend all day on your butt.
If you’re looking for the details of how sitting affects your blood flow, blood sugar levels, and various other biological processes, you can find that here. But the headline summing up the research from organizations like the Heart Foundation was this…
