Are you sitting comfortably? Shall we learn a few facts about the risks of sitting too much (& for long periods)? Have you heard the slogan “sitting is the new smoking” and wondering if that’s really true? Let’s get into it….

Firstly, we should get real. Sitting on a chair is not as detrimental to your health when compared to lighting up a cigarette, your common sense will tell you that. “Sitting is the new Smoking” is a dramatic statement put forward by a prominent medical doctor called James A. Levine, D, Ph.D in 2014 who also made statements such as “Chairs are out to kill us”, “We lose two hours of our life for every hour that we sit” and “Sitting kills more people than HIV and is more treacherous than parachuting. We are sitting ourselves to death.” 

Last week’s article was about encouraging you to simply drink more water, but should you also be more thoughtful about the water that you drink? This article’s aim is to make you think a little bit deeper about that…

Firstly, when at home, we usually will go to the kitchen tap to fill up a glass or a water bottle, but is your tap water really the best source of water to drink? Before you read on and be greatly alarmed, be rest assured that British tap water is among the best, and safest, in the world and millions of tests are conducted every year to guarantee the best possible quality.

What’s perhaps the most important healthy habit of them all? That’s right, it’s to drink plenty of water, every single day.

This is perhaps an unexciting habit to encourage you with today, but it’s one of life’s essentials and water plays such an important role in helping you to maintaining electrolyte balance and blood pressure, lubricate your joints, remove waste, circulate blood, regulate your body temperature, and promote your cell health.

Happy New Year! Wishing you a very healthy, happy 12 months ahead. I hope that you had a really lovely Christmas and you managed to take an opportunity to fully recharge your batteries to go again.

I also hope you managed to keep up your healthy habits and have been taking care of your physical, mental, emotional and social health over the holiday period. If you’ve let things slip, don’t worry as this newsletter comes out every Monday to help keep you focused, motivated and informed about evidence-based #healthyhabits.