Takin' the Stairs
Another reason to take the stairs:
On a related note, another winter goes by (today is the first day of Spring you know) without me taking a ride on the “Sissy Wagon”. That’s the disparaging name I gave the company’s parking lot shuttle that runs from November to March or thereabouts.
Yes, we have acres of parking lots – and some days I’m way out there – but I hoof it every time. I’m a Minnesotan and proud of it!
The team asked active men who average 10,000 steps a day to use vehicles and elevators at every chance for two weeks. Then the scientists measured the levels of glucose and fat in their blood. They found that the less active volunteers cleared out these substances from their bloodstream less quickly, a risk factor for diabetes and other chronic diseases.
Says one of the authors, University of Missouri researcher Frank Booth: “Previously, we thought that not exercising just wasn’t healthy, but we didn’t think that a lack of activity could cause disease. That assumption was wrong.”
On a related note, another winter goes by (today is the first day of Spring you know) without me taking a ride on the “Sissy Wagon”. That’s the disparaging name I gave the company’s parking lot shuttle that runs from November to March or thereabouts.
Yes, we have acres of parking lots – and some days I’m way out there – but I hoof it every time. I’m a Minnesotan and proud of it!
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