Take A Step With Dr. Oz
Dr. Oz talked on his show about how overwhelming getting healthy can be. He’s focusing this year on giving simple, easy steps to impact health.
In a pre-taped video, Dr. Oz talked to a number of people about his initiative to Take A Step With Dr. Oz. Everyone had a step up for something different. They said they wanted to get rid of ice cream in their diet, meditate 20 minutes per day, eliminate white foods, drink more water, stop smoking, relax and be present, and do 10,000 steps per day. One woman said she was going to watch more Dr. Oz for her health.
Dr. Oz talked about the importance of standing up and listed the health benefits, including regulating blood sugar, increasing lifespan, and burning calories. (Andresr / Shutterstock.com)
Every day, on Dr. Oz’s website, they’ll have a brand new step to boost health. If you tweet about your health steps with #ozstep, you might be featured on the show.
Dr. Oz: The Importance of Standing
Then Dr. Oz talked to a woman from the audience. She said she lost control of her health after having her kids. She said she works all day and goes to school, as well, so it’s hard to find time to get active. She also said it’s hard to make a change in her life.
Dr. Oz said he had a great tip for her that was free and simple with a huge impact on health. The tip was standing up. Dr. Oz urged everyone in the audience and at home to stand up and even the people in his control room.
So why is standing up so important? Dr. Oz said that the average person sits between 8 and 12 hours a day. We spend most of our lives either on our backs at night or sitting up. Our bodies were not meant to sit down for that long. So what’s so great about standing?
Dr. Oz: Standing Stabilizes Glucose
Standing stabilizes glucose. That’s right: all you have to do is stand up and you dramatically accelerate how fast your blood sugar comes back to normal. Dr. Oz said all it takes is going up a few stairs, going for a slow walk, or even just doing the dishes.
Dr. Oz: Standing Up Burns Fat
Standing up also burns up some fat. There’s some foods that turn on your fat burning enzymes, but standing does it automatically. It kicks your metabolism into high gear.
Dr. Oz: Standing Eases Pain
If you stand with the right posture, it distributes your weight evenly, which takes a lot of the heat off your lower back. When you sit, your back is in a C-shape. When you stand, you have the natural S-shape you want.
Dr. Oz: Standing Burns Up Calories
Standing up burns off calories. One hour of standing up can burn 50 calories, which means over the course of a year, it burns away 5 pounds.
Dr. Oz: Standing Up Helps You Live Longer
Studies have shown that standing up helps you live longer. It reduces the chance of heart disease and cancer. All it takes is something as simple as standing.
Dr. Oz urged everyone in America to stand for one hour a day. He said that they can break it up as much as they want, but they should try to stand one hour a day. Stand up while talking on the phone, doing your makeup, watch Dr. Oz, on the train, in meetings, and even at your desk. Just get up every hour for 5 minutes and walk around.
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