Listen, we all know sitting for long stretches isn’t ideal. Specifically, the mentally draining, physically exhausting, waistband-expanding kind of “not ideal.”
But the why has always been a little fuzzy. What is it about not moving that holds us back from our TRUE biological potential?
Well, new data suggests part of the answer lies in one of the most critical pieces of cellular machinery we have, our mitochondria. Finding that after just 10 days of bed rest, a group of older men saw an eye-opening drop in these tiny organelles that power and signal for so much of what our cells do.
And that’s before factoring in the habits that tend to ride shotgun with a sedentary life, like ultra-processed eating.
Here’s what happened under the cellular hood, and more importantly, how to get them (and you) back on your feet.
