Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related

2437 readers

178 users here now

Health: physical and mental, individual and public.

Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.

See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.

Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.

Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.

Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.

Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Awa

WhoRoger

RoyalEngineering

There's a way to get healthier without even going to a gym. It's called NEAT (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave to c/health

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

If anyone asked if I get enough exercise, my answer would be unequivocal: Yes, I make a point of carving out time to sweat, get my heart pumping and move around.

I probably would not mention that I prefer to drive the half mile to pick up my coffee instead of taking a 15-minute walk. Or that using the drive thru sounds infinitely more appealing than actually getting out of my car. Or that you'd rarely spot me choosing to trudge up the stairs at the end of the day.

None of these shortcuts on their own feel like that a big deal. After all, I worked out today, right? But added up these are slowly sapping a sometimes overlooked source of metabolic health.

It's a concept that goes by the name non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, for short.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have a space backpack that propels me most places. It’s easier to be lazy in space so I have to make up for it when I’m planet side.