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"Being sedentary is what we've been for the past couple of hours we've been sitting here. (while recording the podcast) That is sedentary.
So even if you go to the gym or you go for runs, when you are sitting at your desk for a period of hours, you are sedentary.
And sedentary, being sedentary itself, is an independent risk factor for disease like cancer.
So now, do I think the marathon runner that also has a desk job where they sit at their desk for eight hours is going to come down with cancer?
Probably not, because they're really putting a lot of effort in and they're physically active. But I certainly am not the athlete and I am a committed exerciser, right?
So I'm putting in anywhere between two to five hours of exercise in a week, depending on the week, right?
So for me I spent a lot of time sitting. And so that, to me, was a big thing where it's like, oh, that's an independent risk factor for breast cancer, which, you know, a woman's breast cancer risk and just lifetime risk is one in eight.
It's incredibly high.
And of course, there's lifestyle factors that can sort of increase or decrease that. And just sedentarism is an independent risk factor for that.
So again, it's really, and so easy. I have started incorporating exercise snacks. I'll get up and I'll start doing some body weight squats. I think that's my go-to. I also like doing burpees. I've been doing some burpees and high knees, I think every couple of hours.
I've also been starting to time them around my meals. So that's another thing. I think being aware of the postprandial glucose response and how it affects my cognitive function, my mood, and also just knowing that it's healthier. And it's so easy to do. Just do like two or three minutes of pre-food. You can do it pre or post-food. Trying to do burpees post-food might be difficult, but you can do it up to an hour after.
