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Video: Office work and a healthy lifestyle: how to combine
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
Everyone dreams of being healthy and leading an active, fulfilling life. But, unfortunately, not everyone finds the time for this. Office workers suffer the most from inactive lifestyles. Constant and sometimes excessive workload, stress, a sedentary lifestyle and “unhealthy” snacks during the working day negatively affect the body. How to save yourself from "office" diseases? Yegor Safrygin, Marketing Director of AlfaStrakhovanie Meditsina, will tell you about this.
The results of a survey of heads of Russian companies revealed a paradoxical attitude of the Russian population towards their health: alcohol abuse, excessive tobacco consumption, lack of physical activity, inattention to the first symptoms of diseases. Add to this stress and anxiety, a daily eight-hour relationship with a computer, tasty but often harmful snacks, ailments on the legs - and you get a whole bunch of diseases from which almost every office worker suffers. Unfortunately, we remember ourselves only when it is no longer possible to cope with the problems that have arisen without the help of pills and doctors.
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Eyesight problems will sooner or later appear in everyone who spends more than a few hours a day in front of the monitor without interruption. What can we say about office workers who sit in front of the computer for 7-8 hours. From continuous and irregular work at the computer, the symptom of "dry eye" appears. The main mistake in the manifestation of a symptom is the use of vasoconstrictor drops, which relieve eye redness. Such drops cannot be used without the recommendation of a doctor, as their prolonged use may worsen the situation. Drops made according to the principle of “natural tears” will be an ideal helper for the symptom of "dry eye". They moisturize dry mucous membranes and improve well-being. Do not rub tired eyes - this way you can infect an infection. Do not forget about eye exercises - move your gaze without moving your head, up and down, from right to left, diagonally, make circular movements, focus on an object that is close, then look into the distance.
Allergy
If you have a runny nose and cough, do not rush to take the pills, you may have an "office allergy". It occurs when toxic substances from air conditioners, printers, scanners and other office equipment are released into the air. Try to ventilate the area more often and keep your desk clean: dust it, throw away the trash.
Overweight
Sweets, biscuits, coffee with cream, tea with sugar, energy drinks - all these things, consumed in considerable quantities at work, not so much satisfy the appetite and invigorate, as they settle on the sides with extra pounds. If you are missing lunch - one main meal at work - take food from home, but snack on healthy foods: nuts, dried fruits, carrots, celery, cereal bread. Chocolate is beneficial in small quantities, and it should be high-quality dark chocolate. Coffee and black tea can be substituted with green, white, or herbal teas. Do not forget that for good health, a person must drink at least two liters of pure water every day, tea and coffee are not taken into account.
What if you can't find the strength to go to the gym after work?
In many countries, the problem of office obesity has reached such proportions that companies have begun a real fight for a healthy lifestyle. Employees are provided with subscriptions to fitness clubs, hot meals are organized, instead of sweets and coffee, employees are offered fruits and nutritious nuts. What if you can't find the strength to go to the gym after work? You can refuse the elevator and ground transportation. Climbing and descending stairs perfectly train your leg muscles and even your abs, and a walk from the metro will calm your nerves and leave all your work problems outside the door.
Immobile lifestyle
Most office workers lead a sedentary lifestyle, as a result of which they are subject to rapid fatigue. A light warm-up will be helpful throughout the day.
For example, while sitting at your desk, "run" your feet on the floor, tap with your heels, stretch your legs, taking the socks over you. This will help to disperse the blood and stretch the calf muscle. Sitting on a chair, straighten your back, take a deep breath and draw in your stomach, fix this position for a couple of seconds and completely relax, repeat 6-8 times; knead the muscles of the neck, bending it in one direction or the other.
After lunch, try to set aside time for a short walk. The fact is that after a meal, an active process of digestion begins, which is why we feel sleepy and do not want to think about work at all. If you have an hour for lunch, then in 30 minutes you can have time to eat, and devote the rest of the time to a leisurely walk. This will not only help you gain lightness throughout the body and improve digestion, but it will also cheer you up. Surprisingly, even a little rest will improve your performance.
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A healthy lifestyle is not at all healthy
If you decide in the near future to become an adherent of the so-called healthy lifestyle (running in the morning, giving up sweets and alcohol), then first read the recommendations of experts, and then think carefully - do you need it? Based on recent research, the American College of Sports Medicine has debunked some of the misconceptions about healthy eating.
Forward to a healthy lifestyle
From 18 to 20 April 2014, Moscow will host the EcoGorodExpo 2014 exhibition - a unique exhibition of environmentally friendly, natural and organic products. If you care about your health, as well as about the healthy lifestyle of your family and friends, come to the EcoGorodExpo exhibition!