Selasa, 22 Desember 2009

Healthy While Working

Maybe you never noticed the pattern of life in the office is very harmful. Eight hours of sitting in a chair in front of the computer, for five or six working days, will bring the risk to your health. Sitting for hours makes your eyes so tight and stiff neck muscles. Fat can also accumulate in the abdomen, if you can’t help my-self. You must prevent the bad habits that do not constantly occur.

1. The first step: limit snacks
If your friends have a snack at work desk, remove yourself from temptation, According to the dentist at the American Dietetic Association, if you need to take a shortcut, so you do not often see food. Rest for a moment, take a deep breath, and remove the desire to eat sweet foods. If you're hungry, better to take stock of fruit from home, Healthy and filling.

2. Step two: inadequate water needs
Drink plenty of water, approximately 10 glasses per day. Make a plan so that your intentions were successful. Bring a large bottle of mineral water to the office, spend one bottle until lunchtime, then fill up again and finish at 3 pm, and spent the afternoon at 5 o'clock in the third bottle. If necessary, install an alarm on your cell phone to remind you when to drink, Consumption of water content-rich fruit, like oranges, grapes, melons and apples as an alternative water intake.

3. Step three: do not be lazy motion
Important things you can do to stay healthy and slim is to exercise. Do not have to think about during intense exercise in the office. Try to walk at lunch or pick up the stairs from the elevator. Walking can burn calories, refreshing, and relieve stress.

4. Step four: do not miss lunch
Do not miss your lunch. Watch your meal, not to eat too much and then just sit in a chair all afternoon or should not eat too little until you less nutrient intake.

5. Step five: safety at work
According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Tension Neck Syndrome (TNS) or neck pain, may occur when the muscles of the neck and shoulders, one position for long. This is usually experienced by workers in charge of receiving the phone all day or typing for hours.

To avoid neck pain in the long term, a professor of ergonomics - the study the relationship between humans and machines at Cornell University, suggested that workers should be on duty received a phone call using the speakerphone, a buffer shoulder or use a headset when you receive the phone.

6. Step six: set distance with a computer
Eye strain from too long a matter of sitting in front of the computer, According to experts from the University of California, this causes headaches, difficulty focusing, and increased sensitivity to light. If you can’t read the writing on your computer screen from a distance, it's better to enlarge the size of the letter.

7. Step seven: on vacation
Vacation is very useful to relieve themselves from the bustle, and help fill your energy back. Holidays are also useful for reducing stress, especially if you have a conflict with a boss, colleague or project you are doing. Stress can affect health, weakens the immune system and increase the risk of illness.

8. Step eight: do not delay the task office
Do not buy time job, so you must complete the work that piled up. According to the president of Business Psychology Consulting, who tend to finish all the tasks as an individual, his health is also vulnerable disrupted. The hard worker just realized when you experience stress in a high level, which affects their relationships and moods. Such stress is caused by conditions that are too tired. Fatigue can also affect the immune system of a person, sleep disturbances and disrupt concentration.

9. The ninth step: keep the cleanliness of facilities in the office
Alert to office equipment. Keyboard, mouse and you've used the phone could be a nest of thousands of germs. Science Daily, researchers at the 100th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology reported that the virus can survive for hours to days on rough surfaces. Rotavirus causes diarrhea, usually located on the surface of the receiver. National Consumers League recommends to always clean the office equipment with anti-bacterial cleanser.

10. Step ten: stretching on the sidelines working
The most important step to maintain health in the workplace is a self-awareness to rest. Your body has a 'alarm' when the body is exhausted. Snacks you work with light stretching or massage that can prevent muscle stiffness.

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