 Lifestyle changes are giving rise to a very large number of diseases these days, the commonest ones being obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Desk jobs tend to encourage a sedentary lifestyle. Working on computers for very long hours, something that is almost inevitable these days is known to trigger cervical spondylitis, carpel tunnel syndrome, and eyestrain. Sedentary lifestyle coupled with an excessive intake of food, especially junk foods that have high glycaemic indices, leads to obesity and increased cholesterol levels. This produces fatty changes in the liver and blood vessels, consequently increasing the blood pressure and reducing the blood circulation to all the vital organs. Syndrome X, also known as metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance syndrome, is a condition caused due to sedentary lifestyle where due to a decrease in the basal metabolic rate of the body, the cells of the body resist the action of insulin, not allowing glucose to pass into them. Obesity is a silent killer that can ultimately give rise to diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, high blood pressure, hormonal imbalances, chronic fatigue, and many other illnesses.
Workers with stringent deadlines to meet and difficult targets to achieve tend to become Type A personalities and their anxieties and insecurities cause them to develop mood disorders and conditions such as biliousness, headache, hyperacidity, peptic ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome. Unfortunately, such people seek temporary relief by popping in antacids regularly leading to drug-induced diseases in the long run. Also, the need to look presentable all the time often has people abusing drugs and cosmetics that further add to the damage. Excessive physical and mental stress causes the body to secrete a substance called cortisone that triggers the release of glucose in the blood. This can lead to type 2 diabetes.
Irregular eating and sleeping practices, bad bowel and bladder habits, and smoking or alcoholism take their toll on the health of an individual. This seems to be a way of life, especially for our youth these days employed in jobs with rotating shifts setting this unfortunate trend. A combination of all these factors along with hereditary and environmental factors is already increasing the number of allergy cases, respiratory and skin allergies being rampant. Food allergies are also on the rise these days. So, what’s the moral of the story? Just revert back to a healthy lifestyle and you will probably get your good health back!
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Tags: Allergies, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Cervical spondylitis, Chronic fatigue, Diabetes, Eyestrain, High Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Irritable bowel syndrome, Lifestyle diseases, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Peptic Ulcer, Stress, Syndrome X
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