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Sit Better: A Doctor Explains How “Ergonomic” Chairs Undermine Posture and Health, Causing Back Pain and Shortened Lives

Sit Better: A Doctor Explains How “Ergonomic” Chairs Undermine Posture and Health, Causing Back Pain and Shortened Lives

Because we aren’t designed to sit, sitting undermines our core strength, posture, and spine health, and even shortens our lives. Here's a workaround.

2022

Stories

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May 24

Do Supplements Extend Life? No, But We Know What Does. And by How Long.

There’s a good deal of interest in living longer, healthier lives, especially in the United States. How great an interest? Well, the U.S…

Do Supplements Extend Life? No, But We Know What Does. And by How Long.

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Apr 30

It’s Legit to Fidget: Not only is fidgeting natural, it’s essential for good health

A recent paper by noted researcher James Levine (1) takes a deep dive into a murky part our human movement repertoire, fidgeting. Although…

It’s Legit to Fidget: Not only is fidgeting natural, it’s essential for good health

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Apr 26

How Plants Control Humans: The Coffee Bean, Caffeine & You

Caffeine is perhaps the most brilliant bit of alchemy plants ever performed, but it took them a while. This little molecule was added to…

How Plants Control Humans: The Coffee Bean, Caffeine & You

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Feb 14

Chocolate Is a Health Food, But Only If You Hate Chocolate

Chocolate was a recent addition to the Western diet, but today has a devoted following: the average American eats about a pound of…

Chocolate Is a Health Food, But Only If You Hate Chocolate

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Feb 5

Are the Elderly Supposed to be Overweight and Hypertensive?

Most people gain fat and lose muscle as they age. One framing has been that “Old people are fat and weak because they don’t spend enough…

Are the Elderly Supposed to be Overweight and Hypertensive?

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Oct 1, 2025

An MD Looks at Tai Chi

Tai Chi is an ancient practice long believed to have health benefits, a view that has been confirmed in over a thousand peer reviewed…

An MD Looks at Tai Chi

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Aug 20, 2025

Sweating Is One of Our Human Superpowers, but Now Coca-Cola Tells Us We’re Bad at It?

We humans now dominate the Earth, but this wasn’t an obvious plot twist. Indeed, for most of history we were a marginal species that…

Sweating Is One of Our Human Superpowers, but Now Coca-Cola Tells Us We’re Bad at It?

Turner Osler

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Jul 23, 2025

The Surprising Downsides of Swapping Your Office Chair for a Yoga Ball

Most Americans sit for many hours every day, but epidemiologists tell us that sitting still is dangerously unhealthful, shortening our…

The Surprising Downsides of Swapping Your Office Chair for a Yoga Ball

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Jul 4, 2025

Sitting Isn’t as Bad as We Thought: It’s Worse

We all spend at least some time sitting, and most of us spend a lot of time sitting. On average Americans sit as much as 8 hours each day…

Sitting Isn’t as Bad as We Thought: It’s Worse

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Jun 24, 2025

Posture and Meditation

Mediation is perhaps the quintessentially internal pursuit: the mind turned inward, examining itself. So, it’s perhaps surprising that…

Posture and Meditation

Turner Osler

Turner Osler

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Dr. Osler is a surgeon, and researcher. Now an emeritus professor, teacher, inventor, and CEO of QOR360, he studies the harm caused by passive sitting.

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