From stressful meetings to sitting eight hours a day, Working a desk job is not an easy task. It is important to think about the healthy habits if your spending too much time sitting down. A gym session or brisk 30-minute walk can help to get rid stress and tensions. Healthy habits make you more productive.
Reduce Stress
If your work causing you stress. According to the study of the American Institute of Stress, nearly 50 % of employees feel that they need help in organizing their job stress. Stress directly linked to health problems such as heart attack and stress, one of the best things that you can do for your health is to reduce the anxiety that you feel.
Daily exercise, which reduces stress hormones such as cortisol and increases your sense of mental health. Lack of sleep (less than 7 hours) also linked to the response to stress in unhealthy ways, fight with colleagues or with your supervisor. Healthy sleep, in contrast, you can mentally alert and reduce cortisol levels.
Get up and Move
According to the many studies regular breaks during the workday that can help you to increase your productivity. Any change of work will help you reset the next working field, but moving out and moving little will give you health benefits. According to the of Illinois also reduces fatigue for a few minutes each day and may increase your mood. Movement break will still benefit your health. You can enjoy the health benefits.
You need to get rid of unhealthy habits, spending a long time in sitting, keep your heart strong and promote metabolic health. Try walking 5 to 10 minutes, doing pushups against a wall, standing during phone calls.
Eat away from your Desk
One of the study in 2012 by SCA and Tork found that 40 percent of men eat at their desks every day. If you’re one of them, your health is at very risk. If you do not regularly clean your desk, crumbs of food get stuck in your keyboard that will increase the risk of millions of dangerous bacteria.
Clean Your Hands
Employers who do not clean their hands, in your billions office of germs and viruses that cover the phones, keyboards. Your colleagues cannot wash their hands, you need to increase your own hygiene habits. You should wash your hands regularly in order to limit your bacteria.