點亮生命的故事—enlightening stories

Right now, you're probably sitting down to watch this video and staying seated for a few minutes to view it is probably okay. 現在你大概正坐著要看這影片吧 坐住幾分鐘來觀看它也許沒啥問題 But the longer you stay put, the more agitated your body becomes. 但是你一動也不動得越久 你的身體就會變得越焦慮 It sits there counting down the moments until you stand up again and take it for a walk. 它坐在那裡倒數著時間直到你再次起身 帶著它去散個步 That may sound ridiculous. 這聽起來也許很荒謬 Our bodies love to sit, right?Not really. 我們的身體就喜歡坐著不是嗎？事實則不然 Sure, sitting for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. 坐一下子的確可以消除緊張或是運動後恢復體力 But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around,and our bodies simply aren't built for such a sedentary existence. 只不過當今的生活型態使得我們 坐著的時候遠遠多過於在動的時候 而我們的身體明明就不是 為了如此缺乏運動的生活而打造的 In fact, just the opposite is true. 事實上恰恰相反才對 The human body is built to move,and you can see evidence of that in the way it's structured. 身體是為了移動而打造的 我們可從其架構之方式找到證據 Inside us are over 360 joints, and about 700 ...