Wallace was born without any arms so in order to function in his daily life, he uses his toes as other people would use their fingers.
Jahmir Wallace may not have arms but he doesn’t need them to play the trumpet
Jahmir uses his toes the way other people would use their fingers
His inspiration for music is Stevie Wonder and he’s been wanting to play the trumpet ever since the third grade.
With hard work and an inspiring and positive attitude, Jahmir’s dream has become a reality and his classmates and teachers are thrilled to see him play.
‘My older sister used to play the piano. So I thought maybe I should try an instrument. I thought maybe I could try and figure out new things,’ he said to WPTV.
Wallace remembers the first time he played a note on the trumpet four months ago and it filled him with sheer joy.
‘I kind of felt excited. I kind of felt like ‘oh man this is kind of comfortable’ and it kind of felt like this might be the one for me,’ he said.
Teachers and employees at a local music store made Wallace a special stand to hold the horn so he could play the trumpet with ease.
Jahmir’s teachers are impressed by his playing abilities and his confidence.
‘To see how he moves his toes like we move our fingers,’ said Raffaele LaForgia, principal of Green Street Elementary. ‘It’s amazing.’
Jahmir’s teacher Desiree Kratzner taught him how to play the trumpet and inspired him to excel
Jahmir is one of 40 students who played in the winter concert on Friday
Wallace loves playing the trumpet, but he wouldn’t have been able to hone his skill had it not been for his teacher Desiree Kratzer who taught him to play.
Kratzer is ‘Very important because if it wasn’t for her I would never know what the trumpet was,’ he said.
WPTV reports that Jahmir’s favorite song in the concert is ‘Go Tell Aunt Rhodie.’ Fox News reports that his favorite song of all time is ‘I believe I can fly’.
Wallace had some uplifting words for kids who wanted to try an instrument but who may feel intimidated by the thought of it for whatever reason.
Jahmir says that anyone who wants to play an instrument should try because they may end up loving it
Police investigating a shooting at a Maryland mall that left three dead, including the suspected shooter, are considering the possibility it was a domestic dispute involving a man, his estranged girlfriend, and her boyfriend, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Before confirming that, law enforcement is trying to make sure they have the identities of the dead correct, and trying to rule out any other possibilities, sources said.
At a news conference this afternoon, Howard County Police Department Chief Bill McMahon said police were not yet releasing the identities of the three dead, and said they were still investigating a possible motive, but they were sure the incident was over.
“We are very confident that it was a single shooter, that there is no other shooter in the mall,” McMahon said.
“All of the activity took place at one time, in one store,” he said, though he would not identify which store.
One of the three dead was found near a gun and ammunition, and was believed to have likely been the shooter, police said. There were no reports of any shots fired since that body was discovered.
Aside from the three dead, five people were injured, one who was shot and the others as they were trying to get away.
Police started getting 911 calls about a possible shooting at the mall at around 11:15 a.m., and it was immediately put on lockdown, McMahon said.
Witnesses described hearing five or six pops, which sparked panic.
“I didn’t know what I thought it was and then I saw the other people like starting to run and then there were these others, next to me, like that’s definitely a gunshot, so I just took off running for the entrance,” shopper Christine Cruz said.
Elizabeth Braun, 31, of Westminster, Md. told ABC News she realized something was wrong when she started to see people running panicked.
“I was actually in the mall about to make my purchase, I saw people running into the store,” said Braun. “The sales clerk was like ‘let’s go'”
Braun said she hid with at approximately 50 other people in a Victoria’s Secret storage room to stay out of harm’s way. Employees closed the stores metal gates to seal off the interior entrance that connected to the mall.
“Mostly [it] was pretty calm, mostly people were trying to figure what was going on,” Braun said of the people in the storage room.
Braun said entered through the food court around 11 a.m. and thought the mall seemed more empty than usual.
“I thought I must have gotten there here really early,” she said.
“It’s one of the two malls you would go to,” if you live in the area, she said. “I guess everyone is in this naive state of mind that this would never happen to them.”
The two-story mall is about 40 minutes outside Washington, D.C., and has a movie theater in addition to a number of shops.
The relatives of a teenage mother say she was shot and killed by her 14-year-old brother because of an argument over laundry.
Justice Toliver, 17, was allegedly killed by her younger brother Mario because she bleached his clothes.
The shooting took place just after noon on Thursday in Oakland, California, according to police spokeswoman Johnna Watson.
Justice Toliver, 17, was allegedly killed by her 14-year-old brother because she bleached his clothes
JusticeToliver, 17, was the mother to a three-year-old daughter and had just got a new job, her family said
The girl was discovered in a Chinatown apartment with a fatal gunshot wound. The victim was pronounced dead by emergency medical workers.
The teenage suspect is now on the run with relatives pleading for him to hand himself into police. They say that they have no idea how he got a gun.
Family members told KTVU-TV that Miss Toliver had a three-year-old daughter and had just started a new job.
The suspect’s grandmother begged her grandson to hand himself in. She told ABC7: ‘So once again, grandson, grandma is asking you, please do the right thing, please. And I love you, I love you with all my heart.’
Police have not confirmed a motive. The investigation is ongoing.
Rell Toliver, who is believed to be a relation of Miss Toliver, posted grief-stricken messages on Twitter following the young woman’s death.
He wrote: ‘I know you gon watch over me Baby Girl. I love you so much. I was just witchu on New years this s*** gotta be a dream. Watch over me Justice ily.’
Miss Toliver was allegedly killed by her 14-year-old brother after she spilled bleach on his clothes
Mario Toliver, the teenagers’ father, reacted with complete shock over the news that his son had allegedly killed his daughter
Bill Cosby has a new project up his sleeves for all you TV fans that miss your weekly dose of Cliff, Clair and the entire Huxtable gang.
While it’s not exactly the “Cosby Show,” the iconic entertainer plans to make a comeback on NBC, three decades later, with a new multi-generational family sitcom. According to Deadline, Cosby will star in the half-hour comedy and reunite with “Cosby Show” producer Tom Werner.
“The new comedy will be built around Cosby, who will play the patriarch of a multi-generational family and, like the comedian’s previous family sitcoms – “Cosby Show” and “Cosby” on CBS — “The Cosby Show” will channel his take on marriage and parenting,” Deadline reports. “Cosby and Werner are meeting with writers on the project, which has been put on off-season development track.”
Cosby shared details about the upcoming show with Yahoo TV in November. “They would like to see a married couple that acts like they love each other, warts and all, children who respect the parenting, and the comedy of people who make mistakes. Warmth and forgiveness,” he said. “So I hope to get that opportunity, and I will deliver the best of Cosby.”
And to add icing on the cake, the 76-year-old star is also working to reboot his popular 1970’s animated series “Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids.”
By Bonnie Berkowitz and Patterson Clark, Published: Jan. 20, 2014
We know sitting too much is bad, and most of us intuitively feel a little guilty after a long TV binge. But what exactly goes wrong in our bodies when we park ourselves for nearly eight hours per day, the average for a U.S. adult? Many things, say four experts, who detailed a chain of problems from head to toe. Download a pdf poster of this graphic.
Organ damage
HEART DISEASE
Muscles burn less fat and blood flows more sluggishly during a long sit, allowing fatty acids to more easily clog the heart. Prolonged sitting has been linked to high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol, and people with the most sedentary time are more than twice as likely to have cardiovascular disease than those with the least.
OVERPRODUCTIVE PANCREAS
The pancreas produces insulin, a hormone that carries glucose to cells for energy. But cells in idle muscles don’t respond as readily to insulin, so the pancreas produces more and more, which can lead to diabetes and other diseases. A 2011 study found a decline in insulin response after just one day of prolonged sitting.
COLON CANCER
Studies have linked sitting to a greater risk for colon, breast and endometrial cancers. The reason is unclear, but one theory is that excess insulin encourages cell growth. Another is that regular movement boosts natural antioxidants that kill cell-damaging
— and potentially cancer-causing — free radicals.
Muscle degeneration
MUSHY ABS
When you stand, move or even sit up straight, abdominal muscles keep you upright. But when you slump in a chair, they go unused. Tight back muscles and wimpy abs form a posture-wrecking alliance that can exaggerate the spine’s natural arch, a condition called hyperlordosis, or swayback.
TIGHT HIPS
Flexible hips help keep you balanced, but chronic sitters so rarely extend the hip flexor muscles in front that they become short and tight, limiting range of motion and stride length. Studies have found that decreased hip mobility is a main reason elderly people tend to fall.
LIMP GLUTES
Sitting requires your glutes to do absolutely nothing, and they get used to it. Soft glutes hurt your stability, your ability to push off and your ability to maintain a powerful stride.
Leg disorders
POOR CIRCULATION IN LEGS
Sitting for long periods of time slows blood circulation, which causes fluid to pool in the legs. Problems range from swollen ankles and varicose veins to dangerous blood clots called deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
SOFT BONES
Weight-bearing activities such as walking and running stimulate hip and lower-body bones to grow thicker, denser and stronger. Scientists partially attribute the recent surge in cases of osteoporosis to lack of activity.
Trouble at the top
FOGGY BRAIN
Moving muscles pump fresh blood and oxygen through the brain and trigger the release of all sorts of brain- and mood-enhancing chemicals. When we are sedentary for a long time, everything slows, including brain function.
STRAINED NECK
If most of your sitting occurs at a desk at work, craning your neck forward toward a keyboard or tilting your head to cradle a phone while typing can strain the cervical vertebrae and lead to permanent imbalances.
SORE SHOULDERS AND BACK
The neck doesn’t slouch alone. Slumping forward overextends the shoulder and back muscles as well, particularly the trapezius, which connects the neck and shoulders.
Bad back
INFLEXIBLE SPINE
When we move around, soft discs between vertebrae expand and contract like sponges, soaking up fresh blood and nutrients. But when we sit for a long time, discs are squashed unevenly. Collagen hardens around supporting tendons and ligaments.
DISK DAMAGE
People who sit more are at greater risk for herniated lumbar disks. A muscle called the psoas travels through the abdominal cavity and, when it tightens, pulls the upper lumbar spine forward. Upper-body weight rests entirely on the ischeal tuberosity (sitting bones) instead of being distributed along the arch of the spine.
Mortality of sitting
People who watched the most TV in an 8.5-year study had a 61 percent greater risk of dying than those who watched less than one hour per day.
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The right way to sit
If you have to sit often, try to do it correctly. As Mom always said, “Sit up straight.”
• Not leaning forward
• Shoulders relaxed
• Arms close to sides
• Elbows bent 90°
• Lower back may
be supported
• Feet flat on floor
So what can we do? The experts recommend . . .
Sitting on something wobblysuch as an exercise ball or even a backless stool to force your core muscles to work. Sit up straight and keep your feet flat on the floor in front of you so they support about a quarter of your weight.
Stretching the hip flexorsfor three minutes per side once a day.
Walking during commercials when you’re watching TV. Even a snail-like pace of 1 mph would burn twice the calories of sitting, and more vigorous exercise would be even better.
Alternating between sitting and standing at your work station. If you can’t do that, stand up every half hour or so and walk.
Trying yoga poses — the cow pose and the cat — to improve extension and flexion in your back.
THE EXPERTS
| Scientists interviewed for this report
James A. Levine, inventor of the treadmill desk and director of Obesity Solutions at Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University. Charles E. Matthews, National Cancer Institute investigator and author of several studies on sedentary behavior. Jay Dicharry, director of the REP Biomechanics Lab in Bend, Ore., and author of “Anatomy for Runners.” Tal Amasay, biomechanist at Barry University’s Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences.
These are the chilling selfies a female serial killer and her alleged accomplice took while the pair were on the run from police.
Joanna Dennehy, 31, has admitted stabbing three men in the heart and dumping their bodies in ditches.
The bodies of her three victims were found in fields near to Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in March and April last year.
Despite killing the three, Dennehy remained unsatisfied and fled to Hereford in search of more victims, a jury heard.
She cruised the city and selected two other men at random, stabbing Robin Bereza, 64, and John Rogers, 56, who survived the cold-blooded attacks.
Alleged conspirators Gary ‘Stretch’ Richards, 47, and Leslie Layton, 37, who are now on trial at Cambridge Crown Court, deny helping to cover up the ‘terrible truth’ of the murders.
Pictures of Dennehy and Richards were shown to the court as Mark Lloyd, an associate of the man, gave evidence. Georgina Page, a friend of Dennehy’s, also gave evidence today.
The shocking images include one of Dennehy jovially sticking her tongue out as she brandishes a jagged knife with handcuffs attached to her trousers.
In another the killer is pictured revealing her underwear and standing in a provocative sexual position in the days after committing her crimes. It shows a series of horrendous scars caused by the mother’s relentless self-harming.
Victims Lukasz Slaboszewski (left) and Kevin Lee – who were stabbed in the heart by Dennehy
Mr Lloyd said Dennehy returned to the car and kissed Stretch on the cheek ‘as if to say thanks’.
He said the second attack was a ‘brutal re-run’ of the stabbing just moments earlier.
John Chapman was also stabbed to death by the 31-year-old
After the second knife attack Mr Lloyd said Dennehy returned with the victim’s dog in her arms and declared it was her new pet.
Mr Lloyd said: ‘It was terrified of her. It was physically shaking on her lap. She wanted to take the dog for a walk.’
He added that Dennehy treated 7ft 3in Stretch ‘like a puppy’ and said the giant would be dead if the killer hadn’t needed him to drive her around.
Georgina Page then told the court how she and Dennehy became friends while serving jail sentences together.
She said she next saw her former cell mate when she and Stretch turned up on her doorstep in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, following the murders.
She said: ‘When I was inside with her she wasn’t a murderer or nothing. At first I didn’t believe her.
‘I was very shocked. I was scared, I didn’t know what to do.’
The court also heard that during the pair’s stay at Ms Page’s house Dennehy was ‘jumping around’ in delight at seeing her face on the news.
Ms Page said the killer downed whisky and ate a ham sandwich while bragging about her violent acts.
She said: ‘I was terrified. Stretch turned round and said that if anyone grassed on them he would get his dad to sort them out.
Picutred is the knife used by Joanna Dennehy to attack her five victims. The later two men survived the attacks
‘Joanna was talking about something and saying “you know we’re going to get caught and sent to jail for a long time”.’
She also said Dennehy compared herself and Stretch to ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ whose gang killed nine policeman in 1930s America.
Killer: Joanna Dennehy stabbed three men in a 10-day spree of violence
And when she asked her why she had killed, Dennehy responded: ‘They shouldn’t have pissed me off, they shouldn’t have flirted with me’
A picture of the knife believed to be used in all five attacks was also shown to court and described as a nine-inch fold knife.
Mr Lloyd said he saw the same knife in Dennehy’s hands at a flat in Hereford occupied by his friend Moby.
It was there that Dennehy took pictures of herself and Stretch as they prepared to drive round the city in a bid to kill again.
Mr Lloyd told the jury that the blade ‘was as black as the handle’ because of all the congealed blood and that it ‘smelt like copper’.
He said Dennehy than told him: ‘I’ve killed three people, Gary’s helped dispose of them and I want to do some more. You’ve had your fun Gary, I want my fun.’
Mr Lloyd also revealed that Dennehy flirted with him and ‘caressed’ his neck and backside.
He told the court she said: ‘I wish I could have met you last year, your my type of guy’
He said that Stretch ‘was not liking it one bit’ before the three of them got into the green Vauxhall Astra that the killer had travelled in from Peterborough.
Mr Lloyd then said he tried to call the police while Stretch drove around Hereford looking for victims for Dennehy.
But he failed to do so and told a court that ‘Gary was the taxi driver, she went around killing people’.
(WJLA) – Police have now charged two women with murder in the deaths of two children in Germantown and say the defendants were attempting to perform an exorcism.
On Saturday morning, the childrens’ mother, Zakieya Latrice Avery, 28, was charged. Monifa Denise Sanford, age 21, was arrested and charged after she was released from the hospital.
On Friday, Montgomery County police officers responded to the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive where they discovered four children had been assaulted. Two of the children were pronounced dead on scene and the other two were transported to an area hospital.
Avery and Sanford have both been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Zyana Z. Harris, 2, and Norell N. Harris, 1, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder of the other two children, Taniya Harris, 5, and Martello Harris, 8, who both remain hospitalized.
Avery and Sanford are being held without bond.
“Cases like this are heartbreaking,” says Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger. “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims along with the 911 operators, police officers, evidence technicians, and fire and EMS personnel that responded.”
Leftovers: the same food you had last night, except a little grosser!
Well, it doesn’t have to be that way. Strategically choosing the stovetop over the microwave could reinvigorate countless pizza slices. And microwaving your rice the right way could make leftover Chinese food a lot more appetizing.
Scroll down to learn how to reheat almost everything languishing on those refrigerator shelves.
1. Pizza
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Microwaved pizza is the worst. The crust gets hard and awful while the rest of it becomes squishy and wet. No longer! Heat up slices in a covered skillet for crisp rather than soggy slices.
You know how Chinese takeout rice gets hard and brittle after a few hours in the fridge? It’s the worst. But here’s a simple trick: Place the rice in a microwave-safe bowl, cover it completely with a damp paper towel, and zap it for a few minutes. Voilà. Your rice is soft again!
3. Steak
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America’s Test Kitchen has a crazy-simple tip for reheating steak: Reheat it like you cooked it but in reverse. That entails warming the steak in the oven until its center reaches 110 degrees, then searing it on both sides on the stovetop over high heat. Sweet.
4. Roast Vegetables
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According to the The New York Times, hearty veggies like kale, root vegetables, and chard should be popped in the oven for up to 30 minutes, covered, at 350 degrees. Want to add some caramelization to foods like broccoli, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower? Let them hang out under the broiler for a few minutes.
5. Soup
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A thick soup will splatter if you reheat it, uncovered, in a microwave. If you don’t want your microwave looking like this, cover or reheat it on your stovetop. It’s a simple trick, but it’s one we’ve forgotten WAY too many times.
6. Pie
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Soggy pie ain’t no fun. Food52 cofounder Amanda Hesser suggests you reheat that slice in the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes. “You want it warm, not hot,” she says. Patience is key with this one, obvs.
7. Fried Chicken
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We’ll be honest with you, folks—fried chicken is never going to be as good as it was when it was fresh and piping-hot. That said, your best chance at a decent reprise meal is to wrap it in tin foil and throw it under the broiler for a few minutes.
8. French Fries
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Remember the advice we gave you about fried chicken? We’re about to give it to you again. Hit the broiler, baby.
9. Macaroni and Cheese
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If you reheat mac ‘n cheese in the microwave, you’ll get some crusty pieces, some overcooked pieces, and some pieces that never warmed up at all. Trust us; you’re way better off heating it up in a skillet on the stove.
PopSugar has a few other good tips: Start off by melting a pat of butter or a bit of oil. After adding the pasta, pour in a couple tablespoons of milk. The result is creamier, evenly heated pasta. And no crusty bits!
10. Turkey
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Ah, the most famous leftover of them all. Even the best cooked birds can taste dried-out the next day. The New York Times suggests spreading your leftovers on a baking pan, covering it with foil, and baking the whole thing at 325 degrees for up to 30 minutes. Crisp up any pieces that have skin, uncovered, under the broiler.
Go forth and reheat, readers. Just give that microwave a break once in a while.
A. Yes and yes! There have already been a few tablet-specific viruses and it’s only a matter of time before they become widespread. For anti-virus software, I recommend Lookout’s anti-virus app. It also works on smartphones, so download it for your other mobile gadgets, too. It helps to make sure your tablet is running the most recent software it can, too. To update an iPad, go to Settings>>General Software Update and for Androids, it’s Settings>>System Updates. I recommend switching your phone’s default browser, too. Chrome and Opera Mini are both fantastic mobile browsers that are more secure.
The study claims to provide evidence for the subconscious bias where educated black men are remembered as having lighter skin. The claim adds fervor to the implication that successful black people are thought of as exceptions to their race rather than examples of what people within that race are capable of.
“Black individuals who defy social stereotypes might not challenge social norms sufficiently but rather may be remembered as lighter, perpetuating status quo beliefs,” the study explained.
“Whereas encountering a black individual after being primed with the word educated might pose a challenge to existing beliefs, encountering a black individual after being primed with the word ignorant would likely not require resolution or a misremembering of skin tone to align with these beliefs; especially in light of work on hypodescent.”
Published in the journal Sage Open, the study consisted of two experiments utilizing students from the university. Experiment one used 125 students who participated in exchange for partial course credit. Experiment two used thirty-five participants who also received partial course credit.
In the experiments, students were subliminally shown one of two words -– “ignorant” or “educated” — followed by a photo of a black man’s face. They were then shown seven photos with the same face with varying skin tones ranging from light to dark. The original photo they were shown was also included in the selection. Three photos were darker to varying degrees and three photos were lighter to varying degrees. After being shown these photos, participants were asked to identify the original photo they were shown.
The results showed participants who were shown the word “educated” had more memory errors and often chose the photos with a lighter skin-tone when asked to recall the face they originally saw.
The authors of the study explain this by stating that the findings are: “consistent with the mind’s striving for cognitive consistency or the tendency to attempt to resolve an incompatible cognition in the direction of a stereotype.”
They further to go on to explain the link to stereotyping and discrimination:
“Phenotypic features associated with the social categorization of racial groups have been strongly linked to stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Notably, individuals perceived to possess higher levels of Afrocentric features (e.g., dark skin, full lips, wide nose, coarse hair) have been subject to increased negative stereotyping (e.g., alleging heightened levels of aggression; see Blair, Chapleau, & Judd, 2005), leading to real-world repercussions, such as receiving longer prison sentences for crimes equated for severity and priors (Blair, Judd, & Chapleau, 2004; Viglione, Hannon, & DeFina, 2011).”
The authors also found that this bias isn’t isolated to the black community “it is pervasive across and within diverse ethnic and racial groups, including Whites, Latinos, and Blacks.”
Turns out the mastermind behind the software leading to a massive Target breach that swiped credit card information from 110 million customers last November may have been none other than a (brilliant) teenager,according to investigators.
Authorities suspect that an unnamed 17-year-old with “ties to St. Petersburg” may have developed the “malware” software used to skim credit card numbers in the enormous data breach, which involved the theft of everything from confidential credit and debit card data to personal information like addresses and phone numbers. That same software may have also been used to hit up several other retailers, and a federal report this week suggested the software breach was an organized, likely Russian-instigated cyber attack on the U.S.
California cyber-security firm IntelCrawler says they’ve identified the “malware”‘s architect, tracking the software back to a 17-year-old with the username “ree4.” And though the firm does not believe the teenager orchestrated the cyber-attack, they note this isn’t the first malicious software he has designed, as per CEO Andrew Komarov: “Previously he has created several tools used in hacking community for brute force attacks, such as ‘Ree4 mail brute’, and also earned some first money with social networks accounts hacking and DDoS attacks trainings, as well as software development including malicious code.”
Several online chats were embedded in the report; the chats were conducted in Russian, and the translation alleges Ree4 sold one download of the software for $2000; investigators have still not managed to pinpoint the hackers directly responsible for the attack.
The idea of “couch potatoes” tends to conjure up images of overweight, lazy unkempt slacker-types. We’ve heard about the research that has shown that the more hours of television watched per day, the higher the risk for overweight or obesity. The long-held belief was that television junkies weighed more because they snacked more while glued to the tube. But did you know that the actual position of lying down for long periods of time is actually dangerous to your health?
How Being Lazy Affects Fat Cells
A new study out of Tel Aviv University, published in The American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology, found that preadipocyte cells, which are fat cell precursors, change into fat cells more quickly and crank out even more fat when you lie down or sit down. These extended periods of siting or resting horizontally where we put weight on parts of our bodies are referred to as times of “mechanical stretching loads.”
In simple terms, being inactive causes your body to create more fat within your already-existing fat cells, so the cells themselves become larger. Constantly putting pressure on your body’s cells causes fat cells to spread out and grow bigger.
The Damage Is Irreversible
What’s more alarming is that more and more research is finding that the detrimental effects that prolonged leisure time has on your body can’t be “canceled out” by exercising, even if you do vigorous exercise such as running or cycling. This means you can’t justify spending hours stretched out in front of your television simply because you work out that same day. Even an hour at the gym will not counteract the irreversible, harmful effects that hours of inactivity have on your body.
A recent study published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that men who reported spending two or more hours per day sitting in front of a television had twice the risk of having a heart attack or cardiac “event” than the men who reported watching less television. And men who said they spent four or more hours being sedentary had a 50% higher chance of dying from any cause. Exercisedid not negate the risks associated with the hours of television watching. There are multiple other studies that found similar results.
Preventing Cell Damage
Now, scientists are conducting studies to determine the exact minimum amount of time of leisure activity that causes these changes in fat cells. In the meantime, experts currently recommend limiting sedentary activity – such as time spent watching television, playing video games, or surfing the Internet – to one hour a day or less.
To prevent this irreparable damage to your body, aim to cut back your tube time by several hours each week until you are viewing no more than an hour per day. In addition to slashing your risk of several health problems, you may find that you have more time for other activities you love. Or, use the extra free time to explore new hobbies or interests.
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