Sitting is the new smoking: Researchers are discovering a sedentary lifestyle can be hazardous to your health. Please join Mayo Clinic obesity expert James Levine, M.D., for a LIVE chat TODAY at 6 p.m. Eastern with NBC “Rock Center” correspondent Natalie Morales at http://bit.ly/11dzvcv.
Also scheduled to join the chat are chef Howard Snitzer, whose resuscitation after cardiac arrest and an incredible 96 minutes of CPR two years ago left him with a life-changing drive to get in shape and stay in shape, and Audrey Caseltine, a Mayo Clinic patient who is beginning her journey toward a healthier lifestyle.
In addition to this evening’s chat, Rock Center will air an in-depth piece with Dr. Levine at 10 p.m. Eastern tomorrow. Would you like to join the discussion? Please tweet your questions and comments to #RockCenter and @mayoclinic, or post them on the chat site.
For instance, cigarette smokers have lower vitamin C (natural antioxidant) intakes and plasma vitamin C levels than nonsmokers. The incidence of cancer, heart disease, and cataracts is lower in populations that have high intakes of fruits or leafy green vegetables, all replete with vitamin C. Smokers who ate foods containing more than 200 mg vitamin C daily had serum vitamin C levels equivalent to those of nonsmokers who consumed 60 mg or more of the vitamin, according to a recent national survey.