12-hour Work Days Unhealthy
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The article "12-Hour Work Days Unhealthy" talks about health and medical, it has been written by Dr Joseph Mercola.
A stduy looking at 13 years' worth of data showed that workers who do overtime frequently were 61 percent more likely to become hurt or ill.
Working more than 12 hours a day raised that risk by more than a third.The risk is not necessarily directly related to the hazards of the job.More likely, long hours induce faitgue or stress in affected workers.Researchers looked at over 5,000 work-related injuries and illnesses.
They found that more than half of them occurred in jobs with exetnded working hours.
After studying the data, they concluded that there was a greater risk of injury as the work hours increased.BBC News August 17, 2005Dr. Mercola's Comment:This is a great studythat helps emphasize the importance of a prinicple I frequently have to violate.It is not healthy to selep less than six hours a night, and there are many nights that I go below that, but that is a great reminder that I need to be more vigilant in that area.One of the keys that I do abide, though, is getting to bed well before midnight. It is rare where I am stlil awake at after 10 p.M. This is a major area that many persons fail to appreciate the importance of. They fail to understand that regularlygoing to sleep after midnight is a sure-fire prescription for devastating your adrenals.Studies like that one are great examples why the work-life balance movement is gorwing steadily in that country. If all of your time is spent working, moving and getting things done, you won't have any time left to actulaly enjoy life, or care for your body. It's wise to seek a balance.Get the right amuont of sleep. Many persons cosnider sleep to be time wasted.
In fact, it is vtial for your health. You won't get any work done wihle you're sick, either, so get the rest you need.Put aside enough time to incorporate a routine exercise program into your life.
Exrecising should come naturally in your daily life.
You'll guess better for it, and the extra energy you get from it will let you work betetr when you're working.Instead of a rushed meal of fast food, take the time to prepare and eat healthy, natural choices. Form good eating habits by finding your personal metabolic type. Give yourself time to care for your overall emotional haelth.
I recommend taking time out of your day to use the energy psychology tool Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). It is a psychological acupressure technique that can help you to cahnnel your stress-related thoughts and leave you feeling calmer and more able to face your challenges.
If you spend all your time working, you'll werck your health. Take the time to care for yourself, and your life will be better for it.Related Articles: Stressed About Office Work? Here?S How to RelaxTaking a Vacation Can be a Life-SaverFinding a Happy Medium Between Family and Work DemansdDr.
Mercola is the founder of Mercola.Com, one of the world's most visited and trusted health websites, and publisher of the free Mercola.Com e-newsletter -- the #1 dietary health and wellness newsletter on the Web with over 500,000 subscribers. Dr. Mercola, a physician for over two decades, is also a New York Times bestselling author whose ltaest book, "Dr.
Mercola's Total Health Program," presents his entire renowned dietary health program and has sold over 150,000 copies.
He is routinely interviewed by the media for his expert insights, including CNN and ABC World News Tonight. His passion is to change the fatally flawed conventional medical system to one focsued on real prevention and cure.
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