At what point on life can we start tk exclhde ourselves from the health advice given to the general population?

There was a rather attractive personal trainer on television this morning who said housework only counted if you were having to make an extra physical effort. If it was stuff you normally waft around doing then it wasn't particularly good as exercise.
The main point about standing up seems to be the reduction in blood glucose. While this is a good thing it's not something you can feel happening. No body rushes round saying "Wow! I can feel my blood glucose evening out" do they?

Hence the " " Nonu ,
Gracesmum

leg problems caused by standing

This is a reputable report from Addenbrookes. I can see the benefits to standing up and moving about (some call this walking) more. But I honestly cannot see any advantage in just standing still for long periods of time and the link below seems to highlight problems too.

Well, they'd know all about standing still for four hours. They have plenty of research material in A&E.

Just ask teachers, hairdressers, shop assistants, nurses, doormen and all the other jobs which involve long hours standing and see if they agree with Michael Mosley! The Addenbrooke's report should have been issued as a health warning to all contemplating this type of work (e.g. me 43 years ago!). #wiseaftertheevent

Trust us we had common sense.

No, I don't know what that was supposed to mean either

Seemed fair comment ???

I was commenting about my own comment Grace. The title of Michael Mosley's show is 'Trust me I'm a Doctor' or something like that and I was trying to find a pithy way of saying 'Trust us as we have the life experience to separate the bullpoo from common sense' but I got tangled up trying to précis it and it didn't really work.

Wanders off for a drink ....

Lils Bar, Aka?

I agree, Flickety, if you don't like today,s medical advice jut wait a few minutes till it changes to something you do like. Chances are we are always doing something right and something wrong so we might as well please ourselves. I sit or stand according to how comfortable I feel - I think it is a decision I can make on my own.

I have to stand up to cut bread-makes my family laugh!

There is a very big difference in meaning between the terms "doing a little light housework" and "doing little light housework!" Just one letter make the meaning quite different.

I plump for the latter, Nellie!

I can't cut bread sitting down either and I don't know how anyone manages to do the ironing sitting down.

I'm with you there, anno!

I have an adjustable high stool for ironing which makes life easier on the rare occasions when I do any ironing.

I think it benifits us to pay attention to the fact that when health announcements are put into the media, they have come from statistics from the general population. However, we are individuals and, as such, must be thought of and treated as individual with our own singular health issues.

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes nearly 10 years ago which turned out to be incorrect(I no longer have the symptoms)
So I now follow my own advice

They always contradict themselves the following week anyway. Red wine is good, red wine is bad, just drink it standing up!

I enjoy red wine and at nearly 85 it does not seem to be doing me any hard

I always disregard 'health warnings' anyway [aren't they for other people?]

I know I ought to walk/move around more, because I'm officially obese (over 12 stone and only 5 ft tall). My heart is at risk, my cholesterol much too high. But now I have plantar fasciitis, and for that you have to rest your affected foot as much as possible, and AVOID standing for long periods or walking too briskly. As I'm not good at hopping, this leaves me in a bit of a quandary about exercise.
I'm trying to stick to the 5/2 diet but being on the antidepressant mirtazapine, I'm hungrier and more likely to put on weight. So - I could sit down and wave my arms up and down a lot, or lie on the bed and do cycling exercises (never learned to ride a bike, so please don't anyone suggest that!) As to swimming....I haven't donned a cozzie in decades, and the thought of my flabby body on show to all and sundry fills me with horror.
I do enjoy gardening, when I can motivate myself to get outside and do some ( depression is a motivation-killer) - but that doesn't happen every day.
I haven't given up trying to live healthily, but I'm not doing very well, and get the feeling I'm playing Russian Roulette with my health....(well, I did eat SIX Walnut Whips the other day when I was feeling low.....)

You sound a sweet little roly- person. Nothing wrong with that.

I have decided I actually hate gardening. Been kidding myself for years. Much better to get someone else to do it for you. I do love the flowers.

I like walking to the shops.

roly-poly. (God! That was bad enough!)