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17 Benefits of Standing

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1.Standing posture is good for health.It renders numerable benefits to your health. 2.Standing , also referred to as  orthostasis , is a  human position  in which the body is held in an upright (" orthostatic ") position and supported only by the feet. 3.Standing is good for health compared to sitting. Standing is the preferred posture to reverse the health consequences of a sedentary lifestyle. 4.T he act of sitting shuts down the circulation of  a fat-absorbing enzyme called  lipase,and may result in  obesity, heart disease and diabetes.While sitting, t he fat in the body will recirculate in the blood stream and get stored as body fat or it clog arteries and cause diseases," Dr. Hamilton says. 5.The act of standing engages muscles and promotes the distribution of lipase , which prompts the body to process fat and cholesterol.  Standing helps us to use more muscles and also aids to physically strengthen it. 6.Standing up posture uses blood glucose an