The Cure for Sitting Disease Isn't Standing. It's This.

The Habit Healers · Sep 8, 2026 · 18m

Is sitting too much really the problem, or is it the chair? In this episode I explore the surprising science of floor sitting, sitting disease, and why your standing desk may not be protecting you the way you think.

I share what researchers found when they studied the Hadza, a hunter-gatherer population in Tanzania who rest nearly ten hours a day, as much as office workers in the US, yet remain metabolically healthy. The difference is not how long they rest, it is how they rest: squatting, kneeling, and constantly changing positions in ways that keep muscles gently active. I also walk you…