在每日工作中促进身体健康

 　　我们周围的环境与我们的生活息息相关。由于我们至少每周要花四十个小时在工作上，因此为了你的健康和长寿，让你的工作场所尽可能有利于健康是至关重要的。这些只是几个可以让你将健康与工作环境合二为一的方法。

　　Our surroundings have a direct link to our lives. Since we spend 40 or more hours at our jobs weekly, it is essential to your health and longevity 1 that your place of work is as conducive 2 to wellness as possible. These are just a few ways you can integrate health into your workplace.
　　Longevity Lifework
　　It is very important for your health that you enjoy your work and it has meaning for you. With that in mind, it is also important to consider the health risk factors that may be included in your job description. People in certain professions have a tendency to live longer than average. In studies carried out by the life insurance industry, it was found that symphony conductors and high-level company executives have a lower-than-average rate of mortality. Chinese surveys have found that artists, doctors, herb gatherers, and professors generally enjoy a lengthened 3 life span. Contrarily, some industries cut your life short, especially those in which stress and work-related injuries are everyday occurrences, including agriculture, construction, fishing, forestry 4, manufacturing, mining, transportation, retail 5 sales, and wholesale 6 sales.
　　Fresh Air for Office Care
　　Energy-efficient standards of today require that modern office buildings be kept tightly sealed, in order to avoid temperature variations. This is one of the major contributions to the condition called "sick building syndrome," an ambiguous illness that affects the occupants of an unhealthy edifice 7. Carpeting, furniture, cleaning products, dry cleaning, insecticides, printers, and other products can give off unhealthy fumes 8, which trigger responses from the immune system that over time dull its, leading to premature 9 aging. Circulate fresh air through your office by opening the windows early in the morning and late in the evening. These are the times of day that outdoor air is cleanest.
　　Plants to the Rescue
　　The synthetic 10 materials found in buildings, furnishings, and electronic devices emit volatile 11 organic chemicals (VOCs) into our work environment. Some examples of these toxic 12 gases include formaldehyde from plastic bags, benzene from wall coverings, and xylene from computer screens. Indoor air pollutants 13 aggravate 14 allergies 15 and fatigue 16; in some extreme cases, they can even lead to cancer and birth defects. This is where Mother Nature's air purifiers come in: plants produce oxygen and eliminate VOCs at the same time. The most effective plants include indoor palms, English ivy 17, ficuses, peace lilies, and chrysanthemums 18. Bring the fresh air indoors by filling your workplace with plants a plenty!
　　Office Pick-Me-Ups
　　The key to staying alert and awake on the job is to keep your chi moving. So before you reach for that third cup of coffee—which will initially 19 give you a boost, but depletes 20 your energy in the long run—try some of these:
　　Take frequent breaks from sitting. Instead of using the phone to get what you need, use your legs! Find ways to keep moving all day. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Park your car a few blocks away from where you’re going.
　　Take a field trip for lunch. If it's a nice day outside, have a picnic in a park or just take a walk around the block. The fresh air and the break from routine will be an invigorating addition to your workday.
　　Make sure you are sitting up straight. Slouching not only makes you look older than you are, it also leads to a huge drop in energy by decreasing your oxygen intake 21. When you compress the diaphragm and ribs 22, full respiration 23 cannot take place and the blood flow is slowed to your brain and extremities 24. Additionally, poor posture 25 also affects your mood and contributes to chronic 26 back and neck pains. The Chinese remedy for poor posture is to pull your chin inward and pretend there is a string pulling straight upward from the top of your head.