Every Single Hour of TV You Watch Takes 22 Minutes Off Your Life. Remember this the next time you settle into the couch for an eight-hour marathon of "Teen Mom" on MTV: It's LITERALLY speeding up your path to DEATH. A new study out of the University of Queensland in Australia found that for every single hour of TV you watch, it takes 21.8 minutes off your life. So if you watch three hours of TV tonight, you can take one hour off your life expectancy. If you watch an average of six hours of TV a day over the course of your life, it could cost you a total of almost five years. Now, keep in mind, the study didn't really factor in other lifestyle choices. So, if you watch TV but you don't smoke and exercise daily, you're going to be better off than someone who sits in front of the TV, smoking, and drinking gravy. But in general, it's a warning that watching TV . . . and just sitting on the couch, not moving . . . can have a MUCH more negative effect on your health than you realized. Read more HERE
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