Sitting too long actually affects your digestion. Settling into your chair soon after a meal leads to the compression of the contents in the abdomen which slows down the process of digestion resulting in cramps, bloating, heart burn and constipation. It is no wonder that many people today suffer from constipation as opposed to the generation before when constipation was actually considered a disease that came with the progression of age. Delayed digestion also causes microbial imbalance in the intestines resulting in a chain of processes like inflammation and irritable bowels that further degrade your health.