You Have Ants in Your Pants…

It's something I heard all my life, and I still have them!  It's a phrase my Mom and Nana always used with me.Recently a new study shows that fidgeting maybe good for our health.  New research has found that people who consider themselves as big fidgeters or have ants in my pants..as I'd say, have better health outcomes than people who simply just sit there and not move at all.

The Chicago Tribune did the study and tracked the health of more than 12 thousand British women ranging in all different ages.  Women who sat for seven or more hours per a day daily had a 30 percent increased risk of dying from any cause, but only if they did not fidget.  Women who continually shake their legs, tap their feet and drum their fingers saw no increased mortality rates.  So in all honesty here when I tell my child to sit still, it's not helping her health at all!  I'll say, "Never Sit Still."  I'm giggling a little bit inside because just last night I said to her.."You have ants in your pants"!

Keep on moving beautiful women!  Never sit still!