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CRUNCH TIME

e all take walking upright on two legs for granted, but there’s much more to it. For example, an upright posture reduces cerebral blood flow, causing decreased intra-cranial pressure. Another study showed that the apex of the lung is not supplied with blood when lying down, which makes oxygen transportation more difficult. There are other psychological studies trying to link depression with posture, but these were poorly conducted and in all of

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