For several days now, I've been writing an ongoing series of diet and fitness posts titled "Why the Pounds Are Sticking Around," which are a collection of tips sourced from the health magazine Self. Since the response has been so positive, I decided to forge ahead with an idea I had for a series of healthy living posts. Since exercise and training are more my forte, I sought out information from an outside source -- Men's Health magazine. To that end, I found ten great health and wellness tips that I thought would be perfect for pieces on healthy living.

So, just as I have been doing with the diet and fitness posts, I will also be posting one healthy living tip per day as part of a series I think I'm going to call "Living Well." I think you'll find these tips to be as interesting and as helpful as I did.

Healthy Tip #7 - Stop being so upright

Maintaining proper posture while standing -- that is, keeping your shoulders directly above your pelvis and your back straight -- is highly advised by medical professionals. But when it comes to sitting down, some researchers believe that leaning back a bit is better for your spine.

Using magnetic resonance imagine (MRI), Scottish and Canadian researchers found that sitting up straight may actually be bad for your back. The research, carried out at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland, involved scanning the spines of twenty-two volunteers, leading to the findings that leaning back 45 degrees off vertical is ideal for back comfort and safety.