It is estimated that adults spend 70% of their lives at work, or at their jobs. This makes the workplace a major impacter of our health. In fact, the quality of health among adults is often dictated by the jobs they hold. While every 
job may contribute to health problems due to stress they mount on the body, there are certain ways jobs may become very detrimental to health that easily go unnoticed.
See our top 10 unhealthy jobs list, and find out how your job ranks out.
How & why
Our jobs impact our health
The main way work impacts health is through stress. Physical, emotional, mental and even spiritual stress takes a toll on us and leads to varying health problems. Jobs demand a lot from us, from the overrated multitasking to sleepless nights and annoying coworkers, our bodies are constantly tasked beyond safe limits, posing serious health risks.
As if that is not enough, unhealthy habits, poor diets and lack of hydration increase the risk. Many people are compelled by work pressures to poor diets: processed foods and snacks, and are often oblivious of the benefits of proper hydration. Deadlines, presentations, emails, noise, EMFs (electromagnetic frequency), temperature changes, poor ventilation or lack of fresh air and difficult co-workers or bosses all affect our health. Add a bad habit like smoking into the mix and you tip the scale to risky proportions.
Did u know?
Technological advances: emails, voicemail, text messaging, faxes, twitters have further stressed workers? A study conducted by Pitney Bowes, the Institute for the Future, the Gallup Organization, and San Jose State University in California suggests sending and receiving messages takes up so much of the workday, forcing employees to take real work home.
The immune system protects us from invasion of bacteria, fungus, virus, and yeast and cancer cells. Immune cells that fight off these unwanted cells are constantly been produced in the bone marrow, and carried in the blood. They destroy toxins and microbes that enter the body.
An enormous amount of nutrients is needed by the immune system to function properly. Processed foods with added chemicals, preservatives, and artificial colors unfortunately do not provide adequate nutrition for immune function. Processed sugar alone is known to suppress the immune system, leaving the body prone to infections. Symptoms such as allergies, sinus problems etc are indicative of the immune system battling invasion.
Since we spend most of our time at work, our immune system takes a beating from the unending battle with toxins to keep us healthy. Viruses and toxins may lay dormant for years until the immune system becomes too weak to protect the body from their effects. Then show up suddenly, causing serious health problems. It takes time for them to infuse into healthy cells and multiply to do damage.
Also, there is the unending attack of chemicals, living and nonliving materials that attack the body from work environments. The kind of work environment you find yourself today will ultimately determine your health in the future. Plus, some people add to it with harmful cleaning solvents in the home.
Take for example, a painter who smokes consumes a lot of sodas and processed foods; his wife, a pest control technician cleans the home with bleach and other harmful chemicals (see the Bushman’s Spring Cleaning tips). Add two in-house dogs and kids, and you have a high risk home for numerous health problems.
Bottom line:
Jobs mount pressure on the immune system making us vulnerable to sickness and diseases. Bad habits and poor diets add to the problem. Immune support is needed to fight back.