Friday 16 August 2013

Walking For Health:The Best Medicine

Most doctors agree, walking for health is the right thing to do. Listen in as these physicians explain the benefits of walking: how it can reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, help increase muscle tone, and keep your weight in check. Plus, getting out there and moving gets the blood flowing which can help with heart and respiratory issues, increase bone health and reduce the risk of osteoporosis
                                                     
Walking is a great way to improve or maintain your overall health. Just 30 minutes every day can increase cardiovascular fitness, strengthen bones, reduce excess body fat, and boost muscle power and endurance. It can reduce your risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers. Unlike some other forms of exercise, walking for health is free and doesn’t require any special equipment or training.

Walking is a form of aerobic exercise and is one of the easiest ways to increase your physical activity and improve your health. Physical activity increases your heart rate, strengthens your heart, and increases blood circulation through your body, bringing more oxygen and nutrients to your organs. Exercise also increases your lungs' ability to take in oxygen, lowers blood pressure, helps to reduce body fat, and improves blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

Hippocrates must have been a smart guy! yourself to exercise There's a wealth of research to prove that walking is good for you and the results are impressive: major reductions in both diabetes and heart disease, decreases in high blood pressure, increases in bone density, and more all follow regular walking exercise.

Walking can improve your health and fitness by helping you lose body fat, improve your fitness and avoid heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers. Try to walk briskly for at least 30 minutes most days of the week. Walking with others can turn exercising into an enjoyable social occasion.

benefits of walking
Regular walking has a direct impact on the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems, by:

  • reducing the risk of coronary disease and stroke,
  • lowering blood pressure,
  • reducing cholesterol levels in blood,
  • increasing bone density, hence preventing osteoporosis,
  • managing the negative effects of osteoarthritis, and
  • easing back pain.

Regular walking also improves general health and longevity. According to the US Report of the Surgeon General, not only do walkers live longer but also the quality of their lives improves dramatically.

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