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Can’t take a walk? Move your feet!

08 Tuesday Oct 2019

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Medical experts call sitting the new smoking – that’s how bad it is for our health. So, do this if you’ve been seated for hours – and can’t get up and take a walk: Move your feet. It instantly wakes up your body, according to kinesiology experts. Spread your toes, rotate your ankles, and spell out the alphabet with your big toe. It’ll get your blood flowing and make you more alert.

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Here’s how to relax, fast!

17 Monday Jun 2019

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Feeling tense? Here’s how to relax, fast: Take a two-minute “stress break” every hour to get your blood flowing… say, by standing up and swinging your arms, or taking a brisk walk. Researchers at Loyola University in Baltimore found that physical activity helps calm the brain’s anxiety center and eases stress, which can quickly lower blood pressure by about 4 points.

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Improve your mood by walking!

27 Thursday Dec 2018

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The easiest way to improve your mood is to change the way you walk. When researchers studied the mindset of people walking, those who were hunched over and shuffling were in a funk. And the walkers who took purposeful strides, head up, shoulders back had a brighter attitude.

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Take a walk for brain health!

24 Monday Dec 2018

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To keep your brain from aging – all you need is a 10-minute walk. The brain-enhancing benefits of exercise don’t come from a grueling workout. You just need to elevate your pulse above normal for 10 minutes at a time. Ideally, you want 120 minutes of exercise a week. Get that, and in a year, you’ll have a bigger hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory.

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Improve your health and save thousands by taking a walk!

07 Friday Dec 2018

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How would you like to improve your health AND save $2,500 a year? Well, you don’t have to scrimp and save. All you have to do is take your dog for a walk every day. Or walk your kid to school. Or even walk around the mall for half an hour. Because a 30-minute walk, at least 5 days a week, is all it takes to reduce your annual medical expenses by $2,500. You’ll cut down on sick days, doctor visits, insurance claims and medicines. So take a daily walk and save yourself a bunch of money!

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Greasy meals and walking…

10 Tuesday Apr 2018

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Did you down a greasy bacon-and-egg breakfast, or a fried chicken dinner?
Then take a walk! Indiana University researchers found that a half-hour stroll after a fatty meal not only reverses the short-term damage to your arteries, but it also causes them to work better than they did before the feast!
However, this is not an excuse to eat fatty foods all the time!

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Take a walk to clear your mind

28 Wednesday Feb 2018

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If you’re obsessing over something negative that happened – go find a park and take a walk. According to Stanford University researchers, spending time in nature actually decreases blood flow to the part of the brain that we use to dwell on things. Which can make you calmer in just minutes.

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Diabetes and walking

23 Tuesday Jan 2018

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One of the best things to do for your body, especially if you have Type 2 diabetes, or pre-diabetes, is to take a walk after eating. When you do that, it gives your blood sugar a purpose. Because when your muscles are in motion they soak up glucose more efficiently. And that helps regulate and even out blood sugar. So try a 30-minute walk after meals – or at least your biggest meal of the day.

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Speed it up & slow it down!

18 Monday Sep 2017

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When you’re walking, go a little faster sometimes, then go a little slower…… and keep switching it up. According to the journal Biology Letters, varying your walking speed burns 20% more calories than strolling along at a steady pace.

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Feeling a bit anxious & stressed?

06 Thursday Jul 2017

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Have you ever noticed that the longer you sit, the more anxious you feel?
Well, there’s a scientific reason for that: It’s because sitting for 2 hours or more makes the stress hormone cortisol build up in our system – without any way to be released. That’s according to the journal BioMed Central Public Health. To combat that rising stress, all you have to do is rise, yourself! Stand up, stretch, take a short walk. That’ll significantly reduce cortisol production and your feelings of stress.

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