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INACTIVITY IS TODAY, THE LEADING PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE WORLD, SECOND ONLY TO TOBACO USE

Walking energizes you and stills your mind to fully relax. You experience a physical and a spiritual upliftment.

The oxygen that you get early in the morning also gives you great amount of energy to your whole body. Your joints, especially the knee joint becomes subtle. By constantly moving your joints, you increase your blood circulation in a way that can only be achieved with your daily morning walk.

FORTY MINUTES WALK, FIVETIMES A WEEK, WITH SPEED OF 5KM /HR IS IDEAL. IT BURNS ABOUT 300 CALORIES & CAN REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT BY 5-7 KG IN A YEAR

WALKING IS THE BEST MEDICINE

It works to build fitness, slimness and cardiovascular health and helps with relaxation.

WALKING AND BACKPAIN

Taking a walk regularly is one of the best things you can do for your back. It promotes muscular development, increases circulation, and speeds up the release of endorphins which provide a natural “high”.

WALKING AND OSTEOPOROSIS

. Calcium and exercise are the keys to the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Walking may help you combat it. The studies show that a walk of just half an hour, four times a week, can help prevent osteoporosis.

WALKING AND BLOOD PRESSURE

Regular walking can reduce high blood pressure - hypertension - by making the heart work more efficiently and by improving the circulation. It has been shown that blood pressure can be reduced by weight loss. Regular walking combined with a low fat, high fiber-diet is an excellent form of weight control. There are other ways in which you can help yourself to reduce high blood pressure:-

WALKING AND CHOLESTEROL

Cholesterol is transported in the blood by lipoproteins. There are two types of lipoproteins - High density (HDLs) and Low density (LDLs). HDLs are called “good” and LDLs “bad” cholesterol. The higher your HDL level the lower the risk of heart disease.

Stress can also affect your cholesterol levels. Regular walking can increase the levels of “good” cholesterol in the blood, reducing chances of a heart attack. So try to avoid stress - and relax. Go for a walk.

WALKING AND HEART

Regular walking may reduce the risk of a heart attack by half. It can help to lower the risk of coronary heart diseases as there is a link between vigorous physical exercise and a low incidence of heart failure.

WALKING ANG SELF CONFIDENCE

When you feel fit and healthy your self-confidence increases and you feel more able to cope with the demands mode on you. Time spent walking means time taken off from the stresses of daily life. As a result you feel less anxious. Regular exercise can increase the levels of endorphins - naturally secreted hormones - that appear to work in the brain, increasing a sense of well being. And this feeling of contentment in turn increases your Self confidence.

Prof M. R Jain