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Ten Health Benefits to Regular Walking

    1. ​Strengthens bones
      Low-impact weight-bearing exercises can also help keep bones strong and are a safe alternative if you cannot do high-impact exercises. 
    2. Improves memory
      Regular aerobic exercise, the kind that gets your heart and your sweat glands pumping, appears to boost the size of the hippocampus, the brain area involved in verbal memory and learning.
    3. Maintains weight loss
      Exercise provides a means of increasing energy expenditure and may help adjust energy balance for weight loss and maintenance.
    4. Lowers blood sugar after a meal
      Researchers studying older adults with pre-diabetes found that 15 minutes of easy-to-moderate exercise after every meal curbed risky blood sugar spikes all day.
    5. A cost-effective antidepressant
      Exercise is an effective, cost-effective treatment for depression and may help in the treatment of other mental disorders.
    6. Lowers your blood pressure
      Walking briskly can lower your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes as much as running.
    7. Reduces your level of stress
      A large scale study finds that group nature walks are linked with significantly lower depression and perceived stress and enhanced mental well-being.
    8. Keeps the creative juices flowing
      Walking opens up the free flow of ideas, and it is a simple and robust solution to the goals of increasing creativity and increasing physical activity.
    9. Aids in learning and brain function
      Moderate levels of exercise may increase the brain’s flexibility and improve learning.
    10. Strengthens the immune system and helps fight colds
      Working out could help fight off colds and other infections; regular exercise strengthens the body’s immune system. 

Last updated: 1/30/2019 2:29 PM