Walking is as critical to your health as sleep
November 26, 2011
You Docs
Some of you may have heard us say once (or 20 times) that it’s as vital to walk every day as it is to sleep every night. You wouldn’t skip your ZZZs; don’t skip your strides. Yep, walking is that critical to your health and well-being.
We You Docs had a jones for walking long before we wrote our first “YOU” book six years ago . But we’ve now got another new reason to walk forever and to get your mom, uncle, pop-pop and great-aunt Tillie to go with you. Turns out that the older you are, the more important it is to walk. Because the more you walk, the happier you are. And the happier you are, the more you walk, which means the healthier you are.
What specifically does walking do for older family members? The same things it does for you: Within three months of hitting your stride, all of you will have boosted blood flow to your brains by 15 per cent (hello, smarty pants) plus lowered your blood pressure and heart rates about 5 per cent (goodbye, heart disease). If you step lively and cover about six miles a week — easy to do if you walk 30 minutes a day — you’ll also help keep your brain from shrinking and even increase your memory processing area. That ups the chances that you’ll hold onto your memories.
For a last bit of motivation, buy everyone a pedometer. When you track your steps, they’ll mysteriously increase.
YouDocs Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen are authors of YOU: Losing Weight. Order it at StarStore.ca. Submit questions and find more info at RealAge.com Links: http://starstore.ca http://www.realage.com
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