Regular walking is
good for you: it aids weight loss, boosts energy levels, reduces stress,
improves sleep, improves concentration, lowers blood pressure, helps build
healthy bones and muscles, may improve ‘good’ cholesterol, and helps improve mental
wellbeing. It’s a cheap, easy, equipment-free, ageless, communal or personal
way to receive health benefits.
Psychologists and
health experts also say that where you choose to walk can also add to the
benefits. For example, walking to work along inner city streets is good, but
walks in the countryside or along the coast is better. Walking in nature, such
as a forest or even a city park, can have a restorative effect on people’s
health.
So walking, rambling,
meandering, trekking, hiking, tramping, power-walking or strolling are all good
for you – and some health experts say the effects of a good walk in nature is
like ‘a miracle drug or wonder cure.’
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