WALKING AND TALKING

Walking is one of the best exercises in the world!  You can walk outdoors, in malls or on a treadmill. It’ll add to your span of life, it’s fun and it’s free.  You can walk and talk with a companion or commune with nature all by yourself.  Here are a few of the many benefits of walking.

Walking is good for your bones.  It’s effective in slowing the ratio of bone loss from the legs.

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Take the stairs and skip the elevator.


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Symptoms of depression are alleviated by walking.




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When you walk you see things you don’t notice while driving: a calico cat on a porch, the sidewalk has paving stones from the 1800s or the smell of a newly mown yard.

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Walking in the rain is particularly mood enhancing. Don’t forget your umbrella.

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Walking reduces the risk of breast and colon cancer.

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Joan