Do you need a reason to get out walking more often? Well, here is 34 reasons for you!
- Prevent up to 91% of cases of obesity and Type 2 diabetes
- Prevent up to 50% of all cases of heart disease
- Reduce the risk of stroke by 25-30%
- Prevent up to 50% of all stroke deaths
- Reduce congestive heart deaths by 63%
- Reduce hospital re-admission from heart failure patients by 70%
- Normalise blood pressure and reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure
- Restore or maintain heart and blood vessel health
- Restore and maintain normal cholesterol triglyceride levels
- Reduce the risk of breast cancer by up to 60%
- Reduce pancreatic cancer in overweight people by 50%
- Reduce lung cancer, even in smokers, by 72%
- Reduce melanoma (skin cancer) by over 72%
- Prevent up to 50% of colon cancer
- Reduce the risk of developing and improving outcomes of those with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
- Prevent osteoporosis and increase new bone formation
- Increase strength, flexibility and balance
- Decrease gallbladder removal by 20% and decrease gallstones
- Improve digestion and decrease indigestion
- Improve bowel function and elimination
- Increase immune system function
- Increase macrophage activity and anti-oxidant levels
- Decrease all causes of mortality by 67% in the general population
- Decrease all-cause mortality by 50% in the 61-81 year old age group
- Prevent up to 47% of cognitive impairments, prevent up to 62% of Alzheimer’s and 52% of dementia
- Improve physical function in older adults
- Decrease change of ever being in a nursing home
- Decrease rate of aging
- Enhance learning by 12 times
- Increase dopamine and serotonin levels
- Decrease depression by 20%, including relapses
- Increased growth and healing hormones
- Decrease stress and body breakdown hormones
- Decrease body fat, obesity and weight gain