Walking: The Miracle Cure: Walking has many health benefits to reduce the risk of the major causes of death: heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes. It can also reduce risk of gall bladder disease, glaucoma, and other ailments. Walking is associated with living longer and healthier in studies of twins and large population samples.
An hour of walking a day can keep you healthier and happier as you age.
Walking also can keep you connected to your family.
- Be a Walking Role Model: Set a good example of maintaining an active healthy lifestyle so your adult children and grandchildren will expect that they should also exercise throughout life.
- Make Walking a Family Event: Make special walking get-togethers for the whole family - go on the tulip walk, the iris walk, a walk through an area with waterfalls, involve all generations of your family.
- Keep Your Body in Tune: Get regular physical exams and discuss any health difficulties openly and frankly with your health care provider to get early diagnosis and treatment of any problems.
- Don't Let Embarrassing Problems Stop You: If you are affected by bladder control problems or other nuisances, discuss this with your health care provider as there are many excellent treatments and products available today so it doesn't have to affect your active lifestyle. Sensitive Subjects for Walkers
- Become a Family Team: Enter a relay race as a family, such as the Portland-to-Coast Walk.
- Walk With the Young Ones: Take a child for a walk - grandchild, nieces and nephews and their children. Show them how much fun it is to go walking. See the world through their young eyes. Walking With Children
- Walking Vacations: If you have never taken the opportunity to travel, do it now while you can enjoy seeing it on foot. Trek in the Himalayas. Take a photo safari in Africa. Hike from hut to hut in the Alps. Enjoy the benefits of a life of hard work and staying healthy and active. Walking Tours and Walking Vacations
