{"id":57986,"date":"2020-04-07T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T20:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/?p=57986"},"modified":"2020-05-07T17:25:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T21:25:49","slug":"6-worthwhile-benefits-of-daily-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/2020\/04\/6-worthwhile-benefits-of-daily-walks\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Worthwhile Benefits Of Daily Walks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/iStock-1094475872.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-57987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/iStock-1094475872.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/iStock-1094475872.jpg 1254w, https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/iStock-1094475872-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/iStock-1094475872-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/iStock-1094475872-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In these unprecedented times, one of the simplest pleasures can be a daily walk.&nbsp; A great time to get some fresh air and clear your head.&nbsp; Check out other great benefits a daily walk can deliver.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Burn Calories<\/strong>. Walking does burn calories. The amount varies due to factors like speed and your distance covered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved Mood<\/strong>. According to studies, even a short walk can greatly improve your mood.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support the joints.<\/strong> Walking can both protect and support the joints including hips and knees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boost Creativity<\/strong>. Walking can help release your creative juices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live Longer.<\/strong> Yes, <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinicproceedings.org\/article\/S0025-6196(19)30063-1\/fulltext\">studies<\/a><\/span><\/strong> have shown that walking can help you live longer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce your risk of Chronic Disease.<\/strong> According to <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prevention.com\/fitness\/a20485587\/benefits-from-walking-every-day\/\">Preventon.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, the statistics are impressive: The American Diabetes Association says walking lowers your blood sugar levels and your overall risk for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prevention.com\/health\/health-conditions\/a21764231\/type-2-diabetes-definition\/\">diabetes<\/a>. Researchers at the University of Boulder Colorado and the University of Tennessee found that regular walking&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prevention.com\/health\/health-conditions\/a20428370\/how-to-lower-blood-pressure-naturally\/\">lowered blood pressure<\/a>by as much as 11 points and may reduce the risk of stroke by 20 to 40%. One of the most cited&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa021067\">studies<\/a>&nbsp;on walking and health, published in&nbsp;The&nbsp;New England Journal of Medicine, found that those who walked enough to meet physical activity guidelines had a 30% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, compared with those who did not walk regularly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In these unprecedented times, one of the simplest pleasures can be a daily walk.&nbsp; A great time to get some fresh air and clear your head.&nbsp; Check out other great benefits a daily walk can deliver. &nbsp; Burn Calories. Walking does burn calories. The amount varies due to factors like speed and your distance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":57987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1890],"tags":[32516,9289,32519,32518,32517],"class_list":["post-57986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-diet-2","tag-benefits-of-walking","tag-fitness","tag-reasons-to-walk","tag-walking-health-benefits","tag-why-to-walk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57990,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57986\/revisions\/57990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/beauty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}