Do This Daily...Strengthen Your Heart, Lungs & Immune System | Dr. Mandell

12 Benefits of Walking:

1. Improve Circulation
Walking wards off heart disease, brings up the heart rate, lowers blood pressure and strengthens the heart. Post-menopausal women who walk just one to two miles a day can lower their blood pressure by nearly 11 points in 24 weeks. Women who walk 30 minutes a day can reduce their risk of stroke by 20%, and by 40% when they stepped up the pace, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.

2. Shore Up Your Bones
Walking can stop the loss of bone mass for those with osteoporosis, according to Michael A. Schwartz, MD, of Plancher Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in New York. In fact, one study of post-menopausal women found that 30 minutes of walking each day reduced their risk of hip fractures by 40%.

3. Enjoy a Longer Life
Research finds that people who exercise regularly in their fifties and sixties are 35% less likely to die over the next eight years than their non-walking counterparts. That number shoots up to 45% less likely for those who have underlying health conditions.

4. Lighten Your Mood
Walking releases natural pain­killing endorphins to the body – one of the emotional benefits of exercise. A California State University, Long Beach, study showed that the more steps people took during the day, the better their moods were.

5. Lose Weight
A brisk 30-minute walk burns 200 calories. Over time, calories burned can lead to pounds dropped.

6. Strengthen Muscles
Walking tones your leg and abdominal muscles – and even arm muscles if you pump them as you walk. This increases your range of motion, shifting the pressure and weight from your joints to your muscles.

7. Improve Sleep
Studies found that women, ages 50 to 75, who took one-hour morning walks, were more likely to relieve insomnia than women who didn’t walk

8. Support Your Joints
The majority of joint cartilage has no direct blood supply. It gets its nutrition from joint fluid that circulates as we move. Movement and compression from walking “squishes” the cartilage, bringing oxygen and nutrients into the area.

9. Improve Your Breath
When walking, your breathing rate increases, causing oxygen to travel faster through bloodstream, helping to eliminate waste products and improve your energy level and the ability to heal.

10. Slow Down Mental Decline
A study of 6,000 women, ages 65 and older, performed by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found that age-related memory decline was lower in those who walked more. The women walking 2.5 miles per day had a 17% decline in memory, as opposed to a 25% decline in women who walked less than a half-mile per week.

11. Lower Alzheimer’s Risk
A study from the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville found that men between the ages of 71 and 93 who walked more than a quarter of a mile per day had half the incidence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than those who walked less.

12. Do More for Longer
Aerobic walking and resistance exercise programs may reduce the incidence of disability in the activities of daily living for people who are older than 65 and have symptomatic OA, a study published in the Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management found.

Source Arthritis Foundation 12 Benefits of Walking

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[spacestarkid]

I walk almost every day around 4 am till about 6 am. Feels great👍🏾💯%.

[eddiespagetti]

When I was a boy, in my neighborhood i allways saw a lady walking fast around the area. 35 years later, I still see her, saw streets same fast pace. She's 87 now and I'm 53. I chat to her. She's walked briskly and fast for over 60 years she says walking keeps her alive. She's amazing. Beautiful at 87 full of life. Walking is best thing for anyone

[bernardschmidt]

GOD sent you to, doc. I find out so much more than I ever have from a doctors office. All of America is blessed with Dr. MANDEII!

[poppyshoessp]

This is 100% true. I lost 70 pounds from just walking 3 miles on my treadmill, 5 days a week. 13 pounds disappeared in one week. Water, but it was gone! It was hard at first, but it became so easy that I started running. You'll get there! It felt AMAZING.

[thethroneroom]

You are such an asset to mankind.
I so appreciate you Dr.Mandel but I know I’m not alone when I express these words. Abundant Blessings

[lune]

As someone who abhors going to the gym, walking is my main workout. I always go for a walk on my lunchbreak and I walk at least 30-45 minutes everyday. I just put on some music and then admire the trees and birds. It feels great.

[carolynguillory]

This hit in the right spot. I've recently began doing this again and I am telling everyone I feel better and my sleep has increased. Thanks doc for sharing.

[shavoneaddy]

My two favorite doctors are Dr Mandell and Dr Berg!! If I could get to either of them to help me with my sudden decline in health over the past two years... I'd run to them!! They are the absolute best! Thanks, Dr Mandell for your compassion for others and your willingness to educate while helping improve people's health 🙂 God bless you and may your days be many🙏🏽🙏🏽

[donnapollock]

I walk all day up and down stairs, I love walking. Believe it or not my Mom at 82 walks 15 miles a day, I swear this to be true. I can't do this but I do walk a lot. Thank you and God Bless you Dr. Mandell.

[darlenelynch]

You are a blessing to us all. God bless you Dr.Mandell

[ellencox]

Thank you Dr. Mandell for all your excellent advise and all your clear videos. God bless!

[adlihkristopher]

Thank you Dr Mandell you're always Looking out for us when we forget our self have a great day 😀

[charlesdidonato]

I have been doing this for 20 years. Recently added a bit of cayenne pepper to it too. 65 years old and felling good!😊

[marycallender]

Cannot walk any longer. Walked 14 miles 7 days daily until 2017. Fibromyalgia, acid reflux, copd, diabetes, joint and back pain. Knees, neck shouldercold, feet swollen. These are only a few.. Tried waking in place. Too strenuous for my body.

The doctors here are a complete waste of time. Thank you for being a genuine and caring doctor who believes in getting to the root causes of the problem.

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[sylviamattar]

Keep on going Dr.Mandell!
Please don't stop educated us!!!
Thanks again!!!
And again Dr.Mandell!!!
Godspeed Sir!

[kathy]

Thank you. I do in my house program with WALK WITH LESLIE in YouTube 30 minutes every day And also I walk out when I can.

[barrymccaulkener]

Thanks Doc for your daily inspirations and tips.

[catherinefrye]

My husband and I are feeling much better since we started walking again. We have more energy!!!🤗

[nihaleasow]

Thank you Dr. Mandel. Your words "Make it a great day" motivates you to think positive. Thank you for that!