Walking can provide numerous health benefits for people of all ages and fitness levels. It can help prevent certain diseases and prolong your life. It is easy to fit walking into your daily routine.

Benefits of Walking

• Burn calories: Walking helps burn calories. Burning calories can help you either maintain or reduce weight. Actual calories burnt depends on walking speed and distance covered.
• Maintain healthy weight: Regular walking can help you maintain a healthy weight, burn calories and strengthen your muscles.
• Boost your energy: Going for a walk when you are tired is a better energy boost than grabbing a cup of coffee. Walking increases oxygen flow in the body.
• Improve your mood: Studies have shown that walking can help reduce anxiety, depression, and negative mood. It can reduce symptoms of social withdrawal and boost self-esteem.
• Reduce stress: It is the perfect way to relieve yourself from the daily stress. Additionally, exercise-induced endorphins released during walking can help improve your mood and make you feel better than ever.
• Lower blood pressure: Being active can help lower blood pressure and prevent high blood pressure. This helps reduce your risk of heart problems in the future.

• Strengthen the heart: Walking at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week can lower your risk of coronary heart disease by about 19 percent. Increasing the amount of time or distance you walk per day may further decrease your risk.
• Can help lower your blood sugar: A short walk after eating can help lower your blood sugar. A small study found that a 15-minute walk three times a day (after breakfast, lunch, and dinner) improved blood sugar levels more than a 45-minute walk at another point in the day.
• Improves sleep: Adding walking to your daily routine can help improve the quality of your sleep, meaning you feel more rested in the morning.
• Reduces joint pain: Walking is an effective way to protect your knees, hips, and other joints. This is because it helps strengthen and lubricate the muscles that support the joints. It can also help those living with arthritis by reducing the pain.
• Extend your life: Walking at a brisk pace can extend your life. Studies show that people who walk at least three times per week have lower death rates than those who walk less often or not at all.
• Creative thinking: Walking can help you clear your head and think creatively. One study, which included four experiments, compared people who tried to think of new ideas while they were walking or sitting. The researchers found that participants performed better when they walked, especially when they walked outdoors.