For a healthy heart- Many researchers have proved that the risk for a stroke would be lowered by walking daily. It would not only reduce the LDL cholesterol levels that are harmful for your heart, but would also control the high blood pressure that often triggers a heart attack. Walking around 20 minutes a day has shown to decrease the chance of a heart attack by 30%.

Obesity-

Well! No introduction needs to be made about the problem of obesity now a day. It’s always easy to build up huge amount of calories, but would be a tough job to shed them off. Walking and particularly brisk walking would save your body by converting lot of calories into energy. Almost 100 calories would be disposed off if we walk for 20 minutes.

Diabetes-

Amazing but true! The American Diabetes Association suggests walking to be good relief for diabetes. If you are not diabetic yet, but has a family history of acquiring the disease, walking would either prolong the onset of disease or slashes off the risk completely. As type 2 diabetes is certainly affected by our life style, a few steps would certainly lower its risk.

Vitamin D-

We know that getting exposed to Sunlight is a natural way to gain vitamin D. But, people often tend to stay indoors to cope with prolonged working hours. And with the arrival of computer and television, our entertainment has confined to them. With a few minutes of walking outdoor, we would certainly gain some D vitamin. D vitamin is really vital in letting body to absorb vital minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphate, and zinc.

Exercise for Brain-

Our memories might fade as we get older. But this doesn’t prove to affect people who walk regularly. Studies have proved that people who have a habit of walking more than quarter a mile per day has less incidence of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Further a few studies even suggest that walking would boost your memory levels!

Stress buster-

Walking is supposed to bring a jovial mood. Walking is known to release endorphins that act as natural pain killers as well as anti depressants. Walking along with a group or walking along the greenery would certainly boost our mood.

Shapes up the body-

Every muscle in our body gets involved while walking. It not a six pack, we can certainly expect a good body shape by walking. Walking would also let our body to shed off the excess fat that gets accumulated around thighs and shoulders. It even strengthens our bones and reduces the risk of hip fractures.