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Incredible medicine for aging well: Walking!
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I agree, and have said as much in retirement planning symposia that I used to run on military bases in Canada. As the old aphorism goes, 'Use it, or lose it.' When we stop thinking deeply, our brains become more easily bored and will lose their capacity to do deeper analysis and discovery. When we stop moving our bodies, our muscles atrophy, our vestibular systems lose their skill to keep us balanced, we eventually fall, and it's death-in-hospital afterwards. No thanks.
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Wow. I didn't think this many people would comment so positively. I think this is because it's the truth. And it can make your life so much better in every way, even in ways you had no idea of.
Most of the population in the US is sick (overweight, obese and unfit) and it's spreading to the rest of the world! I believe we need a cultural mindset change where most people engage in aerobic exercise like walking, running or bicycling daily. I believe in honor, that one does not need an outside incentive to do what they should do but maybe in this case the government should reward people for engaging daily in aerobic activity. It certainly would lower healthcare costs, increase productivity, lower pollution, air and noise, (from bicycle commuting) levels and most importantly make people happier. Happiness, next to safety, is, according to the US Declaration of Independence, the purpose of government.