How to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer and Heart Disease
In today's world of technology when it comes to our health, it seems that we have grown accustom to taking drugs in order to heal our bodies. The scary part about this is the fact that drugs themselves can actually be the catalyst to creating even more health problems.
What needs to be talked about more is how we can lower the risk of many diseases today naturally, before they occur.
A study conducted by the, "Archives of Internal Medicine" showed that the amount of exercise we have in our daily lives is directly related to years lived without cardiovascular disease.
In fact walking just 30 minutes a day can lengthen our life by 1.3 years and add another 1.1 years of life without heart disease. This reflects the study of those with low activity levels to those who walked a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
Walking helps to prevent breast cancer. Walking 30 minutes per day can help to lower your risk by 30%. Walking 45 minutes per day can help to lower your risk by 45%.
Walking can help prevent and lower depressions, decrease the levels of bone loss and in fact, walking is just one of those things that pretty much help to decrease the risk of so many diseases, it's difficult to name them all.
Compare the differences between a river that is flowing at a steady speed to one that is stagnant and hardly flowing at all.
The river that has a steady flow is full of life. It is clear and refreshing. The fish, the frogs, and the turtles along with all other creatures living in the water are thriving as the water is fully aerated and fresh.
The river that is stagnant. Well, you can imagine the smell and the look of the water and the surroundings. A stagnating river is dying as are all living things within it. A stagnant river is slowly becoming more and more polluted due to the inability of movement which over time can cause the river to die.
This is a good illustration of how our bodies work. When we incorporate daily exercise in our lives, we are helping our bodies rid itself of many things that will cause it to stagnate.
Walking increases our blood flow as our hearts beat faster. This activity promotes a healthy flow of fluids throughout our bodies and increases the ability to the remove harmful toxins that build up in our bodies and promote disease.
Every day you do not walk, think about the stagnant river. Think of how that river water smells and how the water looks. Think of the dead fish and the rotting plants. Think of how that river is slowing dying.
Perhaps knowing that your river of life is growing stagnant inside you without a daily walk will be a motivating factor in helping you to find the time and energy to add it into your routine.
In the beginning, you may only be able to walk a few minutes per day. Take it slow and add more time to your walks as you build up the strength and endurance to do so.
And remember to discuss your new walking routine with your doctor if you have any doubts as to whether it is something you personally can do.