The Benefits of “Foot Power”

WITH transportation costs soaring, some people are doing more walking. ‘The best thing they could do!’ exclaim many physicians. Why so? Because we are designed so as to function best when moving around. As the book The Magic of Walking says concerning the body: “For walking it is unrivaled.”

Logically there are numerous health benefits to relaxed walking. Among these are: it is generally rated the “best” exercise, it is a preventive of heart, circulatory and respiratory disorders and an aid to digestion. Also, walking is often “an antidote to tensions whether physical, nervous, psychological [or] emotional.” Yes, “foot power” has definite advantages.