Health experts around the world recommend walking 10,000 steps a day for complete body wellness.
It is not a magic number that has been discovered by some scientific investigation. In fact, it is an approximate number of steps that a person should walk every day.
Depending on a person’s state of health, this number may also change.
For example, an overweight person needs to walk more than 10,000 steps for their well-being. Similarly, for someone who is overweight and low in stamina, it may be too much at first.
The benefits of walking begin at 5,000 steps. A person who walks more than 5,000 steps a day is highly unlikely to develop metabolic syndrome.
You don’t have to do the step count manually. Approximately 10,000 steps means that the person has walked 5 miles, which is a good distance if the person travels every day.
In addition to well-being, the following are the benefits of walking daily:
1. Reduces the risk of diabetes.
Walking that distance every day helps control an individual’s weight and, in turn, this decreases the chances of diabetes. Research has shown that people who walk that much every day have a comparatively lower BMI.
2. Protects the brain from dementia.
Research has shown that regular walking prevents the brain from shrinking, which in turn prevents dementia. Brain size has been observed to reduce in late adulthood. This reduction leads to problems like memory problem. It has been shown that people in adulthood who walk so much per day have a greater amount of gray matter in the brain. Thus, with physical fitness, there is also a guaranteed mental fitness.
3. Reduces the risk of heart disease.
Lately it has been observed that heart diseases are not common among the elderly, but many heart diseases have also been reported among the young. Walking helps to maintain the level of fat in the body, and therefore the heart is protected from any disease.
4. Relieves stress
Stress and anxiety have been commonly observed due to changes in lifestyles and increased work pressure. Physical exercise, in the form of walking 10,000 small steps daily, bring it down. The result in the form of this benefit has been observed more significantly for women.
Mental well-being is thus ensured. The healthy body now also has a relaxed mind.
5. Helps lose weight
Weight gain in the form of obesity has become a very common phenomenon. Eating junk and processed food has become a part of everyone’s life. Weight gain leads to a host of problems and diseases. While the body lies dormant, diseases find their easy way in.
The solution for this is brisk walking. Walking 10,000 steps a day will produce noticeable results due to the calories burned.
There are 5 main benefits that should have motivated you to take time every day to walk. Make it a mandatory part of your routine.
1, 2, 3, 4… Here’s up to 10,000.