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Health benefits of taking a walk

Taking a walk is an easy and free form of exercising the body suitable for people of different age grade.
Below are a few health benefits of taking a walk

1. It prevents Dementia and Osteoporosis
Dementia is a progressive decline in cognitive function due to a damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgment, language and problem solving. Dementia affects one in 14 people  over 65 and one in 6 over 80. Being active has a protective effect on  brain function and regular exercise including walking reduces dementia risk by up to 40 per cent. According to Age UK , older people who walk six miles or more per week could avoid brain shrinkage and so preserve memory as the year pass. And Osteoporosis -walking counts as a weight bearing activity, it stimulates and strengthen bones increasing their density  and it also helps the women in maintaining healthy joints and staff off all conditions such as arthritis.

2. It gives energy
A short walk is one of the best natural  energizer in the world. It boost circulation and increases oxygen supply to every cell in the body helping the body to be more alert and alive. It wakes up stiff joints and ease muscle tension so you feel less sluggish. Instead of taking a nap try the short road walk.

3. It keeps weight in check
To loose weight you need to burn about 600 calories a day more than you are eating and taking a walk on a regular basis is the best way to do that. Walking also increases muscles mass and tone and  the more muscles you have, the faster your metabolism and the more calories you burn.

4. It lowers the risk of diseases
Consistent walking can slash the risk of  developing asthma, type 2 diabetes and some cancers. Consistent walking for about 20minutes a day can help ward off diabetes according to British Medical Journal. It also reduces by 20% the risk of developing cancer of the Colon, breast and womb.

5. It strengthens the heart
Taking a walk has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Exercise gets the blood pumping and raises the heart rate and the circulatory system. Walking briskly for about 30 minutes can help prevent and control high blood pressure by 27 per cent. So taking a walk will the level of LDL (bad ) cholesterol and increase the level of  HDL (good) cholesterol and keep blood pressure in check.

Take a walk more regularly and keep your circulatory system doing its job effectively.

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Reasons you must cry regularly

Crying is an act of shedding tears, in distress pain or in sorrow. Even though in most cases shedding of teras  is tagged with pain and sorrow it has been been confirmed to have benefits.
Outlined below are the benefits of shedding tears.

1. Tears kill Bacteria

Tears contain lysoymes fluids that can kill 90% of bacteria  in just 5 to 10 mins and are also antibacteria and antiviral agents that fights off the gems that we pick up in public places.

2. Tears remove toxins from the eyes

Emotional tears especially those formed in distress or grief contain more toxic by product than tears of irritation (onion slicing) tears are not toxic but they remo ve toxins from our body that are built up by stress. They can be used as a therapy.

3. Crying can elevate mood

The act of crying can lower a person's manganese. If your maganese level is lower it makes you feel happier because over exposure to maganese level can cause bad stuffs to happen.

4. Crying lower stress
Crying  can be an exercise to release stress. Tears remove some of the chemicals built up in the body from stress like the endorphin leucine-enkaphalin and prolactin. The hormone we overproduce because of the pituitary  tumor that affects mood and stress tolerance.
Suppressing tears increase stress levels and contributes to disease aggravated by stress, such as high blood pressure, heart problems and peptic ulcer.

5. Tears release feelings

Even if you haven't just been through something traumatic or are severely depressed, the average person go through his day accumulating conflicts and resentments. Sometimes they gather inside the limbic system of the brain and in certain corners of the heart. Crying let's everything out and releases the hurt feelings.

6. Tears gives you clear vision

Tears help lubricate our eye balls and eye lids and prevent dehydration of our various mucus membrane.
Without tears tears eye sight could be blocked.

So I advise you cry more regularly and let the tears work miracles for you.

READING

According to Wikipedia reading is complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive  meaning. It is also a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing informations and ideas.
Do you have a reading habit?
When last did you read a book or an article in the magazine? What does your daily habits center around? If reading is not included Ud in your daily habits then you are missing out.
Here are benefits of reading...
1. Stress Reduction
A well written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging article will distract you and keep you in the present moment, letting tension drain away and allowing to relax.
No matter how stressed you have been at work or in your personal life, when you sit down with a really great story all the stress just go away.

2. Vocabulary Expansion
Reading books is vital for learning new languages.
The more you read, the more words you gain exposure to and they will inevitably make their way into your everyday vocabulary. Knowing that you can speak to higher-ups with self confidence can be an enomous boost to your self esteem. It aids your career. As those who are well-read, well-spoken and knowledgeable on a variety of topic tend to get more promotions more often and quickly than those with smaller vocalbuaries and lack of awareness of literature, scientific breakthroughs and global events.

3. Mental Stimulation
Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of  Alzheimer and Dementia, since keeping your brain active enganged prevents it  from loosing power. Just like any other muslce in the body the brain need exercise to to keep it strong and healthy.

4. Knowledge
Everything you read fills your head with new bits of information, and you never know when it may come in handy. The more knowledge you have the better equiped you are to tackle  any challenges you will ever face.
And always remember that even though you loose everything in life you can never loose knowledge.

5. Tranquility
It is very possible that what you are reading about can bring  imense inner peace and tranquity. Reading spiritual text can lower blood pressure and bring about an immense sense of calm, while reading self help books has been shown to help people suffering from certain moods disorder and mild  mental illnesses.

6. Better Writing Skills
Observing the cadence , fluidity and writing styles of other authors will invariably influence your own work