Walking has been proven to bring many health benefits. However, can walking alone provide the amount of exercise the body needs? What are the different effects of walking 2,000 versus 10,000 steps a day?
According to Harvard Medical School, walking brings five surprising benefits:
First, walking can counteract the effects of weight-promoting genes. In more than 12,000 subjects with weight-promoting genes, Harvard Medical School researchers found that the effects of these genes were reduced by half in subjects who walked briskly for about an hour a day.
Walking can also curb people’s cravings for a variety of sweets, which in turn helps with their weight loss. For instance, a study conducted by the University of Exeter in the UK proved that walking for 15 minutes can curb people’s desire to eat chocolate, and even reduce the amount of chocolate then consumed in stressful situations….