Control Blood Sugar With a Short Stroll

Even a short walk daily can help lower blood sugar for 24 hours.

Myth Steps: Why 10,000 a Day?

If you’ve been beating yourself up about reaching 10,000 a day, you’re the victim of a marketing ploy. Here’s how many steps you actually need.

Why America Is 10x as Obese as Japan— And What You Can Do About It

43% of Americans are obese while 4% of Japanese are. Forget Tai Chi and that weird “garlic diet.” This is how they stay thin.

Don’t Run — Walk!

Somewhere around mile three of a Saturday morning jog, with your knees barking, your lungs burning, and your motivation fading like a cheap bumper sticker in the Florida sun, a thought occurs to you: “Why am I doing this when I could just walk instead?”

Walking to Build Muscle

Walking won’t build big muscles overnight, but regular walking stimulates muscle growth, strength, and lean muscle mass over time. Here’s how.

Walk Longer, Live Longer

You could add six hours of lifespan for every hour of walking. An hour a day for one year could mean an extra three months of life. Do it for a decade and you could live almost three more
years.