They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, and there’s a lot of truth to that (as long as your apple of choice – for us, it’s all about the Pink Lady – is eaten as part of a healthy diet full of other fresh fruits and vegetables, rather than as an afterthought after a day of chips and processed foods).
But what if there was something else you could do, something that is simple for most of us, free, doesn’t require any special equipment, is pleasurable, and can be done alone or in a group, did we mention it’s free? What if this incredible substance promised to keep us healthy, both physically and mentally, and even to help us live longer lives? We’d purchase it all, bottle it, and become millionaires, wouldn’t we?
The modest health walk, it turns out, is one of the best things we can do for our health, and we only need to devote around half an hour to it each day. So here are the top ten advantages of going for a daily stroll…
