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Walking… the ‘New Wonder Drug’

Right up until he passed away, Dr John Hinwood was a prolific blogger (an award-winning blogger in fact!). John’s blog’s shared musing from a rich history of experience, learnings, travel and wisdom

The Hinwood Institute is named in honour of Dr John and to continue his legacy, we’re republishing his blogs to keep his wisdom, wit and wise words alive for the world to enjoy.

You can learn more about the legacy of Dr John Hinwood HERE.

“Walking is the closest thing we have to a wonder drug,” says Thomas Friedman, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States (May 29, 2017).

Adjunct Professor John G Kelly is the CEO of the Australian Heart Foundation said, “I’ve been thinking about my favourite medical ‘miracle treatment’. It doesn’t tend to make headlines. Yet the results, for those who embrace it, can be life-changing.” (March 25, 2018)

Walking… the ‘New Wonder Drug’
The “wonder drug” I’m talking about is walking. Because it’s free and requires neither a doctor’s prescription nor special clothing or equipment, it is often underestimated as a treatment.
The latest research by the Harvard Medical School shows that sitting may be more harmful to your health than smoking. Getting up off the couch and going for a walk can support you in managing stress and it also reduces the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Walking… the ‘New Wonder Drug’
Evidence shows that walking for an average of 30 minutes a day can lower the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes by 30 to 40 per cent. Brisk walking for 30 minutes a day, five days a week, has been shown to increase life expectancy by up to three years. Brisk walking also helps reduce blood pressure and can help manage weight and cholesterol problems.
New research suggests that a pace of about 100 steps per minute qualifies as brisk walking for many people.
Walking… the ‘New Wonder Drug’
Walking for Health book from the Harvard Medical School reveals:

– Why short walks may be better for lowering blood pressure

– How to ease the pain of “shin splints”

– Why the best time to stretch is after your walk

– The type of shoes that are more likely to make your knees ache

– The simple way to avoid blisters

– How “interval walking” can help you reap more health benefits in less time

– The amount of walking needed to increase the part of your brain that’s critical for memory

As a stress buster, walking in a park, in the bush, by a river or on the beach has other health benefits that takes us to a different space mentally and emotionally. Mother nature can have a wonderful soothing effect on our being and built up stress can easily just melt away.

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Dr. John Hinwood
Dr. John Hinwood is a Global Leader in Stress Management. He is a very experienced and respected executive coach, mentor, consultant, sought after international speaker and author. He specialises in facilitation that leads clients out of the stress and into the calm. He has a reputation for innovative and transformational work in stress-life balance and mindset change for front line employees, to managers and business leaders.

Dr John Hinwood has shared the stage with Dr John Demartini, Dr Deepak Chopra, Dr Wayne Dyer, Dr Joe Dispenzia, Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul fame), Dr Bruce Lipton, Dr Masaru Emoto and others who are at the cutting edge of human behaviour and mindset change.

He has written 14 books with 4 being Amazon international best sellers. He has had papers published in academic journals and was once Captain/Coach of the Danish National Rugby Team. Dr. John’s experience as a health professional by training, successful businessman by effort and an inspiration by inclination has given him an awesome array of practical tools for success.

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