Walking gets a bad rap. Most people think it's a waste of time and if they hit the road, they need to be running to get any benefit. Wrong!
If you've been in this community for any length of time, you know I am an avid walker and encourage everyone to do it.
For one, if you currently do nothing for exercise, walking is 100% more than what you currently do.
It is something everyone can do (so long as you have functioning legs), takes no special skills and does wonders for your mind as well as your body.
I'm passing along this article that recently came out that has been circulating in popular media. While I tend to stay away from publications like "Eating Well" because they tend to have bad advice and do anything but teach you to eat well, this blib on blood sugar is worth sharing.
Walking after a meal helps lower/stabilize blood sugar. It makes perfect sense if you think about it....
Your blood sugar rises after eating (how much depends upon the carbohydrate load of the meal) and muscles use glucose. So when your body begins to break down the carbohydrates in your meal, walking will signal your body to start using the glucose in the muscles, rather than sending it into the blood stream and storing it in the liver.
This is an EXTREMELY over simplified explanation but take my word for it, walking helps blood sugar.
It also aids in digestion and will help improve your sleep. Remember, if your body is busy digesting, it cannot go to sleep. Your body is smart, it won't go into sleep mode while it's still doing work from the day.
I walk for 30-60 minutes each morning and 30 minutes each evening, within a half hour of eating dinner.
Plus, it's a calming and peaceful way to end the day!
https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7998411/walking-after-meals-lower-blood-sugar-science/
Here's a link to an actual scientific publication explaining walking on blood glucose for those of you interested in the deep knowledge: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267507/
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I'm finishing up the transition away from Locals onto Substack and wanted to be sure each of you have made the necessary adjustments to your accounts. For those of you who have remaining months left on your paid support here, I have comped you the balance over at Substack.
This will be the final week I post content here.
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One of the biggest challenges in writing my book is not being able to share any of it along the way. Given my narcissistic need for constant approval and attention, not having any feedback is killing me. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all (which explains a lot of my behavior in life), so not only am I missing the praise but I also miss my haters.
I need to break out of this cave. Thanks to Chuck Palahniuk who writes Spoiler Alert on Substack, but you would know as the author of Fight Club, I got the idea to share some excerpts and things that won’t make the final edit. This will give us both what we need. I get some attention and you get some thought provoking words to make you think (and possibly laugh, cry or both.)
Today’s snippet is from the first draft of a chapter titled, Remove Your Kindergarten Name Tag. I am currently on my third revision and we can all be thankful for this. As I walk my readers through the dark hallways of my earliest years, and attempt ...
Wanted to pass this short video along. We think of health in very limited ways. Faith, nature, love, communality, shared human experience…all prove to be just as necessary, if not more so, than going to the gym.
I’ve always viewed and taught health from this perspective. It is my belief the lack of these essential elements is as big an issue in our culture as poor diet and lack of movement.
The takeaway-we can do better🙏🏼
