Hypertension Mantra

Since I am hypertensive, walking as an exercise is always complementary to my yoga. When I started my walking program, I had 2 pairs of walking shoes. One is cheap the other, not so cheap :-) Of course, I always use the inexpensive one. However, cheap means it won't last as you desire. After serving me for a good 5, yes, 5 years, what do you know, just the other day, I found the whole sole separating from the entire body. Think of timing. Now, do I have a choice. I will have to use the not so cheap one. But maybe I will just get another one from that famous place where they sell everything fake. Ha! Ha! Good for people like me, no? Now! and JUST DO IT. (sounds like a shoe commercial) I digress. Ahh, yes, walking. To be strolling about watering my plants every morning. Yes, that's the reason my sneaks got worn out. There's too many of them, plants. And our backyard is pebbled stone. I don't use a hose, so I could walk more distance even just around the garden'

The Surgeon General has reported that moderate daily exercise could significantly reduce a number of diseases, including heart disease and cancer. Some activities that burn about 150 calories - the types of exercise defined as moderate - are noted below. Activities are ranked from 'less vigorous/more time' to 'more vigorous/less time'. * Washing and waxing a car for 45 to 60 minutes * Washing windows or floors for 45 to 60 minutes * Playing volleyball for 45 minutes * Playing touch football for 30 to 45 minutes * Gardening for 30 to 45 minutes * Wheeling oneself in a wheelchair for 30 to 40 minutes * Walking 1.5 miles in 35 minutes * Basketball (shooting baskets) for 30 minutes * Bicycling 3 miles in 30 minutes * Fast social dancing for 30 minutes * Pushing a stroller 1.5 miles in 30 minutes * Raking leaves for 30 minutes * Walking 2 miles in 30 minutes *

Exercise is the best form of removing toxins from the body. "Exercise stimulates circulation, improves muscle tone, improves cardiac function and boosts immunity. It is also a way to eliminate toxins from the body. Exercise is a critical component in the elimination of "poisons"--such as myriad toxins that build up in the body as a result of regular bodily processes in addition to man-made chemicals--from the body for three simple reasons. First, when we exercise we breathe more deeply, more forcefully and more often. In doing so, we release toxic by-products through the lungs. Second, when we exercise we also perspire. Perspiration is another means to eliminate metabolic waster material from the body. Finally, muscular activity is the only way to move waste material through the lymphatic vessels . If we don't sweat, don't breathe heavily and don't move our muscles, these toxins must find another way out. Unfortunately, they usually remain in the body, only