There are so many benefits of walking – we talk about a few, and the idea of intermittent walking! Then we travel to Japan to learn about how the wellness practices there might help us all!
LET’S TALK THE WALK!
- Wellness While Walking Facebook page
- Wellness While Walking on Instagram
- Wellness While Walking on Twitter
- Wellness While Walking website for show notes and other information
RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links)
Walking
- Intermittent Walking, but Not Standing, Improves Postprandial Insulin and Glucose Relative to Sustained Sitting, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.gov
- Try This 15 Minute After-Dinner Ritual That Helps Italians Lose Weight, prevention.com
- Harvard Health Walking for Health book, health.harvard.edu
Japan
- Global Wellness Summit trends, 2020 report
- Forest Bathing: How Microdosing on Nature Can Help With Stress, theatlantic.com
- Researches Ponder Why Covid Appears More Deadly in the US and Europe Than in Asia, washingtonpost.com
- Japan Suicides Fall Sharply as Covid 19 Lockdown Causes Shift in Stress Factors, theguardian.com (while the Japanese are extremely healthy, they are plagued by high stress and a typically high rate of suicides)
- Japan's Virus Success Has Puzzled the World. Is its Luck Running Out?, nyt.com
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrismyers/2018/02/23/how-to-find-your-ikigai-and-transform-your-outlook-on-life-and-business/#762b98b92ed4
- How to Find Your Ikigai and Transform Your Outlook on Life and Business, forbes.com
- Covid-19 Did not Change Much in Japan's Daily Life, aa.com.tr
- Did Japan Just Beat the Virus Without Lockdowns or Mass Testing? latimes.com
- Did Japan Just Beat the Virus Without Lockdowns or Mass Testing? time.com
- Ken Shimura, Famed Japanese Comedian, Dead at 70 After Contracting Coronavirus, cnn.com
- Passengers Finally Begin to Leave Coronavirus-Hit Cruise Ship in Japan, nbcnews.com
- Japan Sees Silver Lining to Coronavirus as Flu Cases Drop, wsj.com
- Japan
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