Benefit of Walking

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Mar 13, 1879

Benefit of Walking.

EVERY muscle in the body is greatly and uniformly brought into action by the swing of the legs and arms, and, consequently, of the trunk in a vertical direction. The undulations made by the head, chest, and abdomen in a vertical plane are thus not only according to Hogarth's line of beauty, but also in that tending to perfect health. Every internal organ is gently stimulated to more robust action. Never in a common walk does a person breathe the same air twice, because he is constantly changing his position. This fact alone is of incalculable advantage. Some writers contend that the rebreathing of air once partially used is one of the most fertile causes of consumption. The most favorable time for walking is about midday in the winter, and in the morning and toward evening in the summer.