106. Stay in Shape While Traveling

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going on, everybody.

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Welcome back to the elemental Evan show.

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Thank you all so much for tuning into this episode.

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Once again, I appreciate all of your listenership time and time again.

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And this episode is actually going to be the very first episode

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that I record while traveling.

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So I am actually out here in Portugal.

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And I am here for the holidays.

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So obviously I got to keep this podcast going and I decided that it would be

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a good idea to include some travel tips in terms of health and travel.

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So obviously I enjoy traveling.

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If you follow me on Instagram, you would definitely already know this.

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Um, if you aren't already following me on Instagram, go ahead and

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do so it's at elemental, Evan.

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And you can go ahead and see.

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All about the travels and the health trips along with the travels.

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So the health tip that I will be talking about today in terms of

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traveling is going to be walking.

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And I know that sounds extremely basic, but trust me, it is way

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more important than it sounds.

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Now, before we jump into that topic, I wanted to take a moment and

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talk a little bit about Organifi.

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And their green juice, which I am really missing right now.

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Uh, I took a few supplements with me, but I did not have the travel

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packs and I'm super bummed because I really enjoy the green juice.

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And it's such a great way to just get a lot of healthy vitamins and

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minerals from a whole food source and in a delicious form as well.

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My, I add because I have tried a lot of green juices that are really hard to

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drink down, but these are super tasty and I really wish I had some right

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now because they're a great way to get all your minerals in and on that note,

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I will be doing a podcast as well for what.

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Uh, supplements.

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I did bring with me while traveling and why specifically I brought those with me.

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But if you are at a place where you can order Organify and have either

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their travel packs or their normal, uh, size container, then go ahead

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and head over to the link in the show notes for Organifi, you will get

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20% off just for being a listener.

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And it is a great way.

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Like I said, to get in some really excellent levels of vitamins and

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minerals, you know, they have things like spirulina and chlorella and ashwagandha.

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Maringa macho, all of these incredible ingredients in there that are

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third-party tested for glyphosate.

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And they are of course organic.

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So definitely go ahead and check them out.

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You will not regret it.

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I am regretting not having them.

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So definitely go give them a check.

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Now in terms of walking.

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I did say that this is a oh.

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You know, the topic sounds.

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Kind of more simple than really what it is now.

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I mean, obviously walking is a simple task, but a lot of the times it gets

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downplayed because, you know, people think that working out or exercise

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or movement means going to a gym and lifting a bunch of heavy stuff,

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which absolutely does constitute a form of exercise and movement.

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And it's a great form of it.

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However, walking is still an incredible, incredible form of

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exercise and movement for your body.

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As a matter of fact, Your body was designed to move, right?

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That is our primary means of transporting ourselves in this world.

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Before we had cars before we trained horses.

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We had to walk.

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That was just how you got from point a to point B and our ancestors

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walked a lot, like way more than we even with think or imagine.

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Uh, is not necessarily possible, but you know, more, more so I guess, practical.

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And the reason for that was, is just because if you wanted to go

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harvest food or, you know, hunt or.

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Um, you know, meet up with someone, whatever it may have

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been, you had to walk to do.

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So if you, you know, wanted to grow, gather water, find a new location,

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whatever it might have been.

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Now today we are walking much, much less than we have ever been

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in the entirety of humanity.

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And a lot of this comes from being able to work at home, which is incredible.

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Do not get me wrong.

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I love the fact that I as well can work at home.

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Uh, it makes things much more simple, adds more time to your day.

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You don't have a second job driving to and from work.

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You can just simply be at home.

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However, this can really lead to us being extremely, extremely sedentary,

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which is why I make sure that I always get in a morning, afternoon

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and evening walk, or just at least one longer walk during the day.

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This does a lot of things for the body.

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And in terms of traveling.

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I have found it, that it is one of the best ways of actually seeing a city or a

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town or a country or whatever it may be.

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Because when you walk, you are able to see all of the little nooks and crannies of

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a place that you would never see if you were on the Metro or a bus or a car taxi.

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Uh, whatever it may be.

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Those forms of transportation while they are extremely efficient.

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And if you are on a crunch time schedule, then absolutely use

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some form of transportation.

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But if you have the time.

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Go and walk around a city.

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If it is even a city that is maybe in your country, but you've just never been

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to it before, or it's a completely new country, whatever it may be go walking.

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It is truly the best way to really see a city.

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For me.

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I love to have a destination to get to.

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You know, maybe it's a big landmark.

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Very common touristic place, something like that.

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But what I'll do is I will go ahead and map it out on Google

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maps or something of that sort.

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And go ahead and just start walking.

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Even if it is a 30 or 45 minute or even an hour long walk, I found that

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it is the best way to see the city.

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You will find little restaurants that all the locals eat at that have

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some of the best foods possible.

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You will see all of the little local bars, all of the little local

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parks that people hang out at.

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And it is just a really, really nice way to enjoy a city while also

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getting in some really great exercise.

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Now that leads me to the point of.

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When I first traveled to Barcelona, I was studying Spanish there for a month.

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And while we were out there, I was on a budget.

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And so I was eating some of the more unhealthy foods you might say.

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So tons of bread, a lot of processed meats in terms of, uh, you know,

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sandwich meats and some cheeses.

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And on top of that, of course I'm eating, you know, some other, not so

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healthy things like a little bit of ice cream here and there, and, you

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know, just kind of enjoying the food that was offered to me out there.

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So I was in no way, shape or form trying to eat for health yet.

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I was walking everywhere.

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I would walk sometimes even 10 to 15 miles in a day.

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Okay.

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I understand that is quite exaggerated and extreme.

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But that is what I was doing.

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Once again, I was cheap.

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And so I did not have, you know, quote unquote the money to use the Metro,

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even though I did have the money for it.

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I chose to save that and put it towards other experiences.

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And instead I chose to walk and I do not regret it at all.

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It was one of the best experiences.

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And I saw so much of Barcelona in that month.

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I was able to walk around everywhere and felt that I really had a

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great understanding of the city.

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I knew a lot of the local spots and it was just a really.

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A really amazing way for me to connect with the city and get in some good

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exercise, which leads me to the fact that while eating terribly, like I

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was, I actually still lost 15 pounds.

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While I was out there and all I did was walk.

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I did not go to any gyms.

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I did no other form of exercise except for walking.

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So yes, walking is an incredibly, incredibly great form of exercise.

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And I will say this, a lot of people allow great to be the enemy of good meaning.

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Maybe they think that going to a gym is the best form of working out.

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And yeah, of course you can do more, uh, various types of

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exercises while you are there.

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So in that way, it is a little better.

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However walking is still a good form of exercise.

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I would even argue that it is a great form of exercise.

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So while you are traveling after you eat a meal or something like that, go for

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a nice walk, or if you want to go see a landmark that maybe is only a mile or two

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away, maybe you go ahead and walk there and just see what you find along the way.

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To me, this is the best way to experience a city.

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Or a country, even for that matter, obviously you're not going to walk the

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entire country, but it is a really great way to get a good feel for the area that

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you are in with not only the architecture and the food and nightlife or city life,

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but also just the people there in general.

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Now of course, I got to provide you with a few statistics on

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why walking is good for you.

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I'll keep this one short.

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Uh, in terms of trying to keep this episode short as well, but Harvard did

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a study where they found that people who walked 20 minutes a day, Five

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days a week when compared to those who exercised a once a week or less.

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Had 43%, fewer sick days.

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So just a short 20 minute walk, five days a week can lower your chances of, you

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know, needing to take a sick day by 43%.

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This is incredible.

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Incredible, incredible.

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Statistic, because it really just shows the power of.

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Walking, you know, I mean, really this is a short amount of time, 20 minutes a day.

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I actually try to get a minimum of 30 minutes a day, but we

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can see here that even just 20 minutes, a day, five days a week.

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Can make a massive difference in your life.

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Now, the CDC has also found that walking can help control.

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Sorry, can also help lower your risk for heart disease, stroke type two diabetes,

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depression, and even some cancers.

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This.

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Form of movement.

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Walking is truly medicine.

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Your body is designed to do it and to starve your body of walking.

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Is truly a just terrible idea.

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And we are starving.

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Our bodies have something that they are designed to do

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and even actually need to do.

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Right.

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We need to move.

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We need to walk.

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We need to use these muscles in order to preserve them for the

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long run, because you know, I'm all about longevity and trying to live

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a long, healthy life where you have.

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You know, more years to your life and more life to your years.

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So get out there, get walking if you're traveling around or even

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if you're in your own city, get outside, go walking and stay healthy.

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Everyone.

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Also one point to just end this off on, in terms of longevity, we also find

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that a lot of blue zones include very.

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Hill inclusive, uh, landscape, I guess you'd say so.

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There's a lot of Hills in these landscapes.

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And the people there do a ton of walking as well.

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So, this is a great way to really.

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Increase your longevity and just live a great life and

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get to experience a new city.

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Like the locals would Alrighty, everyone.

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I hope you have a great rest of your day.

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I hope your holidays were amazing.

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We are probably already in January by the time, by the time

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that I released this episode.

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So I hope your holidays were amazing and you are enjoying the new year, everyone.

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Thank you all so much for tuning in on this episode.

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Okay.

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You all, I love y'all very much and I appreciate the.

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Listenership continuing on here.

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And I hope you guys enjoy these little travel tips.

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I have quite a few more good ones coming up, so really excited to dive into those

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and, uh, just share all of the health knowledge while traveling with all of you.

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Already everyone much love, have a great one and peace.