Walking Is Nature’s Best Medicine Make an Appointment Ask a Question Search Conditions There are many health benefits to walking. Watch this short video as National Jewish Health Cardiologist, Andrew Freeman, MD, explains. Related Videos 3 Keys to a Healthy Heart Heart Attack Symptoms in Women What is Chest Pain? 4 Ways to Prevent Heart Disease What Is a Heart Murmur? What Causes a Heart Attack? Symptoms of a Weak Heart Breath Test or Heart Rate? Transcript So the benefits of walking are many, and I would argue that walking is probably nature’s most potent medicine. And there’s a lot of different disease states it can prevent, and even potentially cure. So I would argue that walking, from a cardiovascular perspective, can reduce the incidence of heart attack and stroke, lower blood pressure, improve cholesterol, but it also has effects to reduce cancer, improve memory and cognition. It also can improve bone density. There’s pretty much no disease out there that doesn’t respond. So get 30 minutes a day and take nature’s best medicine. Visit njhealth.org/cardiology for more information. Want to use this on your website? Fill out the content usage request form and then copy this code: