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So let’s talk about movement and exercise. This is another one that’s really important
and really hard for a lot of us. We drive a lot; we don’t walk a lot. We’re on the
go a lot, so there’s just not a lot of schedule time. I’ll just say two main things about
regular movement. It doesn’t even have to be…it doesn’t have to be very vigorous.
A 30- to 40-minute walk a day is great. The main purposes here are that we’re improving
circulation, so on a small scale, we’re helping nutrients get into ourselves and waste
products get out of ourselves. We’re just doing that exchange much more effectively
when we have circulation, and we’re getting more oxygen to our brains so our brains will
work better, and we’re also really helping our lymphatic channels move. Our lymphatic
channels, they're like little vessels, just like our blood vessels, but they don’t have
any pumps. They don’t have muscles around them. They're actually surrounded by our own
muscle, and when we move our muscles, that’s how those channels move and that’s how we
detoxify our bodies. It’s like, “Well, what’s the detoxification plan?” It’s
just so funny the things that come into naturopathic doctors’ offices, right? Everybody wants
like, the really harsh, abrasive, twice a year cleanout, and that’s great and all
and we can talk about the more drastic kinds of detoxification plans, but taking a walk
every day helps you detoxify. So just remembering the basics so that we’re actually doing
these as lifestyle practices because that’s actually what’s really going to keep you
healthy and keep chronic disease away. The twice a year fast detoxification – okay,
you might be taking a little bit of a load off your body, but that’s not regular enough
to keep you in good health. So just regular movement is good.