Walking can help keep your heart healthy and strong. It’s also good for your brain.
Research has shown that walking briskly for two hours every week can help boost a person’s mood and reduce symptoms of stress, depression and anxiety.
That’s because walking, like other forms of exercise, triggers the release of dopamine and other feel-good chemicals in the brain, according to University of Miami psychiatrist Dr. Dante Durand, also chief medical officer at Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital in Miami…