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HEALTH HACKS LIVE A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, BALANCED LIFEBut aside from weight loss, walking has de nite pros. Researchers looked at data from the National Runners’ Health Study and the National Walkers’ Health Study and found that people who expend- ed the same amount of calories saw many of the same health bene ts. Regardless of whether they were walking or running, individuals saw a reduced risk of hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and improved better cardiovascular health.And running does have downsides: It puts morestress on the body and increases the risk for injurieslike runner's knee, hamstring strains, and shin splits(which plague even the most consistent runners)."(Source: https://greatist.com/ tness/walking-good-workout-running retrieved on February 12, 2018)TAKE A MOMENTSort your thoughts, schedule your day, and just take a moment to breathe deeply and think about somethingthatmakesyouhappy. Alsoimportartis to preserve beautiful moments... the latest research shows that taking a photo will do the opposite. Read this article online to keep your moments memorable: www.ideas.ted.com/if-you-really-want- to-remember-a-moment-try-not-to-take-a-photo/TAKE A COLD SHOWERA shower is cleansing and relaxing and often the rst thing to wake all senses in the morning before your co ee. But think beyond the hot shower.Taking a cold shower is the thing to do to get invigorated as it instantly improves circulation, boosts metabolism and immunity, and really opens your eyes and mind... immediately.In Europe, hydro therapy was popularized by a Bavarian priest, father Sebastian Kneipp (1821– 1897).“Sebastian Kneipp was born to a poor family in Stephansreid, Bavaria, on May 17, 1821. He initially took up his father's trade of weaving, but longed to become a priest. With help from a sympathetic clergyman, he was admitted to high school as a ma- ture student, but after ve years of intensive stud- ies, Kneipp became seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis . At that time, the disease was usually fatal, but Kneipp came across an eighteenth-cen- tury book about hydrotherapy that inspired him during the winter of 1849 to immerse himself sev- eral times a week in the icy Danube River. These brief exposures to cold water seemed to bolster his immune system, because Kneipp's tuberculosis went into remission and he was able to continue his theological studies in Munich. There, he convinced some of his fellow students to join his experiments with hydrotherapy. Kneipp was ordained as a priest in 1852. In that capacity, he began using hydro- therapy to help some of his poorer parishioners. He broadened his approach to include herbalism, exercise, and other elements, and toned downhis initial enthusiasm for shocking the body withcold water. "I warn all against too-frequent appli- cation of cold water," he later wrote. "Three times I concluded to remodel my system and relax the treatment from severity to mildness and thence to greater mildness still."Kneipp's reputation grew after a number of dy- ing patients recovered when he was called to administer last rites and managed instead to restore them to health. In 1855 he was as- signed to Worishofen, a village in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps that soon developed an international reputation as a place of heal- ing. Kneipp summarized his teachings in two popular books, "My Water Cure" in 1886 and "So Sollt Ihr Leben" (Thus Thou Shalt Live) in 1889. Supporters of his techniques formed Kneipp Societies in Germany and the UnitedStates.” (Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/medicine/encyclo- pedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/kneipp-wellness, Retrieved on February 12, 2018)