Do you REALLY need to walk 10,000 steps
a day? Magic number was invented in a
clever Japanese marketing ploy after the
1964 Olympics... and six decades later
there's still 'NO evidence' to back it
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/15/2022 5:34:59 PM
For decades, 10,000 daily steps has been held up as the holy grail. You have probably read about the myriad of health benefits it can provide—from the obvious of weight loss, to the knock-on effects of keeping active, such as a lower risk of cancer, dementia and heart disease. Today's fitness trackers are set to a default goal of 10,000 steps and will buzz, ping or send you a congratulatory notification when you hit that target. Private health insurers have even began offering gift vouchers to customers who accomplish it. But where did the magical number even come from? You would be forgiven for assuming it was
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But where did the magical number even come from? You would be forgiven for assuming it was
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“The documents were declassified!”
“Trump had every right keep them!”
“They posed no risk to national security!”
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Then again, why has a story about 50 migrants spending a couple of days on Martha’s Vineyard garnered far more coverage and outrage from left media and punditry media than 51 migrants being cooked alive in a tractor-trailer only last month?
Why is it barely news that officials dumped 1,000 migrants into
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Settled Science comes from many places. This bit was squeezed from the same orifice that produced 6 feet as the distance needed to avoid Covid, that said we needed to wear masks, that said ventilators work great while "horse dewormers" and zinc are no good, and that said the shots are safe and effective.