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Is Nordic Walking Better Than Regular Walking for Your Health?
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Apr 8, 2025
Walking is one of the easiest and most effective ways to stay active, but did you know there are different styles? Nordic walking and regular walking each have unique benefits that can impact your fitness. In this episode, we break down the differences, including technique, intensity, and health advantages. Listen now to find out which type of walking might be best for you! Read more about Nordic Walking vs. Regular Walking here: 👉 https://reluctantlowcarblife.com/nordic-walking-vs-regular-walking-whats-the-difference/ #NordicWalking #WalkingBenefits #HealthyLifestyle #FitnessTips #ExerciseForHealth #StayActive #ReluctantLowCarbLife #WalkingVsNordicWalking
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hi this is Anita from reluctant low carb
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life today I want to talk a little bit
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about walking and in particular about
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Nordic walking versus regular walking so
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if you've been listening to my channel
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here you might have heard me talking a
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bit about Nordic walking and what Nordic
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walking is I know it's popular in many
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places in Europe uh Japan and some other
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parts of the world but it's not really
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that popular yet in the United States
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and I'm not exactly sure why it's not
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popular yet in the United States because
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it seems like it's the kind of exercise
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which should be popular but for some
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reason is not first of all let's talk
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about regular walking regular walking is
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the most common form of daily
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movement it involves moving forward by
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putting one foot essentially in front of
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the other foot in a rhythmic manner you
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know this natural activity requires no
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special equipment just need some good
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walking shoes and it's a great way to
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stay active without much preparation
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there's a lot of benefits for regular
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walking it can improve your
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cardiovascular health it enhances mental
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well-being it aids in weight management
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it strengthens muscles and your
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bones especially as you get older this
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is very important and it boasts mobility
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and
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flexibility Nordic walking is essential
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you know you can almost kind of call it
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walking on steroids because Nordic
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walking is a bit more advanced and
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dynamic form incorporating specially
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designed poles these poles originated in
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the Finland in the 1930s as a summer
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Training Method for CrossCountry skiers
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even though a lot of the concept of
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Nordic walking really started coming
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about more in the
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1960s so Nordic walking basically was a
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way for the cross country skiers that
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were in Finland for them to find a way
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to be able to remain active and keep
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training during the summer
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months it B was able to
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transform a regular walking workout into
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a full upper body workout along with the
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regular walking part of it so as a
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CrossCountry skier that used a lot of
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their upper body this was allowed them
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to be able to keep their upper body
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strength during the off seon Nordic
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walking works by you have two poles that
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help Propel the body forward and those
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poles are not in front of you like
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you're trying to hike up a mountain but
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instead are kind of behind you you
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almost drag them along the road they can
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help you know support your upper body
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muscles particularly the arms the
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shoulders and the core and if you do
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Nordic walking versus regular walking
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you can see that you can feel a little
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bit more tired easier because the fact
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that using more muscle
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there's a lot of benefits that have been
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found for Nordic walking versus just the
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regular walking and I want to go through
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a couple of those first of all number
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one is it engages the entire body when
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you're walking just regular walking and
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depending on how fast you walk but
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normally you know speaking it doesn't
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engage your entire body it just sort of
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you know engages your legs and you're
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not really engaging the entire body
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Nordic walking will engage the entire
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body it burns more calories than regular
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walking because more muscles are
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involved so Nordic walking Burns
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significantly more calories than just
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regular walking it can actually enhance
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your posture and your balance if you're
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a little bit off balance when you walk
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and you as you age you do get off
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balance more Nordic walking can help to
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give you more balance but also helps
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your posture because the way you're
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working with the poles is it it makes
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your posture be able to you know sort of
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stand up stand stand back and stand
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straight and where you have a better
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walking position than instead of
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hunching or leaning forward it reduces
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uh joint strain if you have problems
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with you know joints or you know your
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knees or other things that can help with
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that it can relieve you know knees and
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and hip stress and help you more evenly
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distribute body weight it improves your
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cardiovascular fitness so because it's
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you're using more muscles you're burning
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more calories you're also have an
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elevated heart rate as you're Nordic
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walking so when you compare Nordic
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walking to regular walking and I've
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written a blog post on this which we
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will put a link in the description
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entitled Nordic walking versus regular
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walking what is the difference we have a
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chart in there where sort of lists out
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the difference between Nordic walking
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and regular walking and what is the main
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difference one of the main differences
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is that you burn far more calories with
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Nordic walking than you do with regular
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walking
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it's a Nordic walking is more of a full
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body workout than regular walking is
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it's a more intense cardiovascular
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workout and it's lower impact due to the
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poles you have improve your posture you
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have to learn the proper techniques
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though to be able to Nordic walk and you
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do have to have equipment which you you
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need the poles it has been found through
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a lot of research and other things that
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they've done especially on you know
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heart patients and and things like you
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know other people like that they're
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recovering from injuries that Nordic
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walking is far better for you than
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regular walking and because it is so
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much better for you than regular walking
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this is why I don't understand why in a
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lot of places like the United States you
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don't see more people out with their
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Nordic walking poles doing their Nordic
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walking and a couple reasons why it's
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better for you as we've talked about
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before is you burn more calories you
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know that's that full body workout
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you're working almost all your muscles
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with it your both your upper and lower
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body so you for the same amount of time
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as regular walking if you add the poles
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to your walking the Nordic walking will
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will help for you to be able to burn
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more calories and also it will give you
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a better work overall workout it
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improves your posture improves your
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balance it's um good for your joints
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especially if you have bad knees or hips
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or other things and it will increase
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your cardiovascular health regular
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walking you know could be better for you
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of course if you just want something
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easy you don't want to have extra
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equipment you want a low impact you know
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type of
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exercise and you know it's it's it's
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easy to do without having to learn a new
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technique so you know the question is
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which one should you choose so if your
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aim is to burn more calories to get in a
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better workout then we highly recommend
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that you consider Nordic walking and
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consider you know learning Nordic
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walking you know if how however you just
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want to have a you know workout you
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could just go outside your door it's
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more straightforward you feel like you
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get some exercise regular walking may be
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right for you as it's been said many
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times that the exercise you will do is
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the best exercise for you so if even if
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you know that Nordic walking is the best
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exercise but you won't do it or you're
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not going to buy the poles or you're not
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going to learn the technique probably
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regular walking then would be better for
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you than Nordic walking so regardless of
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which one you decide to choose the most
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important thing is that you stay active
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and make walking a regular part of your
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routine you know so whether you prefer
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casual stroll or you want to do
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something more vigorous like a Nordic
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walk both options can contribute to your
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overall health and well-beings and I
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think that's one of the main things
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that's why The Reluctant low carb life
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you feel full or stay full longer
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because if the foods help you stay full
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longer you won't get hungry you won't
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need to snack as much and you you will
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