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Healthful Living
Passive Exercise
568. The movement cure is a great advantage to a class of patients
who are too feeble to exercise. But for all who are sick to rely upon
it, making it their dependence, while they neglect to exercise their
muscles themselves, is a great mistake.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:76
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569. Many who depend on the movement cure could accomplish
more for themselves by muscular exercise than the movements can do
for them.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:78
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Walking
570. There is no exercise that can take the place of walking. By
it the circulation of the blood is greatly improved.... Walking, in all
cases where it is possible, is the best remedy for diseased bodies,
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because in this exercise all of the organs of the body are brought into
use.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:78
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571. When the weather will permit, all who can possibly do so
ought to walk in the open air every day, summer and winter.... A
walk, even in winter, would be more beneficial to the health than all
the medicine the doctors may prescribe. For those who can walk,
walking is preferable to riding. The muscles and veins are enabled
better to perform their work. There will be increased vitality, which
is so necessary to health. The lungs will have needful action; for it is
impossible to go out in the bracing air of a winter’s morning without
inflating the lungs.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:529
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572. There is no exercise that will prove as beneficial to every
part of the body as walking. Active walking in the open air will do
more for women, to preserve them in health if they are well, than any
other means. Walking is also one of the most efficient remedies for the
recovery of health of the invalid. The hands and arms are exercised as
well as the limbs.—
The Health Reformer, April 1, 1872
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When to Exercise
573. Exercise will aid the work of digestion. To walk out after
a meal, hold the head erect, put back the shoulders, and exercise
moderately, will be a great benefit. The mind will be diverted from