SEC-S13/W3 | "Bare Feet 🐾"

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Barefoot is healthy!

"When you go to Africa, and you see children, they are usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they love to go to school". These are the words of Annie Lennox famous singer.

My Steemian friends, I am a child of Africa! I used to be barefoot in Africa, but not anymore.

Innocent, free, and comfortable! This is what barefoot stands for. But wait, there's so much more to walking barefoot.

On the website www.scarymommy.com Annie Reneau writes the following;
"Humans had much healthier feet before the advent of shoes."

She also writes that;

• Children should walk barefoot as much as possible because it helps with the development of the brain
• Walking barefoot improves posture
• Believe it or not, walking barefoot helps with your balance and
• Barefoot helps to reduce foot problems

And now I can't help but wonder.. Is this also why the adults always say, "Shoemakers' children always walk barefoot"?

While sitting at the doctor with my son the other day, I read an article, "Barefoot or shoes," in Solidarity, a South African magazine. In this article, the medical journalist mentions the fact that a child who does not wear shoes has to work much harder on his feet and muscles to shape and tone their body posture.

It is also mentioned that more expensive shoes are not always the best. I don’t know what shoes cost in your country, but in my country, if you want to buy the most expensive school shoes, it will easily cost you 250+ STEEM.
Are we truly buying the best?

Walking barefoot is not only healthy for children but also for adults.

In a medical article, 28 students were filmed walking 50 meters barefoot and with comfortable shoes. The videos showed that the students who walked barefoot walked much more rhythmically and used their hips, knees, and ankles better. Shoes might be popular, but plenty of modifications still need to be done to make them perfect.
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Yes, I know that shoes are made for a reason. “Don't walk barefoot; parasites can get in”?
You might think this is false, but believe me when I tell you it is not. Walking in animal and human waste leaves you vulnerable to parasitic worms and other foot illnesses.

Shoes are also there to protect our feet.

I told you earlier that I am a child of Africa, but I don’t walk barefoot anymore. A world without shoes will not work for me and thousands of others.
You might be wondering why.

Well, it is all due to a medical term called “plantar fasciitis," which results in pain in my heels. What this means is that when I walk barefoot, there is nothing to hold the breach of my feet in place, with the result that I put pressure on the plantar fascia ligament, which again causes my heels to hurt.

We only have two feet, and if they are no longer functioning properly or are no longer there, new ones will not grow. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that we take care of them.

👣 Rest your feet regularly
👣 Spoil your feet with a good pamper now and again
👣 Give your feet the perfect fit when you buy those shoes

I’ve often watched the “rich and famous” in their high heels wondering how their feet must feel when they take those shoes off at night, as these days, the higher, the more popular, and also the most costly.

Moms and dads, please listen!

• Animals do not wear shoes
• We are born without shoes
• Walking barefoot does not cost money and
• Feet can be washed

Let your children walk barefoot regularly, as this might not be the case when they grow up.

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