While the conventional advice from medical “science” is to wear a mask in your house, eat bugs, drink chemicals, and die, evidence suggests those who want to live and live well only need to take a few extra steps each say.

Public health and sports medicine specialists have recommended that people walk 10,000 steps a day to promote good health. But that number doesn’t seem to be holy. The number of steps you should walk every day to start seeing benefits to your health is lower than previously thought, according to the largest analysis ever to investigate this.

The study, just published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that walking an average of at least 3,967 steps a day started to reduce the risk of dying from any cause, and 2,337 steps a day reduced the risk of dying from cardiovascular diseases.

For those capable of thinking, walking opens up both time and neural pathways, allowing for ease of ideation. And it’s easy. Turn this machine off and go for a walk.