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Why Going Barefoot is Better for Your Feet

» It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we're wrecking it with every step we take.

I'm afraid I have some bad news for you: You walk wrong.
Look, it's not your fault. It's your shoes. Shoes are bad. I don't just mean stiletto heels, or cowboy boots, or tottering espadrilles, or any of the other fairly obvious foot-torture devices into which we wincingly jam our feet. I mean all shoes. Shoes hurt your feet. They change how you walk. In fact, your feet—your poor, tender, abused, ignored, maligned, misunderstood fee—are getting trounced in a war that's been raging for roughly a thousand years: the battle of shoes versus feet.

Don't miss the trompel'oeil foot paintings (including stilletos!) that accompany the article. (via mamr)

 [ 04.28.08 ]




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