More People Walking, Cycling as Gas Prices Soar

With gas prices now topping $3 per gallon, many Americans reminisce fondly of the days when the cheap cost of filling up the car gave rise to "cruising" on Route 66. While those days are gone forever, there are some positive side effects of the energy crisis. Walking and cycling more means that Americans will be getting more exercise and generating less pollution. But, while walking more is great exercise and saves energy, it takes a toll on feet, making proper foot care more important than ever.

(PRWEB) May 29, 2007 -- With gas prices now topping $3 per gallon, many Americans reminisce fondly of the days when the cheap cost of filling up the car gave rise to "cruising" on Route 66. While those days are gone forever, there are some positive side effects of the energy crisis. Walking and cycling more means that Americans will be getting more exercise and generating less pollution.

Carol J. Buck is CEO of Xenna Corporation (www.xenna.com), which distributes natural foot care products. She says, "I believe that most of the time, it's possible to turn lemons into lemonade. I plan to get my moped fixed and do more walking when shopping and visiting friends. So, high gas prices have probably done me a favor."

Buck adds, "We all need to exercise more and fill ups over $50 are a great incentive to think of other ways to get from Point A to Point B. But, while walking more is great exercise and saves energy, it takes a toll on feet. Like tires on a car, feet require maintenance."

In the U.S., many people are accustomed to driving everywhere - even to the neighborhood grocery a few blocks away. Ray Alexander, a media buyer with Atlanta-based Media Brokers International, Inc., says, "Because of time and convenience, I was used to jumping in the truck to go to the grocery store three blocks away. Now, I walk there."

Alexander says, "Rather than drive, my wife and I decided to walk to my son's sporting event, about a mile from our house. I wore sandals, and when I got home my feet ached, and I noticed for the first time they were dry and cracked, so I grabbed some CalleX® Ointment we had in the bathroom. One event caused me to try the product, and it worked great. I've used NonyX® Nail Gel also, and was very pleased with the results."

According to Buck, "With people walking more because of high gas prices, it's more important than ever to take care of our feet. Xenna's NonyX Nail Gel and CalleX Dry Heel Ointment are natural, diabetic-friendly products that help make feet look and feel better."

NonyX Nail Gel is a topical, easy-to-use, diabetic-friendly gel used by podiatrists, but also sold in pharmacies, that breaks down and removes keratin debris -- the discolored, yellow or thick, granular buildup under nails that causes them to appear yellow or discolored. NonyX Gel softens keratin debris using natural ethanoic acid, and permits it to be scraped out from under the nail, beginning after about four weeks.

For those with rough, dry or cracked skin on heels and soles, Xenna's acid-free, diabetic-friendly CalleX Ointment uses natural enzymes to thin and soften hardened, thickened skin and remove dry, cracked or scaly buildup. Newly patented, CalleX moisturizes and rejuvenates dry, cracked heels, and has been shown in consumer studies to significantly reduce thickened skin areas within 15 to 30 days.

All Xenna products are money-back guaranteed. CalleX Ointment is sold in the foot care section of Walgreens, Rite Aid, Longs, HEB grocery stores, Kerr Drug, Snyders Giant Eagle, Bi-Lo, Bruno's and many Medicine Shoppe pharmacies, as well as online at www.xenna.com.

NonyX Nail Gel can be purchased in the foot care section of Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS, Wal-Mart, Longs, TARGET, Eckerd Pharmacy, Brooks Pharmacy, Duane Reade, HEB and Giant Eagle grocery stores, Kerr Drug, Snyders and most Medicine Shoppes. Online, it is also available at www.xenna.com.

For photos of toenails and heels before and after using Xenna products, go to www.xenna.com .

Xenna Corporation is a privately-held, woman-owned company based in Princeton, NJ which develops and distributes natural personal care products for skin, hair and nails. To contact them call 800-368-6003 (business hours, Mon-Friday Eastern Time) or email.

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