The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett World's No. 1 Exercise Professor: "Our Comfortable Lives Are Causing Cancer", "The Truth About Running", "Hand Sanitiser Is Making You Sick!
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Jan 29, 2024 
In this engaging conversation, Daniel Lieberman, a Professor at Harvard and author of ‘Exercised’, challenges our understanding of modern health. He discusses how our comfortable lifestyles might be reversing evolutionary progress and even increasing cancer risks. Lieberman tackles the misconceptions around veganism and explains how commuting contributes to obesity. He advocates for embracing hunter-gatherer practices and warns against over-sanitization, emphasizing the need for natural microbial exposure to boost our immune health.
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Human Adaptability
- Humans are remarkably adaptable omnivores, eating a wide variety of foods.
- We evolved to eat for reproductive success, not solely for health.
Meat-Eating and Evolution
- Humans evolved to eat meat over two million years ago, playing a significant role in our history.
- However, we're adaptable enough to thrive on various diets, including veganism.
Hunting and Gathering Origins
- Bipedalism slowed early humans down, making them potentially poor hunters compared to chimpanzees.
- However, tool use, cooperation, and hunting emerged, transforming human evolution and bodies.
