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Season 2, Episode 8: Three Generations, And What Their Bodies Were Asked To Do
In this episode, I compare three generations of bodies: our grandmothers, our mothers, and us.
I talk about how daily life used to contain continuous, varied, unconscious movement - carrying, walking, lifting, cleaning, climbing, gardening, kneading, bending - and how modern life has removed much of that movement in just a few generations.
I also explain why muscle is not simply a movement tissue. Muscle is metabolically active, hormonally communicative, and deeply connected to inflammation, blood sugar, bone, brain, mitochondria, and longevity. Movement is not only exercise. It is…
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