Dr Lieberman is the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. His research focuses on how the human body has evolved to be the way it is, he also explores how humans evolved to run long distances to scavenge and hunt.
He is the author of the best-selling books, ‘The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease’ and ‘Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding’.
In this conversation Dr Lieberman and Steven discuss topics, such as:
Sitting isn’t actually the new smoking
The unseen health benefits of running
The best exercises for a healthy life
Why you don’t need 8 hours of sleep a night
Separating the health myths from reality
How the world has become too comfortable
How 74% of diseases can be prevented
Ways to hack and boost productivity
You can purchase Dr Lieberman’s newest book, ‘Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health’, here: https://amzn.to/49udz2v
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Harvard Professor: "10,000 Steps A Day" Is A LIE! Revealing The 7 BIG LIES About Exercise, Sleep, Running, Cancer & Sugar!!! Daniel Lieberman | The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
