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I\\u2019m excited to say that Katy Bowman is here today! In fact I think she\\u2019s the most requested guest to date, so many of you listening will be especially interested in today\\u2019s episode.
Katy is the movement mastermind behind the award-winning blog and podcast Nutritious Movement (formerly Katy Says) that reaches thousands of people every month. She\\u2019s blogged for 10 years on the topic of movement and its importance to health. Along the way she also found time to author 8 books, including the best-selling Move Your DNA\\xa0and Movement Matters.
A biomechanist by training, Katy pioneers research on the effects of our modern sedentary culture and the profound potential of human movement. She\\u2019s convinced me that movement can be just as nutritious as food \\u2026 and she\\u2019s not just talking about getting to the gym.
To find out what she\\xa0is\\xa0talking about, stick around!
If you\\u2019ve been around my blog, you may have noticed I have some strong feelings on eating real, nutritious foods and avoiding empty, toxic ones like sugar and processed oils. Well the way I feel about sugar and processed foods is the way Katy Bowman feels about sitting still.
Deprive your body of its daily dose of movement, she says, and it\\u2019s just as bad as not eating your vegetables.
The amazing part is that regular exercise doesn\\u2019t even undo the effects of sitting for long hours in a desk chair or on your couch. Research shows that\\xa0too much sitting can lead not only to obesity but higher rates of cancer, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. It can even shorten our life span.
So what\\u2019s a healthy mom to do? Katy Bowman lays it all out, step-by-step. She explains exactly what we can do about this cultural problem and how to meet our body\\u2019s movement quota in a sedentary world.