The Miracle Pill with Peter Walker

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you could take a pill that makes you healthier and helped you live longer, would you? The good news is, you don’t need a prescription at all—you just need to move. Yet, so many of us don’t meet the minimum recommended levels of movement; in fact, 1.5 billion people around the world are so inactive they are at greater risk of everything from heart disease to cancer and even dementia. The problem? Our world—full of quick Uber trips and easy convenience with a click of the button from the couch—has been designed to discourage movement. We need major lifestyle changes, and fast. Today, journalist Peter Walker, author of</span> <a href= "https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Miracle-Pill/Peter-Walker/9781471192548"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Miracle Pill</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, joins us to discuss how to bring activity back into our lives.</span></p> <p><a href= "http://www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep-72-the-miracle-pill-with-peter-walker"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep-72-the-miracle-pill-with-peter-walker</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <h3><strong>Links </strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can find Peter Walker on</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/peterwalker99?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and read his reporting for the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guardian</span></em> <a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/profile/peterwalker"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can buy</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Miracle Pill</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.ca/Miracle-Pill-Peter-Walker-ebook/dp/B087QNL99L"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon</span></a> and Indi