Five minutes of movement every thirty minutes. That is the entire prescription, and I have never felt more personally called out by a book. Manoush Zomorodi hosts NPR’s TED Radio Hour and wrote Body Electric. I told her that of the 300-plus guests we have had on this show, hers is the book that convicted me the most. I read the news on my phone before I sleep, in the middle of the night, and the second I wake up. Then I spend my freshest brain hours of the day answering email. Here is what she taught me: 1. Five minutes, every half hour. Keith Diaz at Columbia went looking for the minimum amount of movement a human body needs. Five minutes of gentle walking every thirty minutes largely offsets the harm of sitting. 2. You cannot out-exercise a chair. I asked if one hard workout could cover me for the day. No. I asked about a standing desk. Also no. Standing is not movement. 3. The results are not subtle. Manoush spent a day in the lab and cut her glucose in half and her blood press...