I invited back one of my favorite guests (and dear friend), Shawn Stevenson. Today we’ll discuss:
- Shawn’s amazing new book, Eat Smarter
- The science behind cravings
- Why you feel addicted to food
- Why you might constantly feel hungry when you shouldn’t
- What makes us crave sugar
- Why we eat foods we know aren’t good for our bodies / health
But, most importantly, you’ll learn how you can take back control of your eating habits!
You’ll also find out:
- Shawn’s backstory / credentials
- The hardest section for Shawn to write in his new book
- How being overweight can, ironically, protect us (or so we think)
- Where the idea that food is love begins
- How new technology is allowing for foods to taste like other foods
- How Chronic Nutrient Deficiency leads to chronic overeating
- Why the paradigms in the diet world today are so wrong / misleading
- When the indoctrination of calorie counting began
- Why so many believe today that our weight issues / problems are a character defect
- How the calorie was invented and what it was originally used for
- What causes hunger
- What is ghrelin
- What is leptin
- How we can control that hangry feeling
- An intriguing study on consuming processed food
- How the makeup of your microbiome can inform whether or not you’re obese
- The importance of diversity in food (and what that means)
- How food impacts your brain
- What is hypothalamic inflammation
- A shocking study on improving magnesium levels
- Shawn’s advice to parents who say their kids won’t eat healthy
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If you liked this episode, check out Episode #414 – Cross-Training Your Nutrition and Getting Honest About The Fitness Industry | The Model Health Show with Shawn Stevenson
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