
Today I’m talking with my good friend, bestselling author, and fellow podcaster Shawn Stevenson. His background is in business, biology, and nutritional science and he’s been featured all over major media outlets and podcasts. He’s also the co-founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, which helps empower people with customized health and wellness programs.
Shawn and I both get to interview amazing people for a living and learn from some of the world’s best health experts. However, there’s no way to implement all of the health tips we get on a weekly or even daily basis. Shawn shares what his non-negotiables are when it comes to healthy routines and how sleep and nutrition are really at the core of it.
Movement is also an important component, but as I’ve discussed before, hours of cardio can actually do more harm than good in many cases. We cover what the latest science really says about the best forms of exercise, maintaining brain health, and what’s going to give us the best results overall in our health.
I always have so much fun chatting with Shawn and learn a lot. I hope you’ll join me and listen in on today’s talk!
Episode Highlights With Shawn
- His own amazing journey to overcome obstacles
- How he decides what health information to follow
- His own personal 80/20 of health
- Why he takes a results driven approach to health and what this means
- The reason for the disconnect between our health knowledge and our outcomes
- Why so much of the stuff we are learning about health goes back to what our ancestors have known forever
- His non-negotiables: sleep, exercise, movement (and specifics of each)
- Why only a few nights of poor sleep contribute to fine lines and wrinkles and accelerated aging
- A fascinating study on how even a couple of nights of impaired sleep affects satiety, hormones, and overeating
- More benefits of walking
- The advantages of certain types of exercise and why cardio isn’t necessarily a good option
- His go-to supplements (there aren’t many)
Resources We Mention
- Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life by Shawn Stevenson
- Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success by Shawn Stevenson
- The Model Health Show – His podcast
- 405: Eat Smarter: How to Use Food to Reboot Your Metabolism With Shawn Stevenson
- 089: Shawn Stevenson on Why Sleep Is More Important Than Diet & Exercise
- The Life Visioning Process by Michael Bernard Beckwith
- The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That’s Smarter, Faster, Shorter
More From Wellness Mama
- 551: Mollie McGlocklin on Sleep Is a Skill + Chronobiology and Circadian Rhythm
- 555: Cynthia Thurlow on Biohacking Your Hormones and Sleep for Women
- 093: Meredith Vieceli on Avoiding Common Fitness Mistakes
- 373: Why Sunlight Is As Important As Nutrition and Exercise for Health & Lifespan With Ari Whitten
- 6 Natural Sleep Remedies (You May Not Have Tried)
- Natural Ways to Get Better Sleep (Even If You’re a Mom!)
- How to Create a Perfect Sleep Environment
- Natural Ways to Help Kids Sleep
- The Benefits of Sunlight for Sleep and Hormones
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