Episode 99: What Is a Digital Detox?

Phoenix Helix: Autoimmune Resilience

Eileen Laird

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In modern life, most people feel insanely busy, but few realize that they’re spending hours each day on their phones. The average smartphone use in the United States is over 4 hours per day. What does this have to do with autoimmune disease? A healing diet and lifestyle takes a lot of time to implement, so right away, a smartphone is competing for that time. But it impacts our lives in other ways, too. Technology use has been linked to increases in anxiety, depression, feelings of social isolation, insomnia, brain fog, the inability to concentrate, and more. When we have these issues, we often blame our diets or our autoimmune disease (which can be the cause), but technology can be a root cause is well. In this podcast, two guests and I share our experiences "unplugging" in a variety of ways, from small to large. I also include a printable PDF in the show notes, which lists all 10 experiments, so you can try them yourself.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Phoenix Helix podcast dedicated to maximizing autoimmune health through the paleo diet and lifestyle.
0:07.4	While there is no cure for autoimmune disease, the choices we make every day can have a powerful impact on how we feel.
0:14.5	I'm Eileen Laird, your host from PhoenixHelix.com, and I reduced my rheumatoid arthritis pain by 95%, which took me from a life of excruciating pain and disability back to a full and beautiful life.
0:28.4	A short disclaimer, I'm neither a doctor nor a nutritionist and the opinions expressed here are personal.
0:34.5	Always consult with your health care team before making medical decisions. Now let's get
0:38.8	on to the show. Welcome to Episode 99.
0:57.8	Our topic today is how and why to do a digital detox.
1:02.0	I think most of us would agree that technology has brought a lot of improvement to our lives.
1:06.8	I couldn't be a blogger or a podcast dose without it, but it also comes with some negative
1:11.5	side effects.
1:12.6	Smartphones in particular are often omnipresent in our lives simply due to their convenience
1:17.7	and portability.
1:19.3	They can be distracting, addictive, and take up huge swaths of time.
1:24.4	In modern life, most people feel insanely busy, but few realize that they're actually
1:29.2	spending hours every day on their phones. The average smartphone use in the United States is four
1:35.2	hours per day. So what does this have to do with autoimmune disease? Well, a healing diet and
1:41.2	lifestyle takes a lot of time to implement, as we all know.
1:45.0	So right away, a smartphone is competing for that time.
1:49.0	But it also impacts our lives in other ways too.
1:52.0	Technology has been linked to increases in anxiety, depression, feelings of social isolation,
1:59.0	insomnia, brain fog, the inability to concentrate, and more.
2:03.3	So when we have these issues, I think we often blame our diets or our autoimmune disease,
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