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Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

How Screens Impact Our Happiness w/ Gaia Bernstein | Understanding Food Labels w/ Dr. G | Heal Thy Self with Dr. G | Episode #208

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Wellness Loud

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Special Guest Segment: Gaia Bernstein, Technology, Privacy and Policy Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and author, joins us to discuss the ways in which screens have slowly become an inescapable part of our daily lives, and how this affects our health and happiness overall, from toddlers to adults. - How smartphones gradually changed our sense of awareness - The impact of screens on adults and children - How screens affect cognitive development - How social media impacts our sense of self and socialization - How screens have changed how children socialize - How in-person interactions impact health - The big business of screens - The cell phone addiction - How phone-use is comparable to second-hand smoke - The addictive reward-based model of social media - Steps you can take to curb screen addiction Knowledge Bomb: Dr. G breaks down the different labels we see on our foods and what they actually mean. Which ones are useful and trustworthy and which ones are mostly greenwashing? - What does Non-GMO actually mean? - The dangers of pesticides - USDA Organic - is it worth it? - How Reductionist Science skews our understanding of Organic foods - New labels to look out for - Regenerative farming labels - How industrial agriculture impacts our health - How topsoil relates to our health Guest Bio: Gaia Bernstein is the Technology, Privacy and Policy Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute of Law Science and Technology at Seton Hall University School of Law. She is author of the new book, Unwired, and writes, teaches, and lectures on subjects at the intersections of law, technology, health, and privacy. Professor Bernstein developed a nationally recognized outreach program on technology overuse for school-aged children and their parents. She is also a mother of three children who grew up in the era of smartphones, screens, and social media. Be sure to like and subscribe to #HealThySelf Hosted by Doctor Christian Gonzalez N.D. Follow Doctor G on Instagram @doctor.gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/doctor.gonzalez/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I would say for children there is a lot of evidence on really concerning effects on cognitive

0:08.0

development, psychological studies and brain imaging studies, showing how kids who are exposed

0:14.3

to screens excessively, basically have lower cognitive assessment results and when you look at

0:21.5

the brain imaging of the brains of these kids compared to kids who use screens less,

0:26.6

the differences and the brain scans. So that's one very concerning area.

0:39.7

All right everyone, welcome to the newest episode of Heal Thy Self. We are going in today. I have

0:45.7

Gaya Bernstein, the author of Unwired. This is a book that lays out what the heck is happening

0:52.0

when it comes to cell phone addiction. This guest spot is for everyone. If you got a cell phone

0:57.1

in your hand right now, it's for you. If you have a cell phone five feet away for you, it's for

1:00.5

you if your kids are using cell phones. It's for you. She's going to go into how cell phones are

1:04.0

affecting her mental health, our physical health and how now we're seeing it's affecting our

1:08.8

children's health. We're going into all the details and the solutions of course. What can we do now

1:15.2

now that we're seeing how cell phones are affecting our mental and physical health and for the

1:20.0

knowledge bomb, I'll be going over labels. This is easy. This is easy. I'm going to give you three

1:25.6

labels that are popular in the food industry right now. And I'm going to give you 90% of everything

1:31.0

you need to know about how to shop for quality. Three labels, easy read, understanding what they mean.

1:36.8

And now when you go to the supermarket, you're going to be the most empowered you've ever been.

1:40.4

It's going to be a good show. Let's get right into it.

1:42.7

All right. Everyone look. You know, cell phones have been taking over our lives,

1:57.0

but really subliminally. We're not paying attention. But over the years, it's been that thing

2:02.8

that has sort of weaved its way into our consciousness. Wow. There's a book that's out.

2:08.9

Goal on wired. And it goes deep into the understanding of what happened. How did we get here that

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