The Killer Food Culture That’s Controlling Your Health
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
It’s human nature to reduce and simplify complex situations. We like to think that weight loss is as simple as a formula like “calories in, calories out,” or that making better health choices is as easy as harnessing your willpower. The truth is that our bodies, minds, and behaviors are much more nuanced. And when it comes to our health, we often overlook the vital role that our environment and culture play.
On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to hear my interview with Dr. Darshan Shah on the Extend Podcast. In this conversation, you’re going to learn how your culture can influence your decisions and the fascinating science behind shared family meals. You’ll also learn about the uptick in ultra-processed food consumption, why so many folks struggle to lose weight today, and my best tips for creating a family culture of health, connection, and unity.
This conversation is full of important insights we can all apply, from making steps toward a more connected family culture, eating more whole foods, and cultivating better health in your home. So just click play and enjoy the show!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How your environment influences your decisions. (12:20)
- The definition of culture. (13:00)
- Why our relationship with food is deeply intimate. (16:40)
- How the rates of processed food consumption have risen in recent decades. (20:50)
- Which food can reduce neuroinflammation. (25:51)
- The benefits of personalized nutrition. (30:47)
- A conversation on the FDA and red dye in the food supply. (32:49)
- How to create a healthy microculture within your home. (35:23)
- What post-ingestive feedback is. (49:41)
- A surprising connection between nutrient deficiencies, hunger, and obesity. (51:07)
- The problem with the idea of calories in, calories out. (56:10)
- How having a shared meal can benefit your physical and mental health. (1:04:35)
- Four tips to make family meals fun and engaging. (1:11:07)
- The minimum amount of times per week to share a meal with your children. (1:14:15)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. For more, visit the modelhealthshow.com. |
| 0:11.3 | If we were to simplify the ingredients to good health, the recipe would be relatively simple. |
| 0:17.6 | Eat good food, move our bodies, get plenty of sleep, rest and recovery, and also spend some |
| 0:24.6 | time outdoors, get adequate sunlight, spend some time with other human beings, maybe some furry |
| 0:30.6 | friends. That's pretty much the recipe to a decent level of health. Now of course we can get into the Gordon Ramsey |
| 0:39.2 | Michelin star chef versions of the recipe and add in all these dynamic factors, |
| 0:44.7 | but the basic recipe is relatively simple. So my question is if the recipe is so simple, |
| 0:51.6 | why is it so difficult for us in our modern society to maintain a high |
| 0:58.3 | level of functional health and fitness? |
| 1:01.6 | Well, on this very special episode, we're going to be talking about how our culture is actually |
| 1:07.1 | unconsciously controlling our behaviors when it comes to all of those health inputs. |
| 1:14.5 | I'm also going to open up and share with you the way that I grew up personally and how it |
| 1:19.0 | influenced my family's health, my perspective of health, and led me into some dark places |
| 1:24.9 | and eventually some big revelations when it comes to health and fitness. |
| 1:29.4 | Also, we're going to be talking about some interesting things regarding longevity, |
| 1:33.7 | including a surprising culture of centenarians, people living to 100 and beyond who actually love to eat baloney. |
| 1:43.1 | We're also going to talk about why processed foods are misunderstood. |
| 1:47.0 | It's going to be interesting. We're going to cover why the FDA banning red dye number three is a false flag. |
| 1:54.0 | We're going to talk about how food scientists manipulate our senses and how to protect ourselves from this. This and so much more. I'm so |
| 2:04.5 | grateful to be able to share this conversation with you today. I was interviewed on one of the |
| 2:08.3 | top new shows in the country, the Extend Podcast with Dr. Darshan Shaw. Now, Dr. Darshan |
| 2:16.7 | Shaw was recently named the longevity doctor of the year by the renowned |
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