The Science of Supper: Transform Your Health Through Family Meals – Shawn Stevenson : 1142

The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey

Fat, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Biohacking, Lifestyle, Diet, Science, Self-improvement, Fasting, Nutrition, Hacking, Fitness, Brain, Wellness, Education

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is none other than Shawn Stevenson. If you’re not already familiar with Shawn’s work, he’s the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter, the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter, and the creator of the widely popular health podcast, The Model Health Show.

Shawn is one of those guys who embodies peace and calm, after an impressively transformative journey stemming from a background of health challenges at least as severe as mine. After recovering, he became a researcher and nutritionist experienced in biology and nutritional science.

We dive into a crucial element of biohacking I am always keen to highlight—friendship, or in this case, community.

Based on research from Shawn’s latest book, Eat Smarter Family Cookbook, we talk about his current mission on the path to wellness: creating a culture of wellness around the dinner table, how communal meals impact our health and longevity, and filling the void of connection we all so desperately need these days.

Shawn shares insights from his own family’s dinner table, his tips for implementing family meals into your weekly routine, and the encouraging science and data behind how it supports physical and spiritual nourishment, nervous system regulation, stress management, and more.

If you like this episode, I encourage you to go pick out a good cut of meat and cook food for someone you care about—or simply do anything that's an act of service that nourishes another human being. Here’s to cultivating strong relationships, imbuing our food with love, and honoring the act of nourishing ourselves and our families.

(00:01:16) Cultivating Peace & Presence Through Nervous System Regulation

(00:10:00) Cultural Connections to Health, Longevity & Childhood Obesity

(00:25:20) Family Dinners for Nourishment, Mindfulness & Building Stronger Bonds

(00:43:45) Kids in the Kitchen: Fostering Enjoyment, Skill & Service in Cooking

(00:59:48) Heart Meditations, Trauma Healing & the Science of Emotional Exchange

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0:00.0	You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey.
0:05.0	Formerly Bulletproof Radio. Hi. And if you've noticed my voice is smooth and rich and slow.
0:25.0	That's because I'm interviewing the guest who's been on the show here at his studio in Los Angeles,
0:31.0	who has the number one most sought after voice in
0:34.2	podcasting after Morgan Freeman and if that wasn't enough to give it away our
0:40.4	guess is none other than Sean Stevenson We're here at the model health studio in Los Angeles.
0:47.0	Sean.
0:49.0	My God.
0:50.0	Thank you and upgrade.
0:52.0	This is the best intro ever.
0:55.0	Shout out to Morgan Freeman as well.
0:57.0	He's been old a long time.
0:59.0	He's doing something.
1:00.0	He's been old for like 60 years.
1:02.0	Yeah, that guy's into longevity I'm
1:03.9	I wonder if I could interview about his longevity practice he seems like one of the
1:06.8	more interesting minds out there like he's fierce absolutely yeah I can't
1:11.4	voice as well I'm gonna see if I can get him. That'd be fun. Oh my gosh. All right, thanks for the idea.
1:17.2	Guys, if you don't know Sean Stevenson, he was on the show last October of 2022 and he's one of these guys who's just got a huge
1:27.6	embodiment of just peace and calm that comes from a background of having health at least as bad as me and maybe even worse,
1:36.4	which is hard to do.
1:38.0	And then recovering and becoming a researcher nutritionist who's experienced in biology and nutritional science and we always
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