TMHS 791 -Eat Like This To Boost Your Energy, Prevent Disease, & Live Longer! - With Dr. Casey Means
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever considered what actually creates energy in your body? We often chalk our daily energy up to how we slept the night before, but there are so many more components that allow us to feel good and reach optimal health. On today’s show, you’re going to learn about how factors like your relationship to the sun, your time outdoors, and the health of your microbiome can impact your energy levels.
Dr. Casey Means is back on this episode of The Model Health Show to share more powerful insights from her new book, Good Energy. She’s here to unpack some of the major causative agents of our chronic illness epidemics and simple, practical solutions we can all implement for better metabolic health, mitochondrial function, and energy levels.
You’re going to learn about the link between circadian rhythm and whole-body health, how to eat in a way that supports your cellular health, and how metabolic dysfunction underlies every health crisis our citizens are facing today. This interview is full of empowering stories, cutting-edge science, and tangible lessons you can use to optimally power your body. So click play and enjoy this interview with the brilliant Dr. Casey Means!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- Why humankind is experiencing an energy crisis.
- What percentage of American adults are metabolically healthy.
- The importance of respecting your circadian rhythm.
- How to heal your relationship with light and the sun.
- Three specific ways to retrain your clock genes.
- How much time the average American spends outdoors.
- The surprising science behind spending time outdoors and BMI.
- Why we must recognize our place in nature to find true health.
- The connection between food, structure, and function.
- Why consistency in your eating patterns matters.
- How your cellular activity influences your overall health.
- Why freezing food is beneficial from a nutrient standpoint.
- The critical role of the microbiome.
- What it means to match your cellular needs with oral inputs.
- Five things to incorporate in every meal.
- What you can learn from your cravings.
- The power of eating whole, unprocessed food.
- How to find awe in our food.
- What insulin resistance really is.
- How to eat for good energy.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
| 0:07.0 | If you've ever wondered what creates energy in our bodies, if you ever wanted to have more energy to do the things that you want to do to live the life that you want to live. This episode is for you. |
| 0:25.0 | Today is an absolute master class on how food gets converted into human energy. |
| 0:32.0 | Plus, some things outside of food that fuel our energy processes, |
| 0:38.0 | our metabolic processes in our bodies that a lot of people don't think about. |
| 0:42.0 | And you're going to hear all of this from the |
| 0:46.4 | one and only Dr. Casey means. Now keep in mind our nutrition and certain environmental |
| 0:52.4 | inputs are of the utmost |
| 0:53.8 | importance when we're talking about energy but when you boil it down in certain |
| 0:57.5 | components of real foods but also things that people are utilizing in supplement form as well. |
| 1:04.8 | One of the things that allow energy exchange and communication between the cells of our bodies, |
| 1:11.0 | and that includes our brain cells and our brain cells being able to talk to each other |
| 1:15.2 | that is based on key minerals called electrolytes. Now electrolytes are minerals |
| 1:21.2 | that carry an electric charge. |
| 1:24.0 | And researchers at McGill University found that, in particular, |
| 1:26.8 | sodium functions as a quote on-off switch in the brain |
| 1:31.1 | for specific neurotransmitters that support optimal function and protect our brains |
| 1:36.3 | against numerous diseases. |
| 1:39.7 | Another electrolyte, magnesium, was noted in a fascinating recent study that was published in the journal |
| 1:45.5 | Neuron, demonstrating that magnesium is able to restore critical brain plasticity and improve |
| 1:52.4 | our cognitive function rapidly. |
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