TMHS 872: The Top 5 Foods You Absolutely SHOULD NOT Eat to Live Longer

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In general, there’s no one-size-fits-all diet that leads to longevity. This is because there are a wide variety of foods that are nutrient-rich. However, if you want to live a long, healthy life, there are a handful of foods you should avoid regularly consuming.

On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to learn about the top five foods you should not eat if you want to live longer. You’re going to hear the science on how consuming things like soda, ultra-processed sauces, and meat substitutes has the potential to harm your health and shorten your lifespan.

While living a long, healthy life is often the culmination of building healthy habits, it is also the result of avoiding preventable diseases. Getting your diet in check can help you reduce your risks of inflammation, chronic diseases, and early death. I hope you enjoy this episode of The Model Health Show!

In this episode you’ll discover:

What percent of the average American’s calories come from liquid.
The link between sugar sweetened beverages and mortality.
Why drinking soda is especially detrimental for children.
The truth about drinking zero-calorie diet sodas.
How insulin affects fat loss.
The ultra-processed ingredients that are hiding in meat substitutes.
How ultra-processed foods contribute to inflammation.
What percentage of the average American’s diet is ultra-processed.
How cereal companies prey on children.
The link between hyperactivity and food dyes.
How sauces and dressings can hide a ton of ingredients and calories.
What to consider about the cocktail effect.
How alcohol impacts your metabolism.
What the process of fat sparing is.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.7	For more, visit the modelhealthshow.com.
0:11.5	Welcome to the model health show.
0:13.2	This is fitness and nutrition expert, Sean Stevenson, and I'm so grateful for you tuning
0:17.1	with me today.
0:18.7	There's all this talk about longevity all the things that you
0:22.3	should eat and drink and do to live as long and healthy life as possible but what
0:27.9	about the opposite what are the things that you should eat if you want to
0:31.7	guarantee a shorter lifespan if you want to live as short and unhealthy life as possible what are the
0:40.8	five things that you should eat and drink on a regular basis that's what we're
0:46.0	gonna cover right now first up approximately 20% of the calories that the
0:51.7	average American takes in is in liquid form. What you drink has a huge
0:56.8	impact on how long you're going to live. And there's one beverage that puts a slippery wet
1:02.9	puddle right next to an early grave. And that beverage is soda. Here's the reason that soda
1:09.9	is coming in at number one on our list. A huge meta-analysis
1:14.4	was published in 2020 titled Association of Consumption of Sugar, Sweetened Beverage, or Artificially
1:21.5	Sweetened Beverage's with Mortality. The scientist scoured all of the leading sources for peer-reviewed data in search of the most
1:30.0	well-constructed longitudinal studies.
1:33.2	And what they found was shocking.
1:35.5	Eleven cohort studies that included nearly one million people found that each serving of sugar
1:40.8	sweetened beverage someone consumed daily significantly increased their risk of early death.
1:48.3	Soda was of course the most notable drink in this category, but this also included fruit drinks,
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