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The Model Health Show

TMHS 890: What’s REALLY Behind America’s Health Crisis?

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

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

4.87.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

If you’re like most folks today, you’re probably in a busy season of life. From work responsibilities to family life, some days it can feel like there’s not much time or energy to add more to your plate. But the truth is, the smallest habits can have a positive impact on your entire family for generations to come.

On today’s show, you’re going to learn about how to transform your family’s health outcomes by focusing on simple, attainable behaviors. You’re going to understand your innate power to transform your family culture, practical ways to save money on healthy food, and what’s really behind our epidemics of chronic disease.

This episode is from my interview with Dr. Michael Beckwith on the Take Back Your Mind Podcast. We discussed the importance of normalizing wellness, how your relationships impact your health outcomes, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this conversation with the one and only, Dr. Michael Beckwith  

In this episode you’ll discover: 

  • Why personalized nutrition is the future.
  • What percentage of Americans have chronic diseases.
  • The #1 cause of chronic illnesses.
  • How having healthy social bonds can improve your health.
  • What the #1 determinant of your lifespan is.
  • The power of shared family meals, and a good goalpost to aim for.
  • What percentage of doctors’ visits are caused by stress.
  • The main reasons why shared meals can improve your health.
  • Why eating as a family can serve as protection for your children.
  • What culture is.
  • Strategies for saving money on healthy food.
  • Why poor-quality food is the cheapest.
  • How to transform your family’s microculture 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.

0:04.8

For more, visit themodelhealthshow.com.

0:11.5

If you're looking for something to support your mind, body, and spirit today, I've got your back.

0:18.2

Today I've got a conversation with you that's absolutely brimming with insights,

0:22.8

with wisdom, with experience, with tips, tools, and strategies to help every facet of your life.

0:30.0

And I'm so grateful to share this with you because this conversation was hosted by one of my

0:36.4

two greatest mentors in my 22 plus year career in health and fitness.

0:42.4

There are two people that have stood out as my mentors.

0:47.0

And one is my mother-in-love, my mother-in-law, Wambui Cabarrere.

0:52.7

She was my first mentor when it comes to nutrition, but also

0:57.7

when it comes to mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. She's the person who taught me how to

1:04.6

meditate and directed me to my internal world because as many of us do we live our lives so externally focused and she

1:14.4

really helped to empower me and the other person right around that time I found out about the work

1:20.4

of Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith and his communication his message really resonated me. And it was years later that we actually

1:30.4

met and we bumped into each other speaking at the same event and we've been close friends ever

1:35.4

since. And he invited me back on to his number one hit podcast called Take Back Your Mind. And I'm so grateful because we got to talk about why personalized

1:47.9

nutrition and why personalized medicine is the future of health. We got to talk about the

1:54.1

truth about what's causing our epidemics of chronic disease. We covered how to utilize our family and community to transform our health

2:03.3

and we even covered some simple practical ways to save money on healthy food. And I know this intimately

2:11.2

because when I transformed my health, when I started investing in healthy food, I was living in

2:16.2

very challenging circumstances and just

2:18.9

trying to get by, you know, so how did I procure healthy food and, again, support my health

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