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The Evolving Man Podcast

#54 - Following The Evidence and Living Smarter in the Covid-19 Era - with Shawn Stevenson

Mar 17, 2021
01:11:39

Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter and the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S.

As a graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and became the cofounder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance. He joins me on the show to discuss how to follow scientific studies to manage your health and your mindset, and how WE can use science help humanity through the current crisis.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How real education is education is up to you.
  • Unsuccessful (and some damaging) approaches in current medicine practice. 
  • What most people who have lost their life to COVID have in common. 
  • The extreme politicization of COVID. 
  • The number one cause of chronic disease.
  • Diet and how it influences the immune system. 
  • A cardiologist’s perspective on why our healthcare systems fail us. 
  • How long it takes to destroy our immune systems.
  • Most important factors to staying healthy: movement and sleep. 
  • Somatic effects of COVID. 
  • Empowering people to understand their health better.
  • Understanding and supporting scientific evidence. 
  • COVID vs. birthing process.
  • Hive mind - the good and the bad. 
  • Shawn’s book, “Eat Smarter.”
  • The current epidemic of suicide and attempted suicide. 
  • Natural killer cells - what are they?
  • How will the COVID lockdown impact our children? 
  • Analyzing COVID data through an epidemiologist lens.
  • Masks: are they helpful or harmful? 
  • Cognitive biases and their impact on relaying COVID information. 
  • Studies on COVID and masks found on Shawn’s website. 
  • Top 3 pre-existing conditions tied to COVID deaths. 
  • The next novel virus. 
  • How we can change a system that was not designed to help us. 
  • What can actually help strengthen our immune systems.

Shawn’s Links:

Website 

Podcast 

Instagram

Facebook 

Twitter

YouTube

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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