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When a child is provided real, whole foods unadulterated with sugar, poor quality fats, toxic additives, and food dyes, their body knows exactly what to eat and how much. They will eat just what their growing body needs when provided this high quality diet that their DNA evolved from. What I have come to realize as a parent is that there is a great deal of letting go and going with the flow. I have also learned that, as a parent, what you eat, how you eat, and why you eat what you do is really important because our children are keen observers who absorb everything we do. 

In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I share the top tips and wisdom I have gained from my experience as a doctor and dad for raising healthy eaters.

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• Teaching children to eat real food (4:50 / 2:28)
• Modeling healthy eating (6:34 / 4:12)
• Setting realistic boundaries about food choices and mealtimes (8:29 / 6:07)
• Involving your children in meal planning and preparation (11:54 / 9:32)
• Presenting and “disguising” healthy food (14:12 / 11:50)

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“How to eat with friends and be healthier”

When was the last time you sat down at a dinner table and shared a meal with friends over laughter and stories?

If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to remember a time in the last couple of days. And if you’re averse to the idea of going through the effort of having to find someone to share a meal with, research shows it has benefits!

Recent studies found that regularly eating with others is linked to feeling happier, more satisfied with life and trusting of others. For children and adolescents, frequent family meals were associated with better health outcomes. But why? 

We’ll talk about the evidence based reasons for the health benefits of sharing food around a table, including the evolutionary link as an adaptive benefit from our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the psychological reasons as well as practical benefits!

I’ll certainly be eating with friends twice a week from now on! To talk about this topic I have researcher and science writer at Doctor’s Kitchen Sakina Okoko as well as our food producer for the DK app Órfhlaith Noone.

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Research has shown that the simple habit of sitting down for a meal with loved ones on a consistent basis can directly improve our food choices, reduce the negative effects of stress, and even improve our body composition. It’s not just what we eat, but how we eat, and with whom we’re eating that can make all the difference in the world. 

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to my good friend, Shawn Stevenson, about why family meals are now on the “endangered” list, what we can do to bring them back, and the power of food to bring families and communities together.

Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter and the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each month. 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. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, ABC News, ESPN, and many other major media outlets.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• How our social connections determine our health (4:17 / 2:44)
• Research findings on families who eat together (10:16 / 5:53) 
• How culture influences our cravings and choices (17:15 / 15:11) 
• The prevalance of ultra-processed food in children’s diets (24:15 / 22:37)  
• The disconnect in understanding how food affects our biology (32:03 / 28:20) 
• Shawn’s journey away from primarily eating fast food and ultra-processed food (36:52 / 33:51) 
• Research findings about eating alone (53:39 / 49:15) 
• Environmental toxins in popular cookware and safer cookware options (56:18 / 52:20) 
• How to implement family meals (1:03:25 / 59:20) 
• Defining family beyond the traditional nuclear family (1:10:31 / 1:05:30) 

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Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each year. A graduate of The University of Missouri—St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Muscle & Fitness, ABC News, ESPN, and many other major media outlets. He is also a frequent keynote speaker for numerous organizations, universities, and conferences.

In this episode you will learn,

• The number one reason why healthy habit changes often fail to work long-term for most people.
• How metabolism and its intricate functioning impact sustainable habit changes.
• The profound influence of food on brain health and cognitive functions.
• Identifying popular foods that are damaging to brain health.
• The primary nutrient crucial for brain health and cognition.

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