By Shawna Bigby Davis
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Here’s what I’ve learned over these last 32 episodes. There isn’t any one smoking gun as to why we’re sick. Why we’re in the middle of a disease epidemic in this country. It’s multi-layered and fraught with nuance. The culmination of parts and allowances we feed ourselves daily, hourly, just to cope in a world that is too fast, diverse, polluted, and expansive for our brains to keep up with. This is why we’re here.
Summary: Mark McTavish is the founder and CEO of 101 Cider House as well as a devoted cider fan, lover of artistic beverages, and a true health nut. Mark is a former bodybuilder and native of Toronto, Canada. After helping to pioneer the craft beer industry in Canada, Mark began to give up the suds in favor of cider. His goal to make "the world’s healthiest alcoholic beverage.”
What We Learn:
2:29 What If I make the world’s healthiest alcoholic beverages
5:51 I think we're giving alcohol a bad name when it's our behavior that's actually the problem.
8:53 Cider is paleo-friendly…
14:52 Can I cook with cider?
16:00 “Healthiest alcohols” according to Mark
17:30 Rich People and Wine (Mark’s Thoughts)
23:24 Ask questions. Support natural winemakers ... Sonoma
25:14 Tequila is the healthiest hard liquor?
31:37 That's why I love the ethos of your podcast. it's not just the physical stuff we're munching on.
Quotes:
"You have a responsibility to investigate what you're putting into your own body.” - Mark McTavish
“We’re not eating things that are good for our gut typically until our late 20s when we start to learn about our diet. When we take a more mindful approach and we start to discover these things, we cling to diets like keto, paleo, fodmap, and all these things to be more symptomatically driven. We’re not really getting ahead of anything, we’re thinking about how we fix ourselves. And one of the things that have messed us up the most in our 20s is drinking alcohol. More systematically driven. “ - Mark McTavish
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Helpful Links:
101 Cider House Website: 101cider.com.
Pulp Culture Website: pulpculture.la
Shawna's Website: https://www.shawnabigbydavis.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Website: TheBSWeFeedOurselves.com
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna’s personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Summary: Megan Bruneau is a psychotherapist, executive coach and podcast host. She has more than 12-years of experience and specializes in perfectionism-related issues, such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. Deepak Chopra dubbed her "the millennials' therapist” –– as her “no-BS” approach to coaching may be the perspective you’ve been missing.
What We Learn:
06:27 The Benefits of Being Dumped
08:43 Pain x Struggling = Suffering (Buddhist quote mention)
10:26 The Cure For Pain is Pain
17:19 Megan's Message: "instead of this whole look in the mirror and say "you're perfect, you're perfect", say no you're "imperfect and that's okay."
26:02 Narcissism convo begins
35:24 "The victim mentality" that comes with calling someone a narcissist
36:33 Misattribution of Arousal
37:16 We get used to inconsistent love: we see red flags and confuse them for love. We confuse anxiety for arousal.
42:36 "If it's ‘love at first sight,’ run the other direction”
Helpful Links:
Megan Bruneau's Website: https://meganbruneau.com/
Shawna's Website: https://www.shawnabigbydavis.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Website: TheBSWeFeedOurselves.com
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna’s personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Summary: Dr. Shelly Sethi shares what it’s like to be an A-type, how it affects our health and how to meditate for much-needed mental peace. Dr. Sethi is a best-selling author and a board-certified family physician. If you’re not a mediator, and you need some basics, this is the episode for you.
What We Learn:
02:05 “You're doing so much more for people, by allowing them to do for you.” - Dr. Shelly Sethi
04:02 Gratitude discussion
08:29 Melissa from Whole 30's head injury and the science
11:34 Exercise + Sauna
17:41 Meditation and peak performance
18:39 How To Make Meditation Work For You: “start with one minute"
19:38 Let's say you have a mother in law you're at odds with…
21:51 Explanation of how our memories change
27:19 The block to meditation for some people is the pain it brings up
29:11 Breathwork can be more powerful than some medications?
29:35 The “BS” Shelly feeds herself: “I'll go to the gym tomorrow. I'll make better choices tomorrow.”
30:42 the “BS” that "we're all going to die and it doesn't matter."
33:00 Why sleep is so important
36:33 Dr. Sethi’s book writing process
Helpful Links:
The Environmental Working Group website: https://www.ewg.org/
Skin Deep website: https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
Dr. Shelly Sethi’s website: http://www.drshellysethi.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Website: TheBSWeFeedOurselves.com
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna’s personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Summary: Dr. Shelly Sethi is a best-selling author and a board-certified family physician. In this episode, we discuss mind-body practices: meditation, and our need for connection. In the midst of a global pandemic, Dr. Sethi shares how the mind and body work together to support the immune system or influence disease.
What We Learn:
09:25 How your thoughts and mind can influence disease
11:00 Her dad’s struggle with diabetes; eating; type a personality; being an immigrant
21:23 C-section vs vaginal births, gut bugs, and autoimmune vulnerability
25: 51 How chemicals in our water and food are influencing our health
26:28 Could poor air quality be a diabetes diagnosis?
28:42 The importance of using clean products on your skin, hair, makeup.
30:10 With the spike of online beauty influencers; there’s also been a spike in counterfeit makeup. ( IE: makeup pallets full of lead, super glue, mercury)
35:09 “Study shows: people that isolated themselves tended to get sick more often” (importance of community)
35:51 Being with people = decrease stress, be happy, have enjoyable moments.
38:06 Most doctors aren’t asking: Who are your friends? Who do you hang out with?
38:45 We're living so close together, but we don't have community
39:28 How people didn't get the same benefit from the virtual church
40:03 We have to make time for friends, family and to meet our neighbors
40:57 We are ultimately beings that need to tell our story.
41:24 Making yourself busy and attending a lot of events is not the same as community
Helpful Links:
The Environmental Working Group website: https://www.ewg.org/
Skin Deep website: https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
Dr. Shelly Sethi’s website: http://www.drshellysethi.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Website: TheBSWeFeedOurselves.com
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna’s personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Summary: Dr. Keesha Ewers is a doctor of sexology, a board-certified functional medicine provider, a best-author and a mother of four. She works with women to reverse their autoimmune disease, heal childhood trauma and make friends with the woman they see in the mirror.
What We Learn:
00:22 The Mother of Functional Sexology
01:38 - “I can feel how good sex feels”
04:36 - When you're in fight or flight mode, your body isn't going to want to have sex.
04:58 - For every 5 minutes you perceive yourself to be upset, it takes your body 8 hours to recover.
07:45 - The relationship between childhood trauma and autoimmune disease
07:52 - How Do You Become A Doctor of Sexology?
09:01 - Definition of Trauma, according to Dr. Keesha
09:44 - The HURT study “Healing Unresolved Trauma” study
10:32 - ACES study - Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
11:20 - Autoimmune Disease onset usually happens about 20 years after the trauma.
17:12 - Keesha shares her personal story of abuse
18:35 - “ANYONE with autoimmune disease has perfectionism, people-pleasing and the poison of past pain.” - Dr. Keesha Ewers
20:53 - A maladaptive memory loop that makes your libido go down further.
24:19 - “Resentment is one of the most dangerous toxic chemicals you can be exposed to.”
26:22 - The Process of Forgiveness: Ask yourself: what are the personality traits that drove this person to do the harmful things that they did?
32:08 - "There's normal marital sadism in every marriage"
35:16 - The corner pieces to solving the puzzle when it comes to illness:
37:13 - “Leaky boundaries create leaky gut.” - Dr. Keesha Ewers
41:50 - The “BS” Dr. Keesha feeds herself
Helpful Links:
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The BS We Feed Ourselves website: http://thebswefeedourselves.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Summary: Dr. Terry Wahls was once confined to an electric wheelchair, but is now able to walk and ride her bike! She’s a former physician, was an assistant chief of staff at Iowa City Veterans Administration Health Care and is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa. She’s an esteemed author, has a private practice and conducts clinical trials. She says FOOD is what helped her get her life back! A revised edition of her book “The #WahlsProtocol” is out March 17th. https://terrywahls.com/the-wahls-protocol/
What We Learn:
01:13 - If you'd like to have a healthy body weight - DO THIS.
03:58 - Minding our Mitochondria - TED TALK
06:00 - The brain, retina, and your heart
08:18 - "Are eye compensates for a long time," but vision testing can help you learn if your food is affecting your health and brain.
09:32 - "My kids are like, wow mom you keep looking younger and younger."
10:00 - How your whole family can sustainably change diets
15:16 - Terry's favorite Instapot recipes.
19:00 - I feel like we're in an absolute epidemic, is that word too extreme?
21:49 - What’s The BS You’re Feeding yourself?
23:00 - The details on Terry Wahl’s new book!
26:00 - What’s in Shawna & Terry’s bag?
Helpful Links:
Dr. Terry Wahls website: https://terrywahls.com/
Dr. Terry Wahls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrywahls/
Dr. Terry Wahls: Twitter:
Dr. Wahls’ New Revised Book: https://terrywahls.com/the-wahls-protocol/
The BS We Feed Ourselves website: http://thebswefeedourselves.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Dr. Terry Wahls was once confined to an electric wheelchair, but is now able to walk and ride her bike! She’s a former physician, was an assistant chief of staff at Iowa City Veterans Administration Health Care and is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa.
She’s an esteemed author, has a private practice and conducts clinical trials. She says FOOD is what helped her get her life back! A revised edition of her book “The #WahlsProtocol” is out March 17th.
https://terrywahls.com/the-wahls-protocol/
What We Learn:
03:14 - What is MS
05:14 -Terry’s Wheelchair to Walking story!
08:43 -” It felt miraculous, as you can see my eyes closely, you can see I’m tearing up now because that was the moment I understood that my physicians had no idea what might be possible. And that the current understanding of progressive MS is incomplete. that recovery might, in fact, be possible if you change how the cells do the chemistry of life. That repair can happen and was happening.”
12:26 - I knew I'd never bike again, I knew I’d never hike again and we had once been a very active family, hiking, biking canoeing, wilderness travel land that would never happen… but I just biked around the block and that was a big deal.” - Dr. Terry Wahls
13:32 “I’ve gotten so much criticism”
19:35 - Thoughts on lectins
21:55 - How to be happy without processed sugar - A REAL THING
24:38 - “Doing the things that are hard, and doing them successfully are what give us pride. Think back to any inspiring movie, story or legend. The things that create aww and inspiration are the people who did something hard. where success wasn’t guaranteed . Where there was a high probability that they were going to fail, but they did it anyway” - Dr. Terry Walhs.
Helpful Links:
Dr. Terry Wahls website: https://terrywahls.com/
Dr. Terry Wahls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrywahls/
Dr. Terry Wahls: Twitter:
Dr. Wahls’ New Revised Book: https://terrywahls.com/the-wahls-protocol/
The BS We Feed Ourselves website: http://thebswefeedourselves.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Dr. Steven Gundry is a renowned cardiologist, researcher and NY Times best-selling author of The Plant Paradox Book series. His diet and lifestyle recommendations have helped perhaps millions of people take control of their lives. Some say they’re “aging backward” physically and mentally thanks to his program.
What We Learn:
Helpful Links:
The Dr. Gundry Podcast - Every week, Dr. G interviews the brightest minds in wellness to help you achieve your happiest, healthiest self. Make sure to subscribe, rate and share!
For Gundry MD product inquiries, call (800) 852-0477 or email [email protected].
Shop for Plant Paradox--approved foods at Dr. Gundry's Grocery Store.
The BS We Feed Ourselves website: http://thebswefeedourselves.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
Summary: Laura Komkov is an innovator, businesswoman and “Medical Unicorn." She is also the co-founder of Canvas 1839 - a company focused on creating optimized drug delivery technologies in the cannabis space. Her motivation stemmed from autoimmune and genetic problems that she’s experienced since age 12.
What We Learn:
01:17 - Laura’s diagnosis troubles
03:24 - How/ Why Laura found CBD
05;57 - CBD in a Listerine strip?
06:24 - CBD vs THC vs COA
09:16 - The “BS Laura's dad said.”
10:14 - That's BS - what Laura's dad said.
17:21 - I don't feel great every day
18:31 - Everybody thinks they have to have a side-hustle
23:14 - The unusual reason why your workout may not be working for you
24:06 - What “Canvas 1839” means
24:12 - Each day we wake up and we should be a blank canvas but not many of us are.
25:31 - Cannabis history trivia
25:49 - How CBD engages the whole body as a system
25:50 - Is CBD a gateway drug?
30:09 - How Canvas 1839 helped people with Arthritis and Neuropathy issues
32:48 - They used hemp to clean Chernobyl & Why you need "CLEAN" CBD
37:56 - The BS Laura is feeding herself
38:45 - Shawna explains why women are more entrepreneurial, but only 1% make it over the 100K mark
46:08 - What's in Shawna's Bag segment
49:06 - Coupon Code: “RELIEF15”
49:56 - CBD Dosage: How Much Should You Take?
50:03 - “We're truly in an epidemic because we eat stress for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. “ - Shawna Bigby Davis
Links Mentioned:
Canvas 1839 website: https://www.canvasrelief.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves website: http://thebswefeedourselves.com/
The BS We Feed Ourselves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebswefeedourselves/
Shawna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnabigbydavis/
The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.