One of the most common questions I get asked is how I can stay so thin and healthy. Kathy and I answered this question in a previous podcast (How I Stay Thin, Happy and Healthy), but I wanted to go into more detail about the who, what, when, where, how and why we eat as it relates to our health. I’m not a nutritionist, but questions about food and what I eat is so common that I though it was important to address this important issue, from a sleep and breathing perspective.

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Summary of How I Stay Thin, Happy and Healthy Part 1

• Control our allergies 
• Eliminate toxins
• Eat organic
• Breast feed
• Cook at home
• Elimination diet
• Reprioritize habits and lifestyles
• Nutritional supplements
• More sun exposure
• Be healthy before you conceive

Who?

• Not every diet regimen is appropriate for you. Must customize what you eat. 
• 5 Best Korean Food Blogs for Beginners

What to Eat

• Eat organic, non-packaged foods, and avoid gluten
• Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It, by Dr. Josh Axe
• Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health, by Dr. William Davis.
• Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers, by Dr. David Perlmutter
• Keto and Paleo diet

When to Eat

• Don’t eat or snack (or alcohol) within 3-4 hours of bedtime.
• Sleep Interrupted: A physician reveals the #1 reason why so many of us are sick and tired, by Dr. Steven Y. Park
• Glamor article: You Can Do This! The Sleep Diet Is Here

Where to Eat

• At home as much as possible
• Hello Fresh
• Home Chef
• Blue Apron
• Amazon Fresh
• Whole Foods Delivery

How to Cook

• Mealboard. Planning weekly menus
• Korean side dishes
• Why eating everything on your plate is bad
• Spices in your food

Why to Eat Healthy

• Most important

Summary

• Eat organic
• Non-GMO
• Little to food packaging
• Use ingredients as close to the source as possible
• Supplements (Vitamin D, omega-3, magnesium, probiotics, etc.)
• Better breathing and sleep hygiene
• Poor sleep causes poor digestion
• Choose one item on this list and layer on other areas once you succeed

Why are our kids sicker, fatter these days? Dr. Leonardo Trasande, author of the book, Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The urgent threat of hormone-disrupting chemicals to our health and future…and what we can do about it, answers this question. I’m so excited to have the privilege of interviewing the author about this important topic on this episode today. He will answer the following:

• How the dose does not always make the poison  
• How do these chemicals affect the obesity epidemic in our children?
• Can you please elaborate on male reproductive and fertility issues. 
• How is this problem affecting girls? What about it potential effects on the rate of breast cancer?
• How can you determine if a study or journal article is credible and scientifically sound or a platform with industry supported backing?
• What can we as parents do to fight this problem?
• Where can our listeners find your book and find out more information about you?