At twenty years old Shawn Stevenson was diagnosed with a degenerative disc and bone disease his doctors said could not be helped. He accepted his diagnosis until his grandmother convinced him he had to fight for his future. Inspired, he decided to learn everything there is to know about human health, and what he discovered about food changed his life. Today Shawn is author of the USA Today National bestselling book Eat Smarter and the international bestseller Sleep Smarter. In this vital episode of “Evolving With Coach Mike” he shares his incredible journey from helplessness to empowered self-healer. Along the way Shawn cleans up misinformation created by product marketing and identifies what nutritional deficiencies we face, what foods damage our DNA, impair cognitive performance and cause weight gain. He shares key parts of his successful effort to overcome the poisonous “nocebo effect” on his state of mind that can follow a negative diagnosis, and then clearly redefines what health is and is not.   Shawn is also 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 became the cofounder of the 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. https://themodelhealthshow.com/ https://www.instagram.com/shawnmodel/ https://www.facebook.com/TheModelHealthShow https://twitter.com/ShawnModel https://www.youtube.com/user/TheShawnModel FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachmikebayer/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/coachmikebayer/ Twitter: IG: https://www.instagram.com/coachmikebayer/ TikTok: tiktok.com/@coachmikebayer   https://www.instagram.com/stage29podcasts https://twitter.com/stage29podcasts https://www.facebook.com/Stage29Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices