Shawn Stevenson

How do we protect or support our microbiome. And that's one of the things that's going to help improve your sleep quality. So let's just go through a couple. The biggest thing, in my opinion, is avoiding things that mess it up. So one of those would be eating processed foods. So that

crazy amount of sugar has a tendency to feed pathogenic opportunity bacteria right so that's one thing avoiding haphazard use of antibiotics they have a place but we shouldn't be using antibiotics every time you get the sniffles right and that's literally what when i was a kid just give them some antibiotics right we would even like if my mom had some antibiotics you know just totally negligent yeah give them whatever's in the cupboard

crazy amount of sugar has a tendency to feed pathogenic opportunity bacteria right so that's one thing avoiding haphazard use of antibiotics they have a place but we shouldn't be using antibiotics every time you get the sniffles right and that's literally what when i was a kid just give them some antibiotics right we would even like if my mom had some antibiotics you know just totally negligent yeah give them whatever's in the cupboard

crazy amount of sugar has a tendency to feed pathogenic opportunity bacteria right so that's one thing avoiding haphazard use of antibiotics they have a place but we shouldn't be using antibiotics every time you get the sniffles right and that's literally what when i was a kid just give them some antibiotics right we would even like if my mom had some antibiotics you know just totally negligent yeah give them whatever's in the cupboard

Also, pesticides, herbicides, rodenticides. Yeah, these things, side literally means to kill, by the way. But these have a pretty, because they're meant to kill small things, guess what your microbiome is made of, you know?

Also, pesticides, herbicides, rodenticides. Yeah, these things, side literally means to kill, by the way. But these have a pretty, because they're meant to kill small things, guess what your microbiome is made of, you know?

Also, pesticides, herbicides, rodenticides. Yeah, these things, side literally means to kill, by the way. But these have a pretty, because they're meant to kill small things, guess what your microbiome is made of, you know?

Yeah, we're looking at that the wrong way as well. And so,

Yeah, we're looking at that the wrong way as well. And so,

Yeah, we're looking at that the wrong way as well. And so,

Just avoiding those things, but also what I want people to do is support their microbiome by, you know, and this should be just Captain Obvious at this point, and me working at a university for so long as a strength and conditioning coach before I did my clinical work, I worked with people from all over the world, and I would ask them about their fermented foods, and every culture had something.

Just avoiding those things, but also what I want people to do is support their microbiome by, you know, and this should be just Captain Obvious at this point, and me working at a university for so long as a strength and conditioning coach before I did my clinical work, I worked with people from all over the world, and I would ask them about their fermented foods, and every culture had something.

Just avoiding those things, but also what I want people to do is support their microbiome by, you know, and this should be just Captain Obvious at this point, and me working at a university for so long as a strength and conditioning coach before I did my clinical work, I worked with people from all over the world, and I would ask them about their fermented foods, and every culture had something.

So whether it was like some kind of kefir or like pickled whatever. And so making sure that we're getting at least every couple of days get a serving in of some fermented food or beverage. Gotta eat the kimchi. I got a jar in my fridge. I love kimchi. And my mother-in-law makes it for me. And she's from Kenya. So they had like a fermented like kind of similar to kombucha.

So whether it was like some kind of kefir or like pickled whatever. And so making sure that we're getting at least every couple of days get a serving in of some fermented food or beverage. Gotta eat the kimchi. I got a jar in my fridge. I love kimchi. And my mother-in-law makes it for me. And she's from Kenya. So they had like a fermented like kind of similar to kombucha.

So whether it was like some kind of kefir or like pickled whatever. And so making sure that we're getting at least every couple of days get a serving in of some fermented food or beverage. Gotta eat the kimchi. I got a jar in my fridge. I love kimchi. And my mother-in-law makes it for me. And she's from Kenya. So they had like a fermented like kind of similar to kombucha.

Like she knew about this like 20 years ago. And I'm like what is this weird stuff she's growing in the kitchen? It's freaking me out. She had grass, like first time I came to visit and they were growing grass, you know, it was wheat grass. But I was like, hey, why's your mom got grass in here? Did she get it? I didn't know. So anyways. Different kind of grass. I didn't know.

Like she knew about this like 20 years ago. And I'm like what is this weird stuff she's growing in the kitchen? It's freaking me out. She had grass, like first time I came to visit and they were growing grass, you know, it was wheat grass. But I was like, hey, why's your mom got grass in here? Did she get it? I didn't know. So anyways. Different kind of grass. I didn't know.

Like she knew about this like 20 years ago. And I'm like what is this weird stuff she's growing in the kitchen? It's freaking me out. She had grass, like first time I came to visit and they were growing grass, you know, it was wheat grass. But I was like, hey, why's your mom got grass in here? Did she get it? I didn't know. So anyways. Different kind of grass. I didn't know.

But that is a big component here is like shifting gears and having a more targeted perspective about supporting that gut microbiome. But also, and this is a really cool takeaway for everybody today is making sure we're getting in servings of what I call good sleep nutrients every day.