Wellness Your Way with Dr. Megan Lyons
Megan Lyons, Harvard graduate and management consultant turned Doctor of Clinical Nutrition and owner of The Lyons’ Share Wellness, brings you Wellness Your Way. Each week, she offers tips and tricks to get physically, emotionally, and mentally healthier in YOUR way. Wellness Your Way delivers the best takeaways from thousands of individual clients, and sets you on your unique path to feeling your very best. From reviews of cutting-edge health studies to deep dives on strategies to combat chronic disease, the show offers tactical strategies YOU can use to improve your health, happiness, and quality of life. So grab a mug of tea or lace up your walking shoes; let’s dive in!
Wellness Your Way with Dr. Megan Lyons
E80: Wellness THEIR Way: Dispelling Health and Weight Loss Myths with Robert Davis, PhD
This episode covers:
- An interview with Robert Davis, PhD and expert in dispelling health and nutrition myths. Robert discusses several of the health myths that we have been lead to believe, and reasons why we as a society are fighting an uphill battle against weight loss.
Links I mentioned during this episode:
- Join Revitalize: https://www.thelyonsshare.org/revitalize
- Supersized Lies book: https://amzn.to/3HWxk3X
- Robert Davis' website: https://www.healthyskeptic.com/
- Robert's Instagram @healthyskept : https://www.instagram.com/healthyskept/
- Robert's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Health-Beauty/The-Healthy-Skeptic-108157446509808/
- TIME article, “Why You Shouldn't Exercise to Lose Weight”: https://time.com/6138809/should-you-exercise-to-lose-weight/
- TIME article, "Why Counting Calories Isn't an Effective Weight-Loss Strategy": https://time.com/6101041/counting-calories-weight-loss-supersized-lies/
- Washington Post article, "Breakfast Really Doesn't Have Much to Do with Controlling Your Weight": https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/breakfast-weight-control-diet/2021/11/19/a140b6b0-3cc8-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html
How to take action after listening to this episode:
- Find a path forward for your health that is sustainable for you. Think about something you might be doing that isn't sustainable, and consider an alternative that you actually enjoy. Can you be gentler with yourself while still keeping health at top of mind?