1KHO 832: It's Possible to Heal Through Lifestyle | Abdullah, Zain, Emaad, and Qasim Ansari, The Teen Health Revolution

**Ginny Yurich** (0:00)
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Welcome to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. My name is Ginny Yurich. I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.
What a treat. I have four brothers for you today. The Ansari brothers, they are the authors of this incredible book called The Teen Health Revolution, Unlocking Lifestyle Secrets for the Mind, Body and Soul. They also have their own podcast, The Holistic Kid Show. They're also on social media, The Holistic Kid Show. Four brothers here today. Welcome to all of you.

**Emaad Ansari** (1:43)
It's a bit out of place.

**Abdullah Ansari** (1:44)
Yeah, it's really out of place. We can't thank you enough for having us here today. We're really so honored. Yeah, thank you so much.

**Ginny Yurich** (1:49)
Okay, let's start off by going down the line. This is kind of a little bit of a downer to start off with. But you talk in your book, The Teen Health Revolution, and I think other people have this experience where they are just going about their daily life, but they're struggling with some chronic health issues. So there's a woman named Dr. Anna Marie Temple. You may know her and her kids had some chronic health issues. And then Dr. Sina McCullough, you may also know her and she had her personal in her personal life, she could hardly get off of the floor. So both of these people are doctors and they're having these health issues, they are or maybe their kids are, and they're trying to figure out what's going on. So you kick off your book, The Teen Health Revolution, saying, both of our parents are doctors, but we're having some chronic health issues, we're not feeling great, maybe it's skin things. So why don't we kick it off? Just go down the line, Abdullah, if you want to start, tell us your name, you can tell us how old you are. I know after this, as soon as we're done, the four of you are speaking to 500 teens about mental health or our mental health awareness month. So can you go down the line and just say what you were struggling with? And then we're going to talk about some of the strategies that you have in your book about really turning your health around.

**Abdullah Ansari** (3:02)
100%. And that's why it's so important because nobody, no kids, no teens know that it's possible to heal through lifestyle. And so we wanted to show the world that it was possible because we were able to do ourselves. So my name is Abdullah, I just turned 18
And for probably the last 10 years, we've been educating ourselves on how we can live the very best we possibly can naturally and the way that our bodies are always meant to.

**Emaad Ansari** (3:31)
And also, my name is Emaad, I'm 13 And I was dealing with chronic issues for years, like a waterfall that impacted my sleep and my life. But when we started incorporating food, it started healing me like medicine.

**Abdullah Ansari** (3:45)
My name is Zain, and I just turned 15
And I was dealing with mood issues, like uncontrollable rage, eczema. But luckily, when we got on this path of learning and education, we got to holistic medicine and our lifestyle. So all these impacted us, and they all helped us, and they were all like a medicine that healed me.