How a Stronger Body Can Give You a Stronger Mind - With Jen Cohen

Shawn Stevenson (0:00)

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Welcome to The Model Health Show. Did you know that fitness is one of the most transferable skills in your life? Today, you'll discover how your fitness practices can make a huge positive impact on the things that you might not even relate to fitness. And if you feel like your fitness practices are not up to par right now anyways, don't worry about it. We've got you covered on that too. Our special guest is an expert in habit change, and she made it so ridiculously simple that it would be hard not to create the positive changes that you want.

And before we get to our special guest, as of this recording, it's back to school time. My son, my youngest son just started high school yesterday. Oh, a freshman.

Jennifer Cohen (1:00)

How?

Shawn Stevenson (1:01)

How, Sway? How do we get here?

I'm just trying to enjoy the process, of course, but it is different when it's your youngest, when it's your baby, you know? But along with back to school time, we know that winter is coming, and that, quote, cold and flu season is upon us as well. And something that is a consistent in our household is being proactive about immune system support.

And recent science has revealed that you do not have to get sick as often as the average person does.

A meta-analysis published in Exercise and Sport Science Reviews determined that, for example, regular exercise significantly improves human immune system response to infections and reduces susceptibility to viruses. And of course, you know that our nutrition matters so much in this equation as well. So we want to make sure that we're eating real food. This is creating, giving the raw materials to build our immune cells and all the communication and the processing of information exchange in our bodies. And it's critical. Focusing on real food, really doing our best to, quote, eat clean during this time of year is going to be super helpful. But on the supplement side, this is a time of year that I dial certain things up as well. A 2024 study, published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, determined that propolis supplementation can reduce serum levels of interleukin 6, C-reactive protein, and tumor necrosis factor alpha. What does this mean? This means that propolis is clinically proven to reduce inflammatory biomarkers and reduce our susceptibility to illnesses. This is something we do on a regular basis, especially this time of year, is utilizing the propolis immune spray from Beekeeper's Naturals.

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Jennifer Cohen (4:54)

It's great to be here. Thank you for having me.

Shawn Stevenson (4:56)

Of course. Now, you know, so much of our results when it comes to our health and fitness has to do with our psychology, the way that we think. Can you share for people, and again, this is unsuspecting for many of us, why self-doubt can deeply impact the results that we're getting when it comes to our health and fitness?

Jennifer Cohen (5:18)

Well, you started by saying that, which is very accurate, that everything starts with our head, right? The physical just kind of follows up afterwards. But I think what happens is the self-doubt is, if we don't have self-efficacy, that's the problem, right? Did you even know? I'm sure you know because you're very researched, but I find it very interesting that the more dissatisfied people are with their body, the less they actually work out, and the less they take care of themselves.