Ep 61: Think Your Health is Determined Only by What You Eat? Guest Michelle Gooden Makes Us Think Again
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English - November 25, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsNutrition Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement anti-diet nutrition fitness health wellness internal weight loss chronic illness men's health mindful eating intuitive eating Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I often get asked: "David, what are the foods that are going to enhance my health?" To which I reply that a person's health is determined by more than just what they eat. So before we start judging what we eat - and let me tell you, we can be quite critical with our own eating habits - stop thinking that you can outsmart your health by just eating kale, shiitake mushrooms, or green tea. Those foods are great, but it won't miraculously cure your cancer, yet so many people ignore their own bodies and skip meals, live on coffee for breakfast and wine for dinner. Ah yea, that ain't going to work.
Therefore, for this episode I asked my good friend Michelle Gooden, MS, RDN, FAND to talk to us about health equity, and the Social Determinants of Health (or SHOD for short). One of the best definitions of SDOH comes from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which defines SDOH as "the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks." They point out that there are five (5) main domains that determine these conditions:
5 Main Domains of SDOH
Economic StabilityEducation Access and QualityHealth Care Access and QualityNeighborhood and Built EnvironmentSocial and Community ContextSocial and Emotional Justice
Michelle helps explain the injustices that exist in our society, and how marginalized populations are greatly affected by the health disparities that exist today in various aspects of our lives. From the five domains of economic stability, access to education, and quality health care to the neighborhoods and social constructs in our lives. She uses a simple yet practical analogy of Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream effects of these five main pillars to point out the health inequalities in our society.
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