Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

This One Thing Impacts Your Health More Than Diet or Exercise| Shawn Stevenson on Rooted in Wellness

20 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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Shawn Stevenson tells Mona Sharma that one factor matters more for your health than diet or exercise. The conversation centers on social eating and how it shapes your wellbeing.

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Releases oxytocin, lowers cortisol, improves digestion, and improves nutrient absorption.

People with strong social bonds had a 50% boost in longevity (described as a 50% reduction in all-cause mortality).

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Research shows that who we eat with is just as important as what we eat when we eat in communities or it releases oxytocin, lowers our cortisol, it can improve our digestion, improve our nutrient absorption.
We evolved for thousands upon thousands upon thousands of years eating together as community. Today we're eating more in isolation and most of the time in front of a screen. One of the biggest meta analyses ever conducted by researchers and they found that people who had strong social bonds had a 50% boost in longevity versus those who did not. Said another way, people who had strong or healthy relationships had a 50% reduction in all cause mortality.