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Apr 2022
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Max Lugavere on Genius Foods to Protect ...

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Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health and science journalist and the author of the New York Times best-seller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, published in 8 languages around the globe. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes health podcast The Genius Life. Max appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show, the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. He has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, CNN, and the Daily Beast, has been featured on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show,and in The New York Times and People Magazine. He is an internationally sought-after speaker and has given talks at South by Southwest, TEDx, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm, Sweden, and many others. 

In this episode, Eric, Ginny, and Max discuss his book, Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life

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Max Lugavere, Ginny, and I Discuss Genius Food to Protect the Brain and…

  • His book, Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life
  • His mom’s diagnosis of dementia in her late fifties
  • His focus on learning and discovery of “genius foods” that help to protect the brain 
  • The health benefits he experienced after eliminating grains from his diet
  • How evidence shows that “genius foods” are crucial for brain health
  • Genius foods include extra virgin olive oil, fatty fish, berries, grass-fed beef, and dark leafy greens
  • This healthy diet leads to improvement in cognitive processing speed and executive function
  • The common overconsumption of sugar and its negative health effects 
  • How fiber isn’t an essential nutrient but still offers health benefits like satiation and reduction of inflammation
  • Understanding the gut microbiome
  • How eating the right foods helps to protect our delicate brains against oxidative stress 
  • The dangers of consuming highly processed oils and transfats
  • How the human body can’t properly digest gluten 
  • The increased health risks associated with chronically elevated blood sugar

Max Lugavere Links:

Max’s Website

Max’s Podcast: The Genius Life

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