Genius Foods with Max Lugavere

Today I’m really excited to have Max Lugavere on the podcast. Max is a filmmaker, health and science journalist, and brain food expert. He is also the director of the upcoming film Bread Head, the first-ever documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle, and he is co-author, with Dr. Paul Grewal, of the just released book, Genius Foods.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

How he got into his line of work
How Alzheimer’s may be prevented through diet
The biomarkers of aging
Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats
How to understand research on diet and medicine
Genius foods you can add to your diet right now
His supplement regime
The importance of gut health
The Hygiene Hypothesis on the rise of autoimmune diseases
The only fruits he recommends for a healthy diet
Cholesterol—not bad after all?
The emerging research on “psychobiotics” (treating psychological disorders with probiotics)
Stress, sleep and exercise
Metabolic health and the brain

Links

Follow Max on Twitter

Get his book Genius Foods, which is out now

For everything else Max does

About the guest

Max Lugavere

Podcast Guest

Max Lugavere is an American health and science journalist, filmmaker, and television personality. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Genius Foods and hosts The Genius Life podcast.

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Genius Foods with Max Lugavere

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