4. The Genius Life: Nutrition for a Healthy Brain & Body (Without Counting Calories) - with Max Lugavere

Max Lugavere’s New York Times bestseller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life is one of my absolute favorite books about nutrition, although it’s also more than that. Genius Foods combines research on dementia prevention, cognitive optimization, and nutritional psychiatry to offer a comprehensive guide to brain optimization. Not only is it all backed by science but the key takeaways feel approachable and immediately doable for anyone.

Max is one of the bright lights in the health and nutrition space right now, and he’s definitely someone you should be following if you want to maximize what you get out of your life. Max also has a new book coming out very soon, The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary, and I can’t wait to discover what’s in it!

You will learn about...

• The deeply personal reasons that Max started writing Genius Foods (1:00)
• Researching the connection between our diet, our environment, and brain disease (8:00)
• Life-changing lessons that Max has learned while researching for The Genius Life (10:30)
• The non-deliberate exercise activities that are so important for our health (13:10)
• What you should be eating to prevent illness (18:50)
• Tips and tricks for working out when you’re busy (23:40)
• What you need to know about when you eat and when you -exercise (30:45)
• Tips for elevating your sleep hygiene, feeding times, and workouts (36:45)
• How to reduce the number of toxins and endocrine disruptors that you ingest and come into contact with (45:30)
• What you need to know about your dental floss (49:30)
• What you can do to eliminate toxins in your body (52:35)
• The value of being present with your food (58:30)

Resources:

• www.maxlugavere.com
• Instagram: @MaxLugavere
• Podcast: The Genius Life
• Read: Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life
• Preorder: The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary (March 27, 2020)
• Caraway Cookware: www.carawayhome.com
• GreenChef Cookware: www.greenchef-cookware.com

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