The Genius Life

James Maskell has spent the past decade innovating at the cross section of functional medicine and community. He created the Functional Forum, the world's largest integrative medicine conference with record-setting participation online and growing physician communities around the world. He is the author of The Community Cure: Transforming Health Outcomes Together.

Marni Wasserman is a nutritionist and chef who has suffered from Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroiditis. Jesse Chappus is a chiropractor. Both are the hosts of the Ultimate Health Podcast.

Vishen Lakhiani is the founder of Mindvalley. He is a personal growth expert, meditation teacher, entrepreneur, and the author of the new book The Buddha and the Badass.

Scott Greenberg, MD specializes in holistic and comprehensive approaches to sports medicine, regenerative orthopedics, chronic pain, arthritis, and post-concussion syndrome. Using methods such as prolotherapy, PRP, and stem cell therapy, he has had great success in treating patients from around the world with a wide variety of problems. This episode is sponsored by Halo Sport (www.halosport.com). Use code 'MAX' to donate 1 case for every case you order to NYU Langone Medical Center in NYC.

Nicole Arbour is a comedian, actress, YouTuber, and podcaster.

Shawn Baker, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and champion athlete, shares his insights on the carnivore diet. He discusses its therapeutic benefits and challenges conventional dietary beliefs. Baker emphasizes the evolutionary importance of meat in our diets, particularly advocating for red meat’s superiority over plant-based proteins. He highlights the transformative power of nutrition for health and athletic performance while addressing misconceptions about animal agriculture. Listeners are encouraged to explore a meat-centric approach to achieve better health outcomes.

Thomas Levy, MD is a board-certified cardiologist. After practicing adult cardiology for 15 years, he began to research the enormous toxicity associated with much dental work, as well as the pronounced ability of properly-administered vitamin C to neutralize this toxicity. He has now written eleven books, with several addressing the wide-ranging properties of vitamin C in neutralizing all toxins and resolving most infections, as well as its vital role in the effective treatment of heart disease and cancer. Others address the important roles of dental toxicity and nutrition in disease and health.

Crosby Tailor (@crosbytailor on Instagram) is a model, certified personal trainer, and chef known for his phenomenal ketogenic cookies and superfood desserts.

Ellen Vora, MD attended Columbia University for medical school and received her B.A. in English from Yale University. She’s a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist and yoga teacher.

David A. Kessler, MD served as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He is a pediatrician and has been the dean of the medical schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth About Food, Weight, and Disease.