122: Genius Foods

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

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Get his book Genius Foods, which is out now

For everything else Max does