The Psychology Podcast

Max Lugavere || Genius Foods

03.22.2018 - By iHeartPodcastsPlay

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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 

 

 

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