1875: Tainted Science With Max Lugavere
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak to Max Lugavere about what happens when scientists are motivated by outcomes other than finding the truth.
- When the science-bound model goes wrong. (2:28)
- Science advances one funeral at a time. (12:28)
- Why you shouldn't take everything the Western blot publishes as fact. (15:11)
- Why is there resistance to acknowledging that we can potentially prevent Alzheimer's Disease? (22:50)
- Why this documentary project engenders why Max does what he does. (29:32)
- How the brain is very complex. (31:18)
- Turning the serotonin model for depression on its head. (34:31)
- How do studies get funded, and how can we eliminate these conflicts of interest? (43:05)
- Nutrition studies, a house of cards. (48:21)
- When diets become politicized. (50:43)
- Be evidence-based, but NOT evidence-bound. (57:01)
- Understanding the BIG picture and sifting through the noise. (1:02:43)
- Little Empty Boxes. (1:09:53)
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- Instagram: @maxlugavere
- Website: Max Lugavere
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Mind Pump. |
| 0:19.0 | Ooh, today's episode is a special one. |
| 0:22.0 | Our good friend Max Lugavir, we've had him on the show before, is one of our favorite guests. |
| 0:26.0 | We came on again today, we talk about when science goes wrong. |
| 0:31.0 | Huge revelations in the scientific community recently, the serotonin model for depression, |
| 0:37.0 | totally upended, the Amaloid plaque model for Alzheimer's, totally upended, a study showing that |
| 0:43.0 | many, many scientists involved in our dietary guidelines have major conflicts of interest. |
| 0:49.0 | We talked about all of that and more in today's episode. |
| 0:52.0 | By the way, you could find Max on his podcast, the Genius Life, highly suggested podcast. |
| 0:58.0 | It's so good if you want to learn about wellness and nutrition from somebody that communicates effectively, |
| 1:04.0 | meaning you get what he's saying and then you can apply it. |
| 1:07.0 | Go check out his podcast. |
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