What up family, welcome to episode 199 of the Genius Life. Let's go.

What's popping everybody? Welcome to a bonus episode of the Genius Life. It's the first

Monday of the month. You guys got a bonus episode. I'm Max Lugavir, your host, a filmmaker,

health and science journalist and author of The New York Times, Best Selling with Genius Foods,

and The Genius Life. I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. I definitely did. I was in LA. I

went to a nice little dinner with some friends. I dressed as a buddy rabbit. Information that you

didn't know you needed, but there it is. Anyway, on today's episode of the show, we have the

wonderful Mike Mutzel aka metabolic Mike back in the house. He's a functional medicine consultant

in the natural product industry. He's the host of the wildly popular high-intensity health podcast,

and he's the author of belly fat effect. The real secret about how your diet,

intestinal health and gut bacteria help you burn fat. He is a wealth of information. He's so smart.

A man after my own heart. This guy is just like a walking meta analysis for all things lifestyle

medicine and I really appreciate it. In today's episode, Mike and I do a deep dive into auto-immunity.

We discussed the interrelated nature of hormones, fat cells, and the immune system. Does having elevated

levels of leptin, hormones created by your adipose or fat tissue lead to inflammation and potentially

autoimmune diseases? We're going to get into the nitty-gritty. Mike also shares what type of

intermittent fasting works best with our own circadian rhythms for longevity and improved immune

function. We chat about the importance of exercise in autophagy. Your body's own cellular house

cleaning mechanism, which is so important. Also, kind of in theme with last week's episode with

Casey Means, Mike explains how a 20-minute walk after dinner can drop your glucose levels in half.

And finally, we chat about that dreaded and confusing lipid load test and how it can help

determine if you truly need statins to manage atherosclerosis. We talk about a lot. We even have a

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