What up family, welcome to episode 213 of the Genius Life.

Let's go.

What up everybody, welcome back to another episode of The Genius Life.

I'm your host Max Lugovira Filmmaker, Hulland Science Journalist, and author of The New

York Times bestselling book Genius Foods and The Genius Life.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices, including what

we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance, how we feel, and

our health span and risk for disease.

This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state, which I call living like

a genius.

To that end, today I am back with another solo episode of the show, and today is all about

that tasty, versatile, and ancient thing that we call bread.

Now this may shock you, but current US dietary guidelines state that a healthy diet can

include up to 10 servings of grains a day, depending on calorie needs, which could add up to

10 slices of bread a day, including up to 5 slices of refined grain white bread.

That's a lot of bread, being recommended by our most trusted authorities.

So today we're here to ask what would happen if you eliminate bread from your diet for

30 days?

I discuss the different types of bread that exist, the role that bread plays in gut health,

satiety, blood sugar regulation, dental health, and more.

And then offer alternatives to commercial bread in case you'd like to have your bread and

eat it too.

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