What up family, welcome to episode 253 of The Genius Live.

What up everybody, we back, welcome to another episode of The Show.

I'm your host Max Lugovier, a filmmaker, health and science journalist in New York Times best-selling author.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind 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.

Guys, on today's episode of The Show, I welcome a paragon in the fitness industry,

Dr. Lane Norton. Lane is a nutritional scientist. He's a proponent of flexible

dieting, a long-time bodybuilder, a strength athlete, physique coach, co-owner of Biolane,

and co-author with his wife of the complete reverse dieting guide.

Man has a lot of information to deliver, and on this episode of The Show, we really get into it.

We cover the best diets again, muscle for longevity.

We're going to talk about why overweight individuals shouldn't worry about fine-tuning their diets

right off the bat, but instead should first focus on habits that make the biggest impact,

the big levers, as Lane refers to them.

Appropoe of that, we're going to talk about the six biggest levers to pull for longevity, as Lane sees it.

We're going to talk about why carbs don't necessarily make you fat,

despite insulin's opposing role on fat oxidation, how to set up a fat loss diet for maximum sustainability.

And then finally, at the end, we're going to play a little game of hot takes with Lane.

If any of you guys follow Lane on social media, you'll know that he loves to deliver those hot takes,

and he's got strong opinions about a variety of topics.

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