What a family welcomed episode 265 of the Genius Live. Let's go.

What's poppin crew? Welcome back to another episode of the show, a bonus 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 who 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. On today's episode of the show, I welcome Dr.

Richard Johnson. Dr. Johnson is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado,

and is a clinician, educator, and researcher. For more than 20 years, he's led research on the causes

of obesity and diabetes, with special interest in the role of sugar, especially fructose, and

uric acid. His latest book, Nature Wants Us To Be Fat, the surprising science behind why we gain

weight and how we can prevent and reverse it is out now. On this episode of the show, you're going

to hear about the fat storage switch utilized by hibernating animals that we have coded into our own

genome. Dr. Johnson is going to share how to activate this fat storage switch, and more importantly,

how to not activate it so that you can reduce fat storage, and even lose fat should that be your

goal. You're going to hear about the relationship between fructose and fat storage, and the surprising

relationship between salt, starchy foods, and fructose. It all ties in together, which is going to

blow your mind. Dr. Johnson is going to share how simply drinking a glass of water before meals

can help you store less fat, and spoiler alert, it's not by making you eat less. There's a lot

here. Dr. Johnson was really fun to talk to. He's got a great energy about him, and so I'm psych

for you to listen to this episode of the show. Thanks for being here, everybody. This episode of

the show is sponsored by BetterHelp. You know that about a year ago, I started seeing a therapist.

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