What a family it's episode 305 of The Genius Life.

Once cracking everybody welcome back to another episode of the show,

I'm your host Max Lugov, your 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, our health span and our 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

Cara Collier. Cara is a registered dietician nutritionist, the co-founder and VP of health at

Nutrassense, a CGM company. She's recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient and has a passion

for leveraging modern technology to help individuals achieve optimal health. We had a wonderful

conversation. She came out to the studio in Los Angeles and over the course of the next hour

and some odd minutes, you are going to discover how CGMs or continuous glucose monitoring systems

can help you cultivate an awareness of how your unique body responds to certain foods,

exercise, stress and even sleep. We're going to talk about why glucose is a good biomarker to

put some attention on and how having stable glucose means having stable energy and being able

to focus better. We're going to talk about black and white thinking and the context of nutrition

and how that might be what's keeping you unhealthy. The biggest weight loss myths, including that

you should only focus on calories in versus calories out or conversely that you should exclusively focus

on insulin and hormone balance. Both are important and Cara is going to unpack why. We're going to

discuss how to understand genetic risk factors, including the Apoi 4 allele, which increases your

risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease, and why genetic predisposition

is only one part of the equation. Your genes may be like a gun, but the trigger is pulled by habits

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