What up friends, welcome to episode 329 of The Genius Life, let's go!

What's cracking up and everybody welcome back to another episode of the show,

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

author. 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, 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 am very excited to welcome JJ Virgin. JJ is a renowned health and fitness expert,

best-selling author and prominent media personality. With over three decades of experience in the field,

she's become a trusted authority in nutrition, weight loss and wellness. She's the author of

Four New York Times Best Sellers, the Virgin Diet, the Virgin Diet Cookbook, JJ Virgin's Sugar

Impact Diet, and JJ Virgin's Sugar Impact Diet Cookbook. Her practical and evidence-based

approach to health has garnered recognition from major media outlets, including the Dr. Oz Show,

Rachel Ray, and The Doctors. And on this episode of the show, we're going to discuss the dues and

don'ts of weight loss for women over the age of 40. We're going to talk about the difference

between losing weight and losing fat, the various factors that make it potentially more difficult

for women in this age group to lose the fat. JJ is going to share her personal experience

with maintaining a healthy body composition. We're going to talk about the role of protein and

weight loss, the benefits of resistance training, how to accurately track your body composition

with scans like the DEXA, the impact of stress hormones on weight loss, and so much more.

And fellas, we don't leave you out of this conversation, so listen through because JJ drops

a lot of really interesting science that is relevant to all people as they age. I hope you

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