525: The Top Diet Strategies for Living Longer (What Actually Works) | Emil Thorup

The Genius Life

Max Lugavere

Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Denmark’s top self-experimenter and broadcaster Emil Thorup joins me live in Copenhagen to share the simple, science-backed habits that actually move the needle for a longer, stronger life. We unpack the truth about diet, exercise, and balance—and why most people are focusing on all the wrong things.

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0:00.0	What's going on, everybody? It's episode 525 of The Genius Life. Let's go.
0:06.5	What's going on, everybody?
0:13.5	Max, Logan, Nick.
0:15.9	What is the Genius Life?
0:18.2	The Genius Life.
0:23.6	What's going on, everybody?
0:25.1	I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and welcome back to the show.
0:27.9	Today we are coming to you once again, live from Copenhagen, for a deep dive on the top biohacks for longevity, the real ones, with Denmark's leading voice in the space, Emil Thorup.
0:38.5	Emil is one of the country's most popular broadcasters and self-experimenters, known for bringing
0:42.6	humor, honesty, and a no-b-s approach to health and performance. In this episode, we unpack
0:48.0	what's actually worth your time when it comes to living longer and feeling better, from movement
0:52.2	and mindset to sleep, recovery, and nutrition. We go especially deep on diet, how the Danish approach to food differs from ours, what most people get wrong about, quote unquote, balance, and why your relationship with protein might be the single biggest lever you can pull for health span. If you enjoy this conversation, make sure to follow the show, leave a rating and review, and share this episode with someone who wants to age powerfully. Listen all the way through to the end, you're not going to want to miss a beat. And for my free weekly newsletter, packed with the latest research, expert insights, and actionable wellness upgrades, head to max lugavir.com slash newsletter. Now, with all that out of the way, let's go live to Copenhagen with Emil Thorup. Here we go. Longevity is my thing. Longivity is your thing. It is definitely my thing. Yeah, well, I'm excited to meet you because your reputation precedes you. Oh my God. Yeah. What have you heard? You are one of the top pod, if not the top podcaster in here in Denmark. In that regard, you've got multiple, well, at least in terms of the number of podcasts hosted by you.
1:47.2	Jesus Christ.
1:47.9	How many?
1:48.4	Six?
1:48.8	Well, I do, I do six episodes a week.
1:51.0	Damn.
1:52.0	I mean, I have good people around me.
1:53.5	I basically just sit down, empty my brain or the other end, depend on who you ask.
1:59.5	And, um, interview, I have like a, my most fun podcast is like interview celebrities, and I just
2:06.9	tear them to pieces.
2:08.0	Like, it's like a health.
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