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🗓️ 8 December 2025
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Sal Di Stefano, a personal trainer for over 20 years and co-host of Mind Pump, joins Max to break down the best foods to boost GLP-1 naturally, what to eat (and the "mouth porn" to avoid) for sustainable fat loss, and how to build a healthier, saner relationship with food, fitness, and your body.
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| 0:29.8 | What up everybody? It's episode 532 of the genius life. Let's go. |
| 0:35.6 | Yes, a genius. Let's go. |
| 0:53.9 | What's going on, everybody? Max Lugavir and welcomeugavir, and welcome back to the show. Today, I'm |
| 0:57.3 | joined by fan favorite and one of the most genuine humans in the wellness world, Sal DeStefano. |
| 1:02.5 | You know Sal from Mind Pump for his depth on training and metabolism, but in this episode, |
| 1:06.6 | we go even deeper, purpose, faith, and how to build a relationship with fitness that's rooted |
| 1:10.7 | in self-respect rather than self-punishment. Sal reveals the we go even deeper, purpose, faith, and how to build a relationship with fitness that's rooted in |
| 1:11.0 | self-respect rather than self-punishment. Sal reveals the best foods to boost GLP-1 naturally and |
| 1:17.8 | lose fat and the smartest foods to eat if you're on a GLP1 drug so that you don't lose muscle in the |
| 1:23.2 | process. We discuss an effortlessly lean framework, a simple template that can help you stay lean year |
| 1:28.3 | round without obsessing. We get into why ultra-processed foods are basically mouth porn, what real |
| 1:33.3 | satiety feels like, and how gratitude and even boredom can become powerful tools for resilience. |
| 1:38.8 | This was a wide range of conversation. I always love having Cell in studio. The man is a wealth |
| 1:43.4 | of knowledge and insight and compassion. So listen through all the way to the end. You're not going to want to miss a beat. And if you enjoy this episode, please follow the show, leave a rating and review and share it with someone who wants a saner, more sustainable path to fat loss. And for more no BS deep dives on brain health, fat loss and longevity, subscribe to my free weekly newsletter at max lugavir.com slash newsletter. And now with all that out of the way, here we go with the one and only Sal da Stefano. It's episode 532. Let's rock. Sal da Stefano, what's going on? Yeah. How you doing? I love you, man. Love you too. It's a good time. It's always good to come on your show and see you. Love seeing you. Love every time we get to catch up. I wish we lived in closer proximity to one another because we've still never had a workout together. No. It's like crazy given how long we've been such close friends. Don't feel bad. I don't work. I don't typically work out with almost anybody. You don't either do I actually. Yeah. Yeah. It's like a solo thing. You know, your audience needs to know this about you. The reason why I like you so much is you are as great as you are on a podcast or on video. You're that person off air and even better. So you're so not fake. You're very authentic, great guy. |
| 2:56.9 | So people need to know that because this space, well, I think a lot of media spaces are filled with fake personalities. |
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