553: Should You Be "Fartmaxxing"? The Truth About Fiber, Gut Health, and Longevity | Amy Shah, MD
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Max sits down with double board-certified physician and nutrition expert Dr. Amy Shah, MD to explore how gut health influences hormones, energy, mood, and longevity, why modern life may be sabotaging our microbiome, and whether viral trends like “fartmaxxing” are helping or hurting. Grab her new book, Hormone Havoc, out now.
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| 0:00.0 | What up everybody? It's episode 553 of The Genius Life. Let's go. |
| 0:07.3 | What's the genius of Billman |
| 0:07.9 | What's going on everybody? |
| 0:11.8 | Max, look at me. |
| 0:14.0 | What is the genius life? |
| 0:17.1 | The genius life. |
| 0:22.3 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:23.5 | Welcome back to the show. The Genius Life What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:23.5 | Welcome back to the show. |
| 0:24.7 | I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and this is The Genius Life, where we try to make health make sense. |
| 0:29.7 | Today, Dr. Amy Shaw returns for her third appearance, which is perfect timing because she's got a new book out called hormone havoc. |
| 0:36.7 | Though the book centers |
| 0:37.6 | on perimenopause and menopause, which is an underserved and often misunderstood phase of life, |
| 0:43.0 | we quickly zoom out into something that impacts everybody. Gut health, heart health, energy, |
| 0:48.0 | metabolism, and longevity. We talk about the microbiome as a command center for mood, |
| 0:53.0 | hormones, and inflammation, |
| 0:54.9 | how modern diets may be starving are gut bacteria and a simple daily framework that she uses |
| 1:00.0 | to improve resilience and vitality without requiring monk-like discipline. |
| 1:04.8 | And we take a critical look at the social media trend of fart maxing. |
| 1:10.1 | Is more gas, a badge of honor, or a sign that |
| 1:12.8 | you're doing it wrong? Listen all the way through to the end, you're not going to want to miss a beat. |
| 1:16.7 | And if you enjoy this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend, leaving a rating and |
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