Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of the Genius Life. I'm your host Max Lugiveer.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices, including what we eat and how we live,

affects our cognitive and physical performance, how we feel, and our health span and risk for disease.

This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state. I call this living like a genius,

which makes you, in essence, a genius just for listening. How do you like that?

In this episode, I'm super excited to introduce you guys to Dr. Walter Longo PhD. He's a professor

of gerontology and biological science at USC, where he's also the director of the Longevity Institute.

He's the author of the recent book, The Longevity Diet, and he's one of the foremost researcher

studying fasting. He's done a number of really incredible studies in simple organisms,

like yeast and mice, all the way up to human trials, where he's developed what he's called the

fasting mimicking diet. It's basically a set of consecutive days where a person eats a very

calorie and protein-restricted diet to essentially mimic some of the benefits seen in starvation.

He's published some really incredible research on auto-immunity, and how fasting can essentially

reset the immune system to potentially treat conditions like multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes,

and the like. Now, we're not there yet in terms of being able to cure these conditions,

but his research really is pushing the envelope in terms of understanding not only the ideology of

these diseases, why they develop, but how we might be able to treat them in the future.

So I want you guys to pay close attention to this interview, and afterwards, if what you hear

peaks your interest, be sure to pick up his book, The Longevity Diet, which I'm going to put in

the show notes on my website at maxelugaver.com. Now, guys, before we get to the show, please support

this podcast. There are two major ways that you can do that. One, go on iTunes and subscribe,

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