990: Max Lugavere on the Dangers of Plastics, Building a Social Media Page, Coping with Loss & MORE

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin catch up with good friend Max Lugavere where they discuss social media strategy, the dangers of plastics, Max's mother who recently passed and a lot more.

What has he learned to ‘hack the algorithm’ when it comes to social media? (3:24)
Why he wants people to cultivate their own internal compass when it comes to the foods they eat. (7:18)
What is his take on ‘there is no bad food’ movement? (12:30)
His recent obsession with the endocrine system and what disrupts it. (15:14)
The benefits of the ‘guilty till proven innocent’ model when it comes to testing the chemicals in our food. (26:10)
Does he have a hierarchy that he lives by or advises to people? (33:37)
Why he reaches for HIGH quality foods on a daily basis. (36:40)
Is there a correlation between poor brain health and obesity? (42:15)
Max opens up about his mom’s passing, his researching process and why there is no such thing as a one size fits all diet. (46:37)
Has he done any reading/research with autism and vaccines? (58:55)
What are the worst offenders of food? (1:01:30)
The feedback from his book and what makes it so unique. (1:02:54)
What medium has he seen the biggest boost in sales for his book? (1:04:50)
Why you must separate the man from the product. His relationship with Dr. Oz and take on the information he provides to the masses. (1:06:55)
Why he is NOT driven by money, his perception of success and how he vets his sponsorships. (1:11:08)
Has he done any research on the perception of sweetness and changes in the body? (1:17:50)
What practices has he implemented to help himself cope with the loss of his mom? (1:20:46)
His relationship with his brothers and has this brought them closer together? (1:25:30)

Featured Guest/People Mentioned:

Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) Instagram
Alan Aragon (@thealanaragon) Instagram
Dominic D'Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) Twitter
Kevin Hall (@KevinH_PhD) Twitter
Dr. Mary Newport

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	This guy needs no introduction.
0:15.0	No, Max, Luke of yours.
0:16.0	This is our boy.
0:17.0	One of our favorite, favorite people.
0:19.0	I remember when we first met him, we all immediately fell in love with the guy.
0:23.0	Great dude, super, super smart guy.
0:25.0	His book exploded.
0:27.0	Genius Foods blew up.
0:28.0	We had him on the show way back when he first launched it.
0:32.0	And it reached, I think, at one point, fourth on the Amazon list.
0:36.0	And it's a book we constantly refer people to.
0:39.0	Great information on how to eat right for a healthy brain, and of course, a healthy body.
0:47.0	Since then, he started a podcast, the Genius Life.
0:50.0	And this guy's interviewed some very, very smart, intelligent, inspirational people.
0:57.0	And he does a good job doing it.
0:59.0	Max is just, again, he's one of our absolute favorite people.
1:02.0	So every time we have him on the show, we have a good time.
1:04.0	And we got to talk a lot about a lot of things on this podcast.
1:07.0	We even touched things like building a social media page.
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