AMA 4: Non-Negotiables for Brain Health, Top Evidence-Based Supplements, and Early Decline Warning Signs
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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In this brain health-focused AMA, Max answers listener questions on dementia prevention, memory loss, cognitive performance, supplements, and the lifestyle habits most strongly linked to keeping the brain sharp with age. As always, nothing here should be construed as gospel (or medical advice).
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, what do you know? It's another Ask Me Anything episode of The Genius Life. Let's go. |
| 0:07.7 | What's the genius The genius |
| 0:07.7 | What's |
| 0:08.9 | What's going on everybody? |
| 0:12.5 | Max Lugabeer |
| 0:25.1 | What's going on everybody? The Genius Life. |
| 0:24.3 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:31.9 | I'm Max Lugavir, and welcome back to The Genius Life, a show where we take the latest in health and wellness science and translate it into tools that you can actually use. |
| 0:33.4 | No lab coat required. |
| 0:49.9 | Today's episode is an Ask Me Anything episode of the show, but with a twist, we're zeroing in on brain health, dementia prevention, cognitive performance, memory lapses, supplement, sleep, social connection, and even controversial topics like nicotine, allergy medications, and artificial sweeteners. |
| 0:51.2 | Nothing is off the table. |
| 0:54.8 | I share the non-negotiables I personally follow to protect my brain long term, what the science actually says, not what's trending on TikTok, and where the evidence |
| 0:59.4 | is strong versus where we're still very much guessing. We also tackle some super valuable listener |
| 1:04.1 | questions about early warning signs of cognitive decline, how worried you should be about |
| 1:07.9 | forgetfulness, what to do if dementia runs in your family, whether creatine and omega-3s are worth it for mental performance, and the truth about protein powders, rithratol, and more. This is a practical myth-busting deep dive designed to leave you feeling informed, not anxious. Listen all the way through the end, you're not going to want to miss a beat. And as always, don't forget to share this episode with friends and loved ones that you think may benefit from it. If you enjoy the show, leave a rating and review and hit subscribe wherever you're listening. It really does help us out. Before we dive in, just a quick plug for my free weekly newsletter. Think of it as a carefully curated brain upgrade delivered to your inbox every Friday. Each issue features research breakdowns, actionable health tips, product recommendations, and behind |
| 1:45.3 | the scenes insights I don't share anywhere else. It's free, no spam, and trusted by over 120,000 |
| 1:49.6 | high performers. You can sign up at maxelugivir.com slash newsletter. Now with all that out of the way, |
| 1:55.1 | here's AMA number four brain health edition. Let's dive in. What, everybody? Welcome back to an AMA episode of the |
| 2:03.6 | Genius Life. This is like, I think, the third or the fourth, fourth, number four. And today we're |
| 2:10.3 | going to kind of theme things a little bit. I pulled y'all on Instagram, my wonderful |
| 2:15.5 | Instagram audience for questions related to brain health, |
| 2:20.5 | with the acknowledgement that I'm not a medical doctor. I never misrepresent myself. I don't |
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