Welcome to the Eat This, Not That Podcast. I'm John Hammond. I am once again joined by Megan Murphy.

So great to be back. Thank you.

For you having you back. And this episode is all about genius foods. And it's brought to you by Bob's Redmill.

Actually, I can't wait to tell you about the genius moment I had cooking up a batch of Bob's Redmill Kinoa this weekend. That's coming up later on. Now, when most of us stock up our shopping carts or order from a menu, we tend to think about how our food choice is going to impact our waistline. One thing we really don't think about is how our food choices affect our brain. And this is something you're really going to want to hear about. For this episode,

we're joined by Max Lugavere. He has a new book out called Genius Foods, Becomes Smarter, Happier,

and More Productive, while protecting your brain for life. And we are fortunate to be joined

by the new New York Times best-selling author. Max, welcome. Hey, thanks for having me here. It's good to be here.

And congrats on the book. Thank you so much. Great reaction to it. And it's interesting because obviously

you can tell that this is a book that was spurred by a point of passion as most good books really are.

That's the ones that really resonate with people. And you've got a really compelling

backstory as to what led you to genius foods, right? Yeah, yeah. I mean, I, you know, I didn't come at it

with, you know, from having a medical practice or anything like that. I was just a civilian that

happened to have a background in media and journalism. And a couple of years

ago, my mom started to show her very first symptoms of some kind of weird form of dementia. And I became

basically obsessed with learning everything I possibly could about how diet and lifestyle affect brain

health and brain function. I used my calling card as a journalist honed over six years working in L.A. for

former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. I used to work for him for, he had a TV network called Current.

That was one of the main sort of hosts of the network. And then, you know, when my mom got sick,

I'm the oldest child in the family so i became basically

uh fixated on on learning everything i could about it i became unable to focus on my career at the

time i was being sort of funneled into um i guess the sort of role of a tv host coming coming out of

current you know and really getting to tell really important stories that I felt were making the world a better place.

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