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ManTalks Podcast

Max Lugavere - Improving Mental Health With Genius Foods, And The Power Of The Cold Shower

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health and science journalist and the author of the New York Times best-selling book Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life. Lugavere has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, CNN, and the Daily Beast, has been featured on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and in The Wall Street Journal, and appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show, the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. He is a sought-after speaker and has given talks at South by Southwest, TEDx, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm, Sweden, and many others. From 2005-2011, Lugavere was a journalist for Al Gore’s Current TV. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles. Check out our Facebook Page and join the community. For more information about ManTalks or to join a ManTalks Mastermind: Click Here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com
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0:00.0

Welcome guys and gals to the Manteauks show.

0:12.2

I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of Mantalks.

0:15.5

This podcast brings together some of the best thought leaders, teachers, and extraordinary individuals to help

0:21.6

teach and mentor you on how to be a top performer in life, love, and business.

0:26.7

Joining me today is Mr. Max Lugavir.

0:30.6

Max is a very interesting character, and he's had an amazing journey.

0:34.6

After his mother was diagnosed with a mysterious form of dementia, he put his

0:39.4

successful media career on hold to learn everything that he possibly could about brain health

0:45.1

and optimal performance from a cognitive perspective. So for the better half of a decade,

0:51.5

he consumed the most up-to-date scientific research, talked to dozens of leading

0:55.7

scientists and clinicians around the world, and visited the country's best neurology departments,

1:01.1

all in the hopes of understanding his mother's condition more effectively. And so he shares valuable

1:08.5

insight through his social media platform and through his most recent book called Genius Foods.

1:13.4

And he shares insights on how you can improve your brain power, including the nutrients that can boost your memory and improve mental clarity and where you can find them.

1:22.7

The foods and tactics that can energize and rejuvenate your brain and your energy levels no matter your age.

1:29.5

And a brain boosting, that's a mouthful right there, a brain boosting fat loss method so powerful

1:36.2

that has been called a biochemical liposuction, which you know it probably does something

1:41.8

right when it's called biochemical liposuction.

1:45.1

So with Genius Foods the book, he actually offers a really interesting and cutting edge approach

1:51.0

that's practical. It's really a practical roadmap to eliminating brain fog and optimizing the brain's

1:56.7

health and performance today and decades into the future. So Max and I dive into a few different

2:02.0

topics. We actually first, you know, Max shares his story of what he went through. We talk about

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