Hey there, welcome to another exciting episode of the Dr. Gundry podcast, the weekly

podcast where I give you the tools you need to support your gut, boost your health, and

live your youngest, healthiest life.

I'm Dr. Stephen Gundry.

Father, husband, cardiologist, cardiac surgeon,

medical innovator, and author of bestsellers including the Plant Paradox.

Each week I'll be sharing the latest in cutting-edge health information,

interviews with experts in the field,

and intimate discussions with real people who have turned their health around.

I'm excited to be a part of your unique health journey, so let's get started. Dr. Hey everybody, this is Dr. Gendry.

Delighted today to have a good friend who I've gotten to know over the last couple of years, Mac Lucavir, who's got a great new book out called Genius Foods.

Max was kind enough to send me an advanced copy and quite frankly I couldn't put it down I thought that

and don't get blushing there it is genius foods and Max you know you've got an amazing personal story about how this came about.

And why don't we start with sharing everybody how the heck a guy like you ended up writing a book like this.

Yeah, so my it's a great question.

First of all, thank you for having me. It's an honor to be here.

You know, I'm a big fan of your work and I've interviewed you many times so it's kind of cool to have the tables flipped.

My background is in journalism so I began as a health and science journalist.

As soon as I graduated from college I began working for a TV

network that really allowed me to cut my teeth with some of the best journalists

P-body award-winning journalists in the field and when I left that full-time job to explore

what I was going to do with the rest of my career in my you know late 20s it was

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