The Surprising TRUTH about Anti-Aging, Food as Medicine & What They’re Hiding About Alzheimer’s with Max Lugavere

Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels | Crossover Media Group

Self-improvement, Current Events, Culture, Interviews, Society & Culture, Society, Exercise, Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Jillian Michaels, Fitness, Nutrition

4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Max Lugavere—NYT bestselling author of Genius Foods and brain-health crusader—joins us to reveal the secrets to living longer, sharper, and stronger. From food-as-medicine hacks that have gone viral to his provocative take on MAHA (Make America Healthy Again), Max brings the science and the controversy. We dig into shocking new twists in Alzheimer’s research, why everything you thought you knew about brain health might be wrong, and the cutting-edge discoveries that could change how you eat, age, and thrive forever.

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0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.
0:05.5	That's audible.co.uky slash wondery.
0:13.0	Max Lugavir joins me today.
0:15.2	Max is a New York Times bestselling author, health journalist, and filmmaker.
0:20.4	Now, you might know him from his groundbreaking
0:22.1	books, Genius Foods, and The Genius Life, where he combines cutting-edge science with practical
0:28.3	advice to help people optimize their health and live longer, better lives. He's also the host of
0:33.9	the Genius Life podcast, where he dives deep into nutrition, brain health, and everything
0:39.4	in between. Max is here with me today to shine a light on something many of us don't think about
0:45.5	enough, the conflicts of interest between our government health agencies and private industry.
0:51.0	We're going to explore how entanglements, like the revolving door employment policy,
0:56.6	lobbyists and research grants affect public health and what we can do to make informed choices in a
1:02.7	system that's designed to prioritize profit over people. Let's get into it.
1:28.3	Keeping it real with Jillian Michael. So I have a, my nicotine, you're addicting me to nicotine here. Oh no. I got like a big chunk of nicotine in the side of my face. Oh, man. Well, yeah, I'm, uh... It was your fault. Oh, no. Oh, no. Yeah. Are you sure about this?
1:30.4	Can I indemnify myself somehow?
1:30.9	No.
1:32.1	I just, you know... It's like a fear.
1:34.0	How do you feel?
1:34.8	That's the most important thing.
1:35.9	I don't actually notice it because it's only like one milligram.
1:38.9	Because, I mean, initially when people first try, they get like really lightheaded.
1:42.1	Are you okay? We good? Okay. No, I'm good.
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