Genius Foods, Max Lugavere
Genius Foods, Max Lugavere
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Genius Foods
Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life

Author: Max Lugavere, Paul Grewal

Narrator: Max Lugavere

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Wave

Published: 03/20/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat, change the way you think about how your brain ages, and achieve optimal brain performance with this powerful new guide from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere.After his mother was diagnosed with a mysterious form of dementia, Max Lugavere put his successful media career on hold to learn everything he could about the workings of the human brain and his mother’s condition. For the better half of a decade, he consumed the most up-to-date scientific research, talked to dozens of scientists and clinicians around the world, and visited the country’s very best neurology departments.Now, in Genius Foods, Lugavere uncovers the stunning link between our dietary and lifestyle choices and our brain health, revealing how the foods you eat directly affect your ability to focus, learn, remember, create, analyze new ideas, and maintain a healthy, balanced mood. He presents ground-breaking science and distills the latest research, including:How food is like software for our endlessly capable minds;How select nutrients can actually boost working memory and processing speed;How slowing down the cognitive aging process is just as much about the foods you omit from your diet as the superfoods that you consume;And how easy it is to modulate the quality of your thoughts and mood by food.In the vein of groundbreaking bestsellers such as David Perlmutter’s Grain Brain, Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Body, and Dave Asprey’s Bulletproof Diet, Genius Foods presents a comprehensive, practical roadmap to optimizing the brain’s health and performance today—and decades into the future.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Max Lugavere

Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, TV personality, and health and science journalist. He is the director of the film Bread Head, the first-ever documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle. Lugavere has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, and the Daily Beast, among others, and is a regularly appearing “core expert” on The Dr. Oz Show. He is a sought-after speaker, invited to lecture at esteemed academic institutions such as the New York Academy of Sciences and Weill Cornell Medicine, and has given keynotes at such events as the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm, Sweden. From 2005 to 2011, Lugavere was a journalist for Al Gore’s Current TV. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by BobbieLynn on February 28, 2018

This book is my new go-to resource to which I may refer to people when they ask, "What do you do?" So many people struggle with their weight, and because I am relatively fit and lean, they ask me what I do. I have a Word document I put together with a list of people and reference materials with inte......more

Goodreads review by Dan on June 25, 2018

Since I'm significantly overweight, I try to read at least one diet book per year. I didn't want to read this book, because I knew it would challenge me on many of my food preferences like pizza, ice cream, breads and starches. It did not disappoint. One thing that is unique about Genius Foods is its......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on November 29, 2024

After Max Lugavere discovered that his mother had Alzheimer's, he determined to fight for her by finding out why she had the disease and what to do about it. Although his discoveries came too late to save her, they may save some of us. He found that a lot of Alzheimer's is diet- and lifestyle-relate......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on January 05, 2019

Well written summary of all the information on diet and health floating around in the last few years. The author’s conversational style made this an especially enjoyable book. His 10 Genius foods hook was a great way to simplify all the science. I also like how he acknowledged that there is good str......more

Goodreads review by RbbieFrah on January 16, 2022

The American heart association has in no uncertain terms stated that eating red meat , saturated fats and cholesterol increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. The American Cancer Association lists red meat as a class 2 carcinogen along with lead and styrene. Climatologists also say that a high m......more