Eat These Foods to Optimize Your Body and Brain with Max Lugavere

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor. Processed foods, sedentary lifestyles, and mixed messages about nutrition have completely disrupted our health, leading us to feel awful and long for better health. While it might seem complicated, identifying and turning around the unique offenders in your own life is simpler than you might think.  On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Max Lugavere to talk about streamlining your health so you can get back to feeling great.  Max Lugavere is a health and science journalist and the author of three books: Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary, and Genius Kitchen. Max is also the host of a #1 iTunes health and wellness podcast called The Genius Life. Max is an internationally sought-after speaker and appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show, the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. He has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, CNN, and the Daily Beast, and he has been featured on NBC Nightly News and the Today Show, as well as in the New York Times and People magazine. In this episode we dive into:   -Max's approach to dairy consumption -The relationship between full-fat dairy consumption and metabolic health -How to make coffee healthier -The benefits of saturated fat and how much value we should place on LDL levels -How salt can positively impact our health -The power of movement and exercise for brain health    Listen to the full episode here. For more on Max, follow him on Instagram @maxlugavere, Facebook @maxlugavere, YouTube @maxlugavere, and through his website maxlugavere.com. Get his book, Genius Kitchen, at geniuskitchenbook.com. Listen to his podcast, The Genius Life, here. This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. AirDoctor is an affordable and efficient way to create clean air in your home. Right now, they are offering my community $300 off. That's up to 50% off their normal price! Visit drhyman.com/filter to redeem this offer today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices