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Every book Max Lugavere recommended on podcasts
Max Lugavere is an American author and filmmaker who has written about diet and brain health. He promotes low-carbohydrate diets that contain high amounts of animal source foods and has claimed that veganism and vegetarianism may increase the risk of dementia. He has been described as an anti-vegan activist and is an opponent of seed oils. Lugavere's views about supplements to supercharge the brain are not supported by scientific evidence. During an appearance on The Rubin Report to discuss genius foods that promote brain health, Max Lugavere recommended and discussed the book The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz. While talking about the history of dietary recommendations and the background of how nutritional guidelines developed over time, Lugavere highlighted this particular work. He noted that the journalist who wrote the book really goes into depth on the story, providing readers and listeners with a comprehensive look into the subject matter. Lugavere drew upon the text to support his broader conversation regarding lifestyle choices, dietary habits, and the various nutritional factors that influence overall wellness and cognitive function. By referencing the investigative reporting found within The Big Fat Surprise, he pointed audiences toward further reading on the complex historical factors shaping modern dietary advice and public health paradigms.
Books recommended by Max Lugavere
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The Big Fat Surprise
The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz is an investigative journalism book that challenges conventional dietary wisdom and explores the history behind the demonization of dietary fats.
Recommended“there's a there's a great book called the big fat surprise with you know the journalist who wrote it really goes into depth on the story but I talked about it as well ingenious foods”
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| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genius Foods That Promote Brain Health | Max Lugavere | LIFESTYLE | Rubin Report | The Rubin Report | 2018-01-26 | 1 |
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“and listen to my podcast the genius life and I've got books The Genius life genius foods and genius kitchen”
“and listen to my podcast the genius life and I've got books The Genius life genius foods and genius kitchen”
“and listen to my podcast the genius life and I've got books The Genius life genius foods and genius kitchen”
“so I've written a uh a Trilogy of books The Genius Trilogy as it were and um my first book was called genius foods and it came out in 2018 and it's a Tome to uh and an homage really to the science of both dementia prevention as well as the burgeoning field that's being referred to as nutritional Psychiatry”
“I followed that up with a book called the Genius life which was a more was a more lifestyle Centric guide”
“My third book came out in 2022 and it was a cookbook that brought everything together.”
“my second book The Genius life was really you know looked at that”
“These three books are titled 'Genius Foods,' 'Genius Life,' and 'Genius Kitchen.'”
“which you know there's a a chapter in genius foods that I'm very proud of on the gut microbiome”
“genius Foods is my first book which is a New York Times bestseller it's like a deep dive it's like a nutritional care manual for the human brain”
“or you know if you like to cook I put out a cookbook called genius kitchen and then I'm super active on Instagram”
“I've written three books now uh genius Foods is my first book which is a New York Times bestseller it's like a deep dive it's like a nutritional care manual for the human brain”
“the first book was called genius foods and it really is a nutritional care manual for the human brain”
“but yeah i've written three books the first book was called genius foods and it really is a nutritional care manual for the human brain so anybody genius foods genius foods”
“the second book was called the genius life and in that i do a deep dive in terms of um endocrine disruptors and um you know nature immersion all the sort of more lifestyle stuff”
“and then my third book just came out it was called genius kitchen and it's a two-in-one sort of like wellness guide and cookbook”
“And that's what motivated me to write "Genius Foods," and to do all the work that I put out.”
“And so one of the ideas that I've put forth in "The Genius Life," I tried to really make dietary recommendations without further harming”
“I wrote about what these hyper-palatable, over-processed foods do to our behavior in "Genius Foods," but since "Genius Foods" came out there was a great study”
“So this is another topic that I cover in "The Genius Life" is circadian disruption and circadian biology, and how disruptive that, our”
“there's a there's a great book called the big fat surprise with you know the journalist who wrote it really goes into depth on the story but I talked about it as well ingenious foods”
“but I talked about it as well ingenious foods”