Max Lugavere - Alzheimer's And The Ketogenic Diet • Genius Foods • Stop Skimping On Sleep
Episode 223
Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) is a filmmaker, TV personality, health and science journalist, and brain food expert. He is also the director of the upcoming film Bread Head, the first-ever documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle. Max is the author of the soon-to-be released, Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain For Life*.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Max's Mom getting diagnosed with a neurodegenerative condition
- Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia
- Physicians know very little when it comes to nutrition
- Alzheimer's begins in the brain decades before the first symptom
- The diet Max recommends for ultimate cognition - The Genius Plan
- Alzheimer's and the ketogenic diet
- The connection between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's
- High fat is in
- The only oil Max recommends consuming liberally
- Supplementing with fish oil
- Huge fatty salads
- Carotenoids have been show to boost brain processing speed
- Smoke point vs. the point at which an oil oxidizes and goes rancid
- Stop consuming and cooking with grape seed oil
- People with Alzheimer's can crave sugary foods
- Finding balance with ketosis
- Creatine is a necessary compound in the brain - it recycles ATP
- Polyphenols - the most valuable compounds in chocolate
- When we're stagnant our brains suffer
- Building muscles essentially builds glucose banks
- Do you feel hungover after skimping on sleep?
- Can Alzheimer's disease be reversed?
- The importance of bright light exposure
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Related links:
Max Lugavere - Genius Foods (book)
Max Lugavere's website
Follow Max Lugavere on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
The 6 Things to Know When Buying Chocolate (Max's blog)
Ray Kurzweil (books)
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