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The Genius Life

Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary
Series: Genius Living
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The Genius Life by Max Lugavere is an exploration of how lifestyle choices can profoundly impact overall health and cognitive function. The book delves into the science behind diet, movement, and sleep, offering practical advice to enhance both mental and physical well-being. Lugavere combines insights from experts to equip readers with actionable strategies for living a healthier, more vibrant life.
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"The modern world has changed dramatically since our days as hunter gatherers, and it has caused widespread anxiety, stress, and disease, leaving our brains in despair. But science proves that the body and brain can be healed with the intervention of lifestyle protocols that help us to regain our cognitive birthright"--Provided by publisher.

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The author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods offers a lifestyle programme for resetting your brain and body to their “factory settings”—to help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression, and to optimise cognitive health for a longer and healthier life.

The human body was honed under conditions that no longer exist. The modern world has changed dramatically since our days as hunter-gatherers, and it has caused widespread anxiety, stress, and disease, leaving our brains in despair. But science proves that the body and brain can be healed with lifestyle protocols that help us to regain our cognitive birthright.

In The Genius Life, Lugavere expands the Genius Foods plan, which focused on nutrition and how it affects brain health, to encompass a full lifestyle protocol. We know now that the health of our brains—including our cognitive function and emotional wellness—depends on the health of our gut, endocrine, cardiac, and nervous systems, as there is a constant feedback loop between all systems. Drawing on globe-spanning research into circadian biology, psychology, dementia prevention, cognitive optimisation, and exercise physiology, The Genius Life shows how to integrate healthy choices in all aspects of our daily routines: eating, exercising, sleeping, detoxing, and more, to create a healthy foundation for optimal cognitive health and performance.

Among Max’s groundbreaking findings, you will discover:

  • A trick that gives you the equivalent of a “marathon” workout, in 10 minutes
  • How to get the benefits of an extra 1-2 servings of veggies daily without eating them
  • The hidden chemicals in your home that could be making you fat and sick
  • How to boost melatonin levels by up to 58% for deeper sleep without supplements

The book features an achievable prescriptive 21-day plan for Genius Living that includes daily workouts, meal plans, and meal prep tips, accompanied by helpful suggestions for healthy swaps and snacks.

Series: Genius Living

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  • The Genius Life
    The author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods offers a lifestyle programme for resetting your brain and body to their “factory settings”—to help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression, and to optimise cognitive health for a longer and healthier life. The human body was honed under conditions that no longer exist. The modern world has changed dramatically since our...
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  • Genius Kitchen
    USA TODAY Bestseller WALL STREET JOURNAL Bestseller Combining the dietary recommendations in his bestselling Genius Foods and the lifestyle recommendations of The Genius Life, Genius Kitchen features shockingly delicious, nutrient-packed recipes that will energise your mind, strengthen your body, and pave a path to health that you’ll feel with the first bite. Max Lugavere’s debut book, Genius Foods, was groundbreaking,...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780062892812

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 April 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Harper Wave

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, media personality, and leading voice in health. He is the writer, director, and producer of an upcoming documentary titled Bread Head, the first millennial focused film exploring the impact of diet and lifestyle on brain health. His Kickstarter for the film was a viral sensation, and was featured by Upworthy, Huffington Post, Fast Company, WELL+GOOD, Yahoo! Health, and more, and shared by Sir Ken Robinson, Jared Leto, Maria Shriver, and countless others. Prior he was a prominent producer and host of Al Gore's Emmy nominated Current TV from 2005-2011, and in late 2013, he created and hosted Acting Disruptive, a web series viewed by millions online, which featured the entrepreneurial passion projects of Jessica Alba, Adrian Grenier, Jared Leto and more.  He is a contributor and brain health expert for Yahoo! Health and regularly hosts health-related content for WebMD, Vice's MUNCHIES channel, and About.com.   

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  • Genius Foods
    New York Times Bestseller Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental performance from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere. After his mother was diagnosed with a mysterious form of...
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  • Genius Kitchen
    USA TODAY Bestseller WALL STREET JOURNAL Bestseller Combining the dietary recommendations in his bestselling Genius Foods and the lifestyle recommendations of The Genius Life, Genius Kitchen features shockingly delicious, nutrient-packed recipes that will energise your mind, strengthen your body, and pave a path to health that you’ll feel with the first bite. Max Lugavere’s debut book, Genius Foods, was groundbreaking,...
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