Max Lugavere is a science journalist, host of The Genius Life podcast, and New York Times best-selling author of Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life and The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary.
What you'll learn from this episode:
All about bread: one of humanity’s oldest processed foods, traditionally made with wheat flour, yeast, and water—today, most bread is ultra-processed and includes the addition of sugar, poor quality vegetable and seed oils, preservatives, and synthetic vitamins.
Why gluten, a protein, will not be missed from your diet—DIAS, the gold standard for measuring the quality of protein digestibility shows gluten’s digestibility is around 50% that of quality proteins like chicken, beef, or even soy.
Why you should take the challenge and give up bread (and all gluten) for 30 days, and what physical and mental results you might see.
Sourdough, sprouted grains, gluten-free, grain-free—how to understand the differences in the healthier bread options and choose one that is right for you.
How foods that are good for your body tend to be the best foods for your oral health, and vice versa.
And so much more!
Resources from this episode:
What Is Celiac Disease? | Celiac Disease Foundation
Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity | Harvard Health
Gluten May Cause Depression in People with Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity | Celiac Disease Foundation
Defining Leaky Gut Syndrome: Common Symptoms and the Difficulty of Diagnosis | WebMD
The Brain on Fire: Depression and Inflammation | Psychology Today
Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid Score | Wikipedia
Caesarean Section on the Risk of Celiac Disease in the Offspring: The Teddy Study | PMC
MTHFR Gene Variants: Symptoms, Treatment, Testing, and More | Healthline
Folic Acid vs. Folate — What's the Difference? | Healthline
What Are Phytonutrients? Types and Food Sources | WebMD
How American Wheat Differs From European Wheat | Health Digest
Top 10 Sources of Sodium | CDC
The 8 Worst Foods for Your Teeth | Healthline
The Foods That Can Improve Your Smile | Steven Lin, DDS | The Genius Life 9
Good News: USDA Scientists Are Recalculating Calorie Counts | The Counter
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