title: Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life
author:  Max Lugavere 
description: The human brain doesnt come with an owners manual, but <em>Genius Foods</em> comes closeexcept that its also fun to read, and written in a way that anyone can understand. Lugavere has done a great job of distilling the best-available evidence to fix or prevent a broken brain, while alsobringing important new ideas to light. (<strong>Mark Hyman, MD, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine</strong>)<br /><br />Max Lugavere has magnificently accomplished the task of bringing the leading edge of brain science to the tableliterally. <em>Genius Foods </em>rightly<em> </em>portrays what we choose to eat as representing the most influential decision we make in terms of brain function as well as resistance to disease. Lugavere empathetically guides the reader to dietary choices that will clearly pave the way for a better brain. (<strong>David Perlmutter, MD, Author, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller <em>Grain Brain</em> and <em>Brain Maker</em></strong>)<br /><br /> <em>Genius Foods</em> is the result of pure genius, in the form of Max Lugavere! In one wonderfully readable book, Max has distilled usually hard-to-grasp scientific principles into a useable guide to everyday food and lifestyle choices that make maximizing your brain health (not to mention the rest of your body) an enjoyable and easy-to-accomplish daily feat. Take my advice and read this book! (<strong>Steven R. Gundry, MD, Medical Director, The Centers for Restorative Medicine, and author of the <em>New York Times</em> bestseller <em>The Plant Paradox</em> and <em>Dr. Gundrys Diet Evolution</em></strong>)<br /><br /><em>Genius Foods</em> can help you reset your mental agility, cope with stress, battle brain fog, and even smack back dementia. What are you waiting for? (<strong>Mehmet Oz, MD, Professor, Columbia University</strong>)<br /><br /><em>Genius Foods</em>breaks down and connects cutting-edge topics like dementia prevention and gut health with humor, optimism, and ample enthusiasm. Max Lugavere excels at making the complex subject of nutrition one that anyone can follow and apply in their own lives. (<strong>Maria Shriver, award-winning journalist and founder of The Womens Alzheimers </strong>)<br /><br />Max Lugavere has pursued a personal mission to learn and educate others in the increasingly-concerning issue of dementia and cognitive decline. In<em>Genius Foods</em>, he has compiled the most masterful summary of nutritional science relevant to brain health that I have ever read. Heartfelt, readable, and real, Max cuts through the misinformation that characterizes conventional dietary advice and comes to conclusions that are unexpected and powerful. If you are interested in preventing cognitive decline and dementia, Maxs book is an absolute must read. (<strong>William Davis, MD, Author of the<em>Wheat Belly</em>series and<em>Undoctored</em></strong>)
zlib_text: Dedication
  This	book	is	dedicated	to	the	first	genius	I	ever	met:	my
  mom.
  
  Contents
  Cover
  Title	Page
  Dedication
  Introduction
  How	to	Use	This	Book
  Part	1:	You	Are	What	You	Eat
  Chapter	1:	The	Invisible	Problem
  Genius	Food	#1:	Extra-Virgin	Olive	Oil
  Chapter	2:	Fantastic	Fats	and	Ominous	Oils
  Genius	Food	#2:	Avocados
  Chapter	3:	Overfed,	yet	Starving
  Genius	Food	#3:	Blueberries
  Chapter	4:	Winter	Is	Coming	(For	Your	Brain)
  Genius	Food	#4:	Dark	Chocolate
  Part	 2:	 The	 Interconnectedness	 of	 It	 All	 (Your	 Brain
  Responds)
  Chapter	5:	Healthy	Heart,	Healthy	Brain
  Genius	Food	#5:	Eggs
  Chapter	6:	Fueling	Your	Brain
  Genius	Food	#6:	Grass-Fed	Beef
  Chapter	7:	Go	with	Your	Gut
  Genius	Food	#7:	Dark	Leafy	Greens
  Chapter	8:	Your	Brain’s	Chemical	Switchboard
  
  Genius	Food	#8:	Broccoli
  Part	3:	Putting	Yourself	in	the	Driver’s	Seat
  Chapter	9:	Sacred	Sleep	(and	the	Hormonal	Helpers)
  Genius	Food	#9:	Wild	Salmon
  Chapter	10:	The	Virtues	of	Stress	(or,	How	to	Become	a
  More	Robust	Organism)
  Genius	Food	#10:	Alm