The Genius Life, Genius Kitchen 2 Books Collection Set by Max Lugavere

This two-book set by Max Lugavere pairs The Genius Life with Genius Kitchen, bringing together lifestyle guidance and a companion cookbook. Drawing on research across areas including circadian biology, psychology, dementia prevention, cognitive optimisation and exercise physiology, the collection focuses on everyday routines such as eating, exercising, sleeping and detoxing.

The Genius Life extends the approach introduced in Genius Foods beyond nutrition into a broader lifestyle protocol, examining how brain health connects with the gut, endocrine, cardiac and nervous systems. Genius Kitchen builds on the dietary recommendations of Genius Foods and the lifestyle recommendations of The Genius Life, offering more than 100 recipes alongside practical guidance on stocking a kitchen and pantry, plus techniques and best practices for healthy cooking and eating well on a budget.

Included titles

• The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary
• Genius Kitchen: Over 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Make Your Brain Sharp, Body Strong, and Taste Buds Happy

Key details

• Two-book collection by Max Lugavere
• The Genius Life includes a prescriptive 21-day plan with daily workouts, meal plans and meal prep tips
• Genius Kitchen features over 100 recipes and photographs
• Genius Kitchen combines guidance from Genius Foods and The Genius Life
• Genius Kitchen outlines essential ingredients and tools for a well-stocked kitchen and pantry

Synopses

The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary

Lugavere presents a lifestyle programme intended to reset brain and body health, addressing fatigue, anxiety and depression while supporting cognitive health. He suggests that modern conditions differ markedly from those the human body evolved to handle, and sets out protocols designed to support both body and brain.

Expanding the Genius Foods plan into a wider framework, the book links brain health with the gut, endocrine, cardiac and nervous systems. It also includes a 21-day “Genius Living” plan with daily workouts, meal plans, meal prep tips, and ideas for swaps and snacks.

Genius Kitchen: Over 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Make Your Brain Sharp, Body Strong, and Taste Buds Happy

This companion cookbook brings together dietary recommendations from Genius Foods and lifestyle recommendations from The Genius Life. It includes 100-plus recipes with international influence, with an emphasis on simplicity and ingredient quality, and is illustrated with photographs.

Alongside the recipes, Lugavere covers core ingredients and tools for a well-stocked kitchen and pantry, and shares techniques and best practices for healthy cooking and eating well on a budget. The book also discusses whole, fresh foods, how nutrients work together, and ways to get fit without counting calories.