HUGE GIVEAWAY THIS WEEK! Since it's the 100th episode, we have to celebrate! One Grand Prize Winner Will Receive: One 60 minute health coaching session with me #NoSugarNoProblems: A Lovely Collection of Paleo Sweetener-Free Desserts Ebook Beautycounter Charcoal Bar Beautycounter Charcoal Mask doTERRA Serenity oil doTERRA DigestZen oil MAPS fitness guide of your choice Vital Proteins Vanilla Coconut Collagen Primal Kitchen's mayo & new dressings Primal Kitchen Collagen Bars Teaonic Variety Pack Live 24K Golden Fuel 5 Primitive Feast Meals Simple Mills Pizza Mix & Vanilla Cake Mix Franklin & Whitman's Ultimate Face Care Kit Soom Tahini Full Jar & Squeeze Packs Somnifix pack Homemade nut butter from Kelly's Clean Kitchen 3 Runners-Up will receive: #NoSugarNoProblems: A Lovely Collection of Paleo Sweetener-Free Desserts Ebook MAPS fitness program of your choice Vital Proteins Matcha Travel Packs Primal Kitchen's mayo & new dressings Primal Kitchen Collagen Bars Teaonic Variety Pack Live 24K Golden Fuel Simple Mills Pizza Mix & Vanilla Cake Mix Franklin & Whitman's Weekly Face Care Kit Soom Tahini Squeeze Packs Somnifix pack Homemade nut butter from Kelly's Clean Kitchen Giveaway runs until March 30th, 2018. US entries only. There are multiple ways you can enter, and you can enter as many times as you want! Ways to enter: Leave a rating and a review on iTunes, then send a screenshot to podcast@christinaricewellness.com. Share the podcast on your Instagram or Instagram stories, and send a screenshot to podcast@christinaricewellness.com. Comment on my giveaway Instagram photo (flat lay with all of the products, @christinaricewellness) - you have to follow me, tag a friend, and leave a comment with your favorite podcast episode so far or an idea for a future podcast episode! A few of the brands included will also be posting the same Instagram photo -- engage according to the rules on their post! Everyone in the Facebook group, Wellness Realness Podcast Tribe, is automatically entered in once. This week's podcast is sponsored by Somnifix! Somnifix is a mouth strip that optimizes breathing patterns and reduces snores by directing airflow through the nose. Somnifix ensures that you breathe through your nose during the night, which allows you to sleep much more soundly all night long and can eliminate needing to wake up, snoring, drooling, restless nights, and more. This has TRANSFORMED the way I sleep! The strip is hypoallergenic and contains a small vent to allow some air to pass through! You can get Somnifix on Amazon, and use the code "CRWSLEEP" at checkout for 15% off! This week I'm chatting with Max Lugavere - filmmaker, TV personality, health and science journalist and brain food expert. He is the author of Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain For Life, and the director of the upcoming film Bread Head, the first-ever documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle. Lugavere has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, and the Daily Beast and has been featured on NBC Nightly News, the Dr. Oz Show, and in The Wall Street Journal. In this episode, Max shares what got him interested in health and wellness and what he was like growing up. He shares how his mother's battle with dementia inspired him to figure out ways to hack diet and lifestyle to optimize brain function. He talks about the strangest diets he's tried, intermittent ketosis, the benefits of fasting, and specific changes he's made that help his cognitive performance. He also explains the benefits of weight training, incorporating yoga and HIIT into a workout routine, how movement impacts lymphatic drainage, and how overtraining can increase gut permeability. Max also shares the best kind of fats to include in your diet, what he thinks about lectins, protein recommendations, and his top brain-boosting foods. Max talks about the benefits of cold therapy, the danger of blue light, and the worst health