What a family, it's episode 135 of the Genius Life.

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Team welcome to another episode of the show.

I'm your host Max Lugovira Filmmaker, health and science journalist in the author of the

New York Times, best selling book Genius Foods and the Genius Life.

I'm so delighted to launch today's episode.

In this episode, I chat with the revolutionary food activist New York Times, best selling

author and the woman behind foodbabe.com, Vani Hari.

Vani was named one of the most influential people on the internet by Time Magazine and

I couldn't agree more.

For most of her life, Vani ate whatever she wanted.

Candy, so-it-a-fast food, processed food, until her typical American diet landed her

where that diet typically lands a person in a hospital room.

That her successful career in corporate consulting, Vani decided that health had to become

a priority.

Her newfound goal drove her to investigate what is really in our food, how it's grown,

and what chemicals are used in its production.

The more she learned, the more she changed, and the better she felt.

Investigating the food system and its repercussions on your own, talk about a power move.

In this episode of the show, we hear how Vani, the daughter of Indian immigrants who regularly

dined at McDonald's to eat, quote, like the Americans, became the food babe, an OG in

the nutrition and wellness space who advocates for the countless benefits of just eating real

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