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So, today is such a special episode of Cat on the Loose for two reasons.

First, because we are celebrating the three-year anniversary of this pet project that I love so much and is growing such a nice audience worldwide.

I cannot believe it's been three years.

What an incredible journey has been, not only for my work, but also

for myself in terms of dating, in terms of how I relate to people, the cat that I was three years ago, the stories that I told three years ago, the stuff I used to put up with is so, so different from the woman that I am today.

And it has most definitely been amazing.

And I want to thank you guys for listening.

I really want to thank you for sending me so many messages, for posting reviews.

I even want to thank the critics because you know what, I take everything to heart and I want to try to make the best possible work for everyone.

And those of you that write to me and tell me that you are dating better, that you're having great sex, that you're in happier relationships because of something you listened.

on the podcast it makes me so so happy and it makes me feel that i'm doing my job so thank you guys so much with all my heart and i hope you enjoyed today's guest he is so intelligent so successful max lugavary he has a super successful podcast called The Genius Life.

He wrote a bunch of best-selling books, including The Genius Diet.

I highly recommend you guys try it out.

And I think it's very fitting for today that we talk about wellness, that we talk about our bodies, that we talk about living well, aging well, and eating well.

So I really hope you guys enjoyed this episode.

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So she's also participating as my sidekick on this episode.

Thank you so much with all my heart, Majde.

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And now, with no further ado, here is Max Lugavary and my adorable dear friend that helped make this happen.

Majde Bahemin.

Hi, beautiful girlies and boys out there.

I am so excited.

First of all, because this is the three-year anniversary of this podcast.

I cannot even believe that I've been through all of that, and here we are celebrating three years of Carondeleuse.

And I had to bring a very special guest and a very special sidekick.

So let me introduce them first of all, and then we're going to rock and roll.

Max Lugavir.

Hi, Max.

Hi, how are you?

I'm great.

How are you?

It's great to be here.

I'm insanely honored to have you because obviously you're like a rock star.

Oh, thank you.

I don't know.

I wouldn't go that far.

And I have to say, my sidekick, a very, very dear friend, Majde Behemin.

Hi, Majde.

Hi.

She's the CEO of Privé.

Privé is a luxury concierge service.

So, if you guys are interested in having access to the sexiest, most private events on the planet, she's your chick.

She, I don't even know how you do it, but like, if you want to go to the Oscars, Formula One, Monaco, Khan, you name it, you get people in, right?

That's what you do.

So, she's the guy if you want to have access.

So, are you guys ready to rock and roll?

Let's rock and roll.

Okay, let's rock and roll.

Uh, Max, can you give people like a little bit of your background?

Like, for those that are listening to us, listening to Carandolos that don't know what you do, can you tell us?

Yeah, my job is pretty nerdy, but I love it.

I wake up every day excited to do to do what it is that I do.

And what I do is I consider myself a health and science journalist, podcaster, author, filmmaker, and I focus primarily on health and wellness, nutrition science, fitness, longevity, brain health.

I've written a number of books.

Some of them are bestsellers.

Actually,

all of them are bestsellers for sure.

My first book was called Genius Foods.

My most recent book was called Genius Kitchen.

I host a podcast called The Genius Life.

I'm working on a documentary, which I hope to have out at some point either this year or next year, called Little Empty Boxes, is the current working title.

And yeah, so I do a lot of things, but all kind kind of centered around that, you know, helping people live better.

Yeah, that's fantastic.

Uh, because I love the subject.

And when I said I was going to interview you, a lot of people sent messages, but how does that tie up?

Because my podcast is about sex, dating, and relationships.

And people are like, But how does that tie up?

And so, here goes, I'm going to say it, and we're going to jump into the first question.

And you jump in, Majde, anytime you want, okay.

I said, to me, it's major, major important, and I think it affects all kinds of relationships we have in our lives, our dating lives, our sex lives, how you relate to people, the way you take care of yourself.

I think wellness is like, and I say that many times on my podcast, and I don't mean to be harsh, but I think the world sees us from the outside in.

So the way you take care of yourself, the way you eat, the way you care about your health definitely affects the way people are going to relate to you.

Do you agree?

Yeah, absolutely.

It's you've got to take care of like number one.

You know, you have to secure the base, and the base is you.

You've got to make sure that you're eating well, living a healthy lifestyle, so that you feel good in it.

So you're able to show up as the best version of yourself in the world.

I mean, if you're going on a first date, don't you want to be the best version of yourself?

Like when you're making a first impression?

Yes.

You know, just making that cute face like disagreeing about okay.

Why do you disagree?

Why?

We just had a conversation in the car.

Yeah, what was that?

I think you should be yourself and you shouldn't, like, you know, try too hard.

Yeah, I, I,

but I'm not saying, I'm not saying, because in LA, there's a lot of like people show up and they, they, they present as caricatures of themselves.

Totally.

Well, not only in LA, by the way, anywhere.

It's like a worldwide phenomenon that people like fake it a lot, you know, fake who they are, put phony photos out there, la la la la.

But I don't think that's what you're saying.

I think when you meet someone, you want to be not fake, but yeah, I I think you want to present yourself like the best possible person you can be.

Yeah,

the best version of yourself.

Yeah, if you're feeling grumpy, if you've got stomach issues going on, if you're eating

a pro-inflammatory lifestyle, then you're going to show up differently than if you were nourishing your body and exercising to allay some of the anxiety and stress and the, you know, that we all feel as part of the human experience.

Totally.

Then I think your odds are going to be higher.

I mean, dating is hard.

don't you want to like dating is a nightmare we're going to get into that yeah indeed yeah but i think that

um

what she's saying is that when you meet someone you also want to be like natural and and how you really are she's right how i i agree but let's say and i don't want to be mean but like if you don't take care of your health you don't take care of how you eat you're a little obese overweight na na na na na that's the first impression people are going to have of you

yeah i mean the way thing is like you know beauty is subjective people are into different body type you know like there's different strokes for different folks but i'm just saying like from a from a from just a subjective how you feel how you show up you want to be the best version of yourself that you can be and i think like

food isn't everything but it does go a long way um your lifestyle isn't you know people have like different different situations in life you know there's some people have stressors in life that they just can't escape but in terms of stacking the odds in your favor and doing the best you can, I think it's like, yeah, taking care of your body is like the first line.

Yeah, 1 million percent.

Okay, so now a very interesting and important question that maybe you can help.

So I talk a lot about sex and dating.

Of course, I'm single.

I was married for 14 years.

And during my marriage, I had a horrible, horrible sex life with my husband.

It sucked, honestly.

But I don't cheat.

I don't lie.

So for 14 years, I had really, really shitty sex.

Why was it bad?

For For many, he was very conservative.

He was lazy.

He didn't like it that much.

Yeah, that's a whole other episode.

But it sucked.

So once I got divorced, la la la la la, fast forward, I decided, you know,

I am very sexual.

I want to have the best sex of my life and I want to have a lot of it.

And I tell God, no pressure, but I tell guys, like, even before I meet them, like I said, look, you better have a lot of energy.

I want to have fantastic sex.

If you don't like as much as I do, sorry, you're out.

I don't want to have the same situation again.

Well, he's

like laughing.

No, that's the question for you because it's not just me.

When I talk about on the podcast, I literally get dozens and dozens of messages from women all over the world with the same complaint.

Like, oh, my boyfriend is so lazy, like three times a week, or we have sex for like 15 minutes and he takes a nap.

And he's like,

a lot of women nowadays have a lot of sexual energy and they complain about their partners.

So since you are a nutritionist specialist, is there anything that guys can actually do when it comes to their food

that actually increases sexual appetite and energy or not?

Well, yeah, there are a few things.

I would say, one, don't eat a low-fat.

vegan diet because those kinds of diets are associated with reduced testosterone, which is a really important sex hormone, primary sex hormone for men.

Women have testosterone too, but testosterone is like the fire in the belly, you know, to it supports libido, supports sexual performance.

It's a powerful motivating hormone.

And so you want to optimize for testosterone.

And there are many ways to do it, but primarily eating a diet that is...

Yeah, I would say not a low-fat diet, not a low-fat diet, and a diet that includes, I would say,

animal products.

Yeah.

How about the oysters myth?

Is it a myth or is it true that, like, you know, people say if you eat a lot of oysters, you want to have sex?

I've, yeah, I've looked into this.

There's, I mean, the best explanation that I could find is that, well, there's two things.

One is that oysters, there's like a mouthfeel and a texture and a sensation that there's something sexual about it.

Because we eat like, oh, like,

licking it up.

There is something.

So it's like, it's psychological.

Yeah, so there is a little bit of that.

But then also, and I don't believe that this is going to have like an acute effect necessarily, but it might have a cumulative like long-term effect, particularly if you don't eat a particularly nutrient-dense diet, is that oysters do contain a lot of micronutrients that can support testosterone production.

For example, zinc.

Oh, yeah, zinc.

So you think the key is get your testosterone in check?

Get your sex hormones in check.

Yeah, and this applies to both men and women.

But men in particular i think today are suffering from there's a lot of men subjectively i'm not a clinician so you know i can't speak from like personal experience running labs and such but i know a lot of men who um complain of low libido and report low level low testosterone yeah um that they're getting you know there's they're seeing this from their doctors a lot of people at younger than expected ages are going on like TRT.

Right.

You know?

But it's interesting enough, I was listening to a bunch of your podcast episodes yesterday and I I have read your book.

A lot of people don't think that there are things that you can do in terms of like changing what you eat, changing your nutrition.

You know, like I talk to a lot of my guy friends and they say, oh, I got to go to the doctor.

I got to do like hormone therapy, la la la.

But because I'm a true believer that

most of our health issues get fixed by what you eat.

At least that's for me, it works.

Like I rarely go to the doctor.

I don't like like medication, but I adjust like what my diet needs but interestingly enough like a lot of guys don't have that information yeah they should also a lot just adding to the testosterone diet conversation high sugar diets you know junk food diets ultra processed food diets can also are also associated with lower levels of testosterone there was a study that found that just one high sugar drink, like a very high sugar drink, reduced testosterone by, I believe, about 25%.

Oh Oh my god, and that's sustained for two hours.

And so, you know, not everybody is going around slamming 75 grams of glucose in one sitting, but I mean, many people today over-consume sugar.

I mean, that's like a well-known

fact.

So, what is like the can you give us an example of a drink that of all the guys out there listening should not have if you're on a date or if you want to have hot sex?

Sugar-sweetened beverages, I think, are the worst, like sodas, fruit juices, I would avoid, but even sugary mixers in alcoholic beverages, right?

So, if you're gonna drink, drink, like maybe have a clear drink, like vodka soda.

Yeah.

I mean, wine actually has lower levels of sugar than I think most people would

think.

Red wine, you know, wines are a good option.

I mean, alcohol is not healthy.

So, you know, first thing I want to preface with that, like, it's better to not drink, but I drink occasionally.

Me and Mojda had a drink, you know, when we first.

No way.

No way.

She had a drink.

I don't know.

Do you have a picture of that?

Because I've never seen this woman.

She's always like, I don't drink.

Maybe she didn't do it.

Maybe that was just me.

When was that?

When was that?

It was someone else, guys.

Yeah.

Come on, spill the beans.

No, I think it was probably me, and that's why I'm projecting.

She made me nervous.

She made you nervous.

You're blushing.

She is very cute.

Well, look at her.

I know.

She's a hot Tamale.

Yeah.

She's super cute.

Both of you guys, you're hot as hell.

We met it.

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We're single, guys.

And so are you.

Oh, yes.

We're both single.

So, okay, parenthesis.

Do you guys want to tell the story how you met?

Yeah, well, we met.

It was Halloween, not this past Halloween, but the one before.

Isn't that crazy?

We've known each other for over a year.

yeah that's wild um yeah it was halloween we were at san vicente bungalows i was invited by my friend jenna

and uh

i remember i was like just kind of doing a lap around the club and i saw her and i thought she was the cutest girl there and um i think we locked eyes and it wasn't until later that we were both kind of on the dance floor and i

I mean, I wasn't dancing or anything, but like, I went up to her and I tried to, and I initiated conversation.

And she was very sweet and present.

And

yeah, we got each other's numbers.

Ooh, so it was a Halloween romance.

Halloween romance.

I was wearing a big bunny onesie.

No way.

Yeah.

Are you serious?

I was, yeah, I was wearing a bunny onesie.

And he was attracted with the bunny onesie.

I mean, with those eyes, right?

Look at his eyes.

And what was she wearing?

Ooh, what was she wearing?

Very little.

I gotta remember.

Oh, man.

Was it like a was it like a sexy like housemaid outfit or something?

No.

God, yeah, my memory.

What was it?

She doesn't remember.

I remember.

Probably some really sexy little number.

Okay, so you guys meet at Halloween, you exchange numbers, then you went on a few dates.

Do you guys want to spill the beans?

Come on, let's let's size this up.

Come on, come on.

You guys went on a few dates.

Yeah, well, we went to um

we went to uh a hotel bar here in LA called Petite Hermitage.

I love that place.

Yeah, it was really fun.

And

then we went to, we went on a second date.

We went to a place on Sunset, a restaurant that I really like called Tess.

Oh my God, I love that restaurant.

I love it, yeah.

I love it.

It's one of my favorite LA restaurants.

It is mine, too.

How funny.

I went on a date like two years ago.

The date was a disaster, but I never forgot the food.

I love the food there.

It's so good.

The food is great.

And it's also very, it's it's known for its like wine selection.

They have a great wine selection.

Yes, the chef is amazing.

Okay, so you guys went on two dates.

Yeah.

And then you became friends?

Yeah, pretty much.

Yeah, I um

she's totally quiet.

She's just smiling.

Yeah, I mean, I have like, I have like commit commitment issues.

And

when I, this is what happens to me.

When I find a girl that's like really, really cool,

I want, I don't want to like destroy that relationship.

And so

you become friends and and she also did i mean not to say that the ball was in my court like the woman i think always has control at first but like

you know i just thought i had i i developed tons of respect for her and she's just a

yeah that's you know it's funny because i do yeah i do that a lot too because like 99 of my friends are men and people and a lot of them i met on dating apps And we become like best, best friends.

And a lot of them are my clients.

And because because of that reason, I'm like, oh my God, I love this person so much.

I feel like if I date them, if I fuck them, it's going to fuck everything up.

So I prefer to keep the friend forever.

It's kind of bad, right?

It's, well, yeah, I don't know.

Well, I typically maintain friendships with girls that I, women that

I go out with, which I'm very.

Yeah.

proud of.

I'm happy about that, you know, because there are, I encounter through dating lots of really wonderful people.

Totally.

Yeah.

What a shame it would be if you aren't able to maintain relationships there.

They don't have to be intimate or sexual.

They can be intimate in other ways.

100%.

So you're single, you've never been married.

Correct.

And you have commitment issues, but you are actively dating and looking around.

Yeah, and I'm aware of those issues.

I think over the past two years, I've become aware of them.

And, you know, I think the first step to healing is awareness.

Yeah.

I'm not going to say that I'm healed, but I'm like aware of them and trying to

circumvent them.

Yeah, I don't know.

I feel that a lot of people say they have commitment issues until you find that one person that changes the game.

So you never know.

Like, I have so many guy friends that said, I'm never going to get married.

I'm never going to get married.

I'm never going to do this again.

Yeah, and girlfriends as well.

And then all of a sudden you meet someone, they're like, okay, maybe I'm going to concentrate on this person.

So you never know.

yeah yeah she's right she agrees

but however in the meantime all the the girls out there listening if they want to message you right go for it yeah i am single

okay back a little bit to your theme nutrition uh obviously you you you have the super healthy lifestyle you talk about it in your books right weekly

you do the whole podcast about

how to have a better life through nutrition, through wellness.

Do you ever break the rules?

Like you said, you drink a little bit,

but like, how is it?

Like, can you tell us a little bit like your everyday life?

Do you eat clean all the time?

Are you radical about what you eat?

I eat,

I say, I definitely walk the walk.

I eat,

yeah, I eat pretty clean all of you know, most the vast majority of the time because I genuinely enjoy it.

I like feeling good.

I have health goals.

You know, I think everybody should have health goals that I'm pursuing.

And so, yeah, but I, you know, to me, it's like

it's not extreme to the point where I can't like go out to restaurants.

Like, I go to restaurants very often.

And I just, like, I look at the menu and I see like what there is on the menu, for example, that

fits in line with my sort of dietary philosophy or what have you.

I mean, I definitely like, I love exercise.

I exercise pretty often, but I'm not like obsessed.

I think in LA, the difference is you see a lot of people who are obsessed to the point of allowing their, you know, their

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Become dysfunctional in many ways.

I mean,

there are a lot of women in this town,

and I know this, that have like disordered patterns with eating, you know, on unhealthy relationships with food.

and men too, by the way.

So, it's not, this is not exclusive to women, but um, but yeah, I don't think I have any of those issues.

Definitely, certainly,

yes, yes, yes.

And in, and in fact, one of the most attractive characteristics in women, in my opinion, is a healthy relationship with food.

I have a very healthy relationship with food, and I love when women have it, but to me, having a healthy relationship with food doesn't mean occasionally drinking an extra large Coke or or, you know, just binging to the point of like, you know, because there is this, there's this weird

kind of blurring of what it means to have a healthy relationship with food.

Part of having a healthy relationship with food to me means respecting your body enough to not put trash into it.

And today we live in a food environment where there's just a lot of trash, a lot of garbage.

Oh my god, yeah, especially, I know Americans, I'm sorry, but I think it's a culture that they love junk so much.

But I agree with you, like my culture, I'm half Brazilian and half French and it's two cultures that love eating eating is a huge part of our lives and I love I love Brazilian food I love French food exactly once you get out of the US you see like all these cultures and their food it's just amazing like I would never want to be the kind of person that travels to Brazil and like doesn't get to indulge in Brazilian cuisine right I know and I say and people ask me all the time because I love my wine and I love wine and cheese and the baguette and I'm never gonna be like that radical and say okay I'm never gonna have a baguette in my life I'm never gonna eat cheese cheese.

And yes, I see so many girls, especially in LA, because of the Hollywood culture and everything, they're insanely radical.

I have friends that take girls out on dates and they're like order a salad and they eat lettuce.

And I think that's like really disgusting because, yeah, it's sexy and it's fun and it's a huge part of life, right?

So it's not about being radical, but it's about like respecting our body and finding like a middle ground.

100%.

And so many girls, I mean, they think that what eating healthy is, is eating salad all day long.

But meanwhile, so many girls are walking around bloated and they have digestive issues.

I mean, girls with stomach problems is like a trend on TikTok.

Really?

Yeah.

I didn't know that.

Did you know that, Ashley?

Yeah.

She is a horrible eater.

Guilty.

Wow.

Yeah, she will go like the whole day without eat.

No.

And then she's like, oh, I think I'll have a shake.

Yes.

I do.

Well, when I'm stressed, when I'm stressed, I can't eat.

You got it.

I eat.

I don't really.

You see me.

Yeah.

No, she eats, but she will go like if I'm stressed

at periods of time, like you know, without eating, and that can be really bad for your health, right?

Wow, she got caught.

That was like a that was a call.

No, but I, from my experience, she's got a very healthy, very healthy relationship with food.

And she doesn't drink, which is amazing.

Yeah, I once dated a girl for a couple months, and it was very clear that she had she had issues with food and still does.

Like, I, you know, I still follow her on Instagram.

I have issues with, especially coming back to my culture, Persian.

You know, we always eat Persian food.

It's so freaking good.

Oh, my God.

Is there anything you don't eat ever?

Well, generally, I try to eat a

gluten-free diet.

I don't eat a lot of bread and pasta and things like that.

And if I do eat pasta, it's going to be like the chickpea pasta that you get at Whole Foods.

Things like that.

That's kind of how I eat pasta.

I,

you know, I generally eat a fairly high protein diet.

So, you know, I'm not going to be happy if I'm, you know, at a restaurant and, you know, there's like work, people are ordering for the table and like there's not a copious amount of protein.

Like, I don't, you know, I'm not into plant-based diets.

I'm not into like veganism, although I love plants.

I love fruits and vegetables.

But generally, yeah, like I'm, I, I tend to prioritize protein.

I don't eat fried food generally, like

things like that.

Now, okay, so let's say you go on a date with a girl to a restaurant and she is not the healthiest eater and she orders like a huge bowl of pasta or eats a lot of bread, a lot of cosmopolitan drinks.

Like, is that a deal breaker for you, or do you think you could date somebody that doesn't follow the same lifestyle as you do?

They don't have to be

as passionate about it as me.

They don't have, you know, I don't want them to be obsessed.

They don't have to eat the same way that I do, but I generally would, I know that I would have a hard time dating a vegan.

I know that I would have a hard time dating somebody with with an unhealthy relationship with food because food plays a major role in my life.

I love cooking.

I love cooking steaks.

I love cooking fish, things like that.

Yeah, I couldn't, you know, I mean, even

like red meat, I would have a very hard time dating somebody who didn't eat red meat.

Power, I'm not judging.

I'm not making a judgment.

That's not the person for me.

One of the key, I think, indicators of like or predictors of relation, long-term relationship success is shared values.

Yes.

You know, so if somebody doesn't value their body and like value food in the way that I do, it's just, it's probably not going to work out.

Oh my God, I agree with you 1 million percent because I have gone on dates with guys that like, you know, I talk for a long time and then we get to the restaurant and when I see the way they eat,

I immediately know like that's not the person for me.

Like I went on a date

to Spago, you know, Spago, it's one of my favorite restaurants in LA.

And I got there and when we get there, the guy tells me he's a vegetarian and he's vegan and he's this and he's that, whatever.

And he literally wants to eat, he orders a burata salad for us to share.

And when the, no, listen, and when the burata salad arrives, it's what is burrata?

It's tomatoes and a burata in the middle, right?

So he gets a few tomatoes and puts on his plate.

So I'm going to get him a little chunk of the burata.

He's like, oh, no, I don't need the burata.

Then why did you order this fucking salad?

Oh, all I eat is the tomatoes.

Oh, my God.

So I was like, okay, you come to me.

No freaking kid.

But you know, believe it or not, right?

It's such a big part of our lives.

I'm like, I don't want to to be dating this dude.

Like, can you imagine dating somebody that of the whole menu, like, all you're going to do is pick on tomatoes?

That's a little much.

Yeah, I don't want to be around people like that.

I just don't.

Sorry.

We just had a flashback.

I remember we went out on a date.

Max ordered for both of us and it took us 20 minutes.

He was just like reading every single thing in the menu.

Okay.

No.

Yes.

So she's saying I'm like, well.

No, which was amazing because I really don't want to like.

I love guys that aren't.

Yeah, me too.

It's so sexy

I want him to take over and especially like yeah do you remember what he ordered?

We definitely had some steak.

It was I don't

remember.

I think I remember.

Oh, you remember?

Okay.

Well, that restaurant has a really good New York strip steak.

Which restaurant day?

Tess.

Oh, Tess.

Yeah, so that's all I have.

I never had steak there.

Yeah, it's good.

Okay, so that's had some meat.

It's good and it's very, if I recall correctly, it's like very reasonably priced.

That I don't remember, because like I said, my baby paid for it.

Yeah.

Was the guy, you know, like you kind of notice those things.

Yeah,

yeah.

Which was super important, too.

It's not a no, it's an it's a fancy, nice, beautiful restaurant, but it's like, you know, for it's a, it's a sizable plate that they deliver and it's not like over the top.

That's it?

You guys ate a steak and that's it?

Did she drink water?

No, we had, yeah, she turned.

We had a, I think we probably, I don't know I'm a huge fan of grilled octopus.

I have a good grilled octopus.

Yeah, two three things.

Yeah, okay, so

yeah, she is no, I know she eats, she eats, she just doesn't drink stress, yeah, which is really cool.

Okay, before I let you go, because

time is going by so fast, are you let's play a little game if that's okay with you, since it's like about sex day in relationships.

I want to play with both of you.

I'm going to ask a bunch of questions that people send all the time, and you guys can say yes or no and give your opinions.

Are you game for that?

If it's something that you don't want to answer, you still have to answer.

No, guys.

So, these are yes or no.

Don't take the fifth.

Yeah, it's a yes or no, but if you want to elaborate, if you want to elaborate a little bit, go for it.

Okay, but you have to answer too, okay, Majda.

It's not just for him, let's be fair.

Yeah, so

sex toys in bed.

Is that a yes or a no?

Like, you're dating a girl and she's like, hey, babe, let's play with my sex toys.

You feel weird about it or not?

I'm not

personally into sex toys like being used on me.

Okay, let's clarify that.

Not on you, but on her.

Yeah, I'm down.

Why not?

Awesome.

How are you?

Yes.

Yes, thanks.

Fighting back.

Great.

Me too.

Same.

Threesomes.

Sure.

Bring it on.

Two girls and you.

Sure.

So what if your girl said she wants to do a threesome, you and another guy?

Because you know, it's a fantasy of a lot of girls.

Yeah.

I didn't know that.

I found out as I do the podcast.

I never did.

I've done threesomes, me and another girl for my guy.

I'm not interested in doing two guys on me, but a lot of women are.

Yeah.

When I was younger,

you know, college, like college age, I think I

probably had a few experiences like that, but they're, you know, very with like close, close friends.

And it's not, you know, close friends like you and a guy?

Yeah, like me and a close guy friend

and

a girl, but it's not like me and the, me and the, you know, there's no overlap with me and the and the guy.

We're just kind of.

Okay, so you two and the girl.

Yeah.

Okay, so you've done that.

How about you?

No.

No, too big now for me, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't know if it's a big no for me.

I'm going to be, it would depend on who the two guys are

but so far i haven't felt like doing that have you done threesomes like with your guy and another girl no and you don't want to do that either okay so if you want to date mosh don't ask her for threesomes not gonna happen now um okay that usual complaint a lot a lot of guys have sex and fall asleep uh i love when the guy wakes me up like with sex in the middle of the night five o'clock in the morning early in the morning how about you do you like sex in the middle of the night definitely not no when I'm like sleeping I'm sleeping and if you don't bother me

so you don't like that the girl wakes you up like a little blowjob or something you're like no

not

really I mean that I don't I can't say that that's ever actually happened but I'm no my sleep is sacred to me and when I sleep I'm I'm like I get and I create a little cocoon for myself it's actually hard for me to sleep with other with other people in the same bed really um i mean i get

So, when you have a date, like he would like that they leave

after size.

Yes.

Yes.

That's really bad, guys.

That's not bad.

But he's being honest.

Yeah, that's great.

A lot of guys,

you know.

I know.

I like it.

It's like a girl, you know, you want the guys a whole lot.

You need to, you know.

So I'm not dating him.

Yeah, there you go.

I just, I mean, I don't want it to be taken away.

What if they don't leave?

How do you give a hint, hint

i will hint um

obviously later in the relationship if we're comfortable with one another it's a no-brainer you know like i have had girlfriends in my life and um and yeah we end up sleeping sharing a bed together yeah earlier in in life you know when i before i had a king size i used to have a queen size bed it was more difficult now it's like not as difficult but Generally,

there's a phenomena where when you're sleeping in a novel environment, your your brain doesn't fully shut off it's like a safety defense mechanism

maybe

but it's like evolutionarily these girls are not making you tired enough

maybe

maybe but I definitely do not sleep as well and you know as I've gotten older I'm just I'm I become I get I'm less and less willing to compromise even a single night of sleep because I know it's not it's not good for me I hear that a lot so many guys get used to being single they're like in their own environment.

And it's okay, you know, but what happens is that you get more and more used to being by yourself and

it becomes harder and harder and harder for you to feel like you're going to commit to someone, but at least you're being honest about it.

How about you?

Do you like sex in the middle of the night?

Yes.

Need to see every girl loves it.

That's very interesting.

I love that.

Like

you're sleeping and you kind of like start touching.

Oh my god, it's so delicious.

I don't know about middle of the night, but in the morning, yeah, like

before I get on the bed, yeah.

I think it was one of the biggest things that I didn't like about my ex-boyfriend.

Like in the beginning of a relationship, he told me he loved morning sex, which is really important.

You don't like morning sex, man?

I'm not saying I don't like it.

You don't want to wake up somebody?

Yeah, no, I like it.

I like it.

What time do you wake up?

Do you wake up with an alarm?

No, I wake up naturally.

Yeah.

What time?

I'm very lucky.

I mean, today I woke up at 8 a.m.

Sometimes some days it's 7, some days it's 9.

Okay.

So if you were awake and the girl was there, then you have no problem.

I mean, I got a pee first, obviously.

You got to take care of nature, you know, but no, I'm.

You can tell us about that.

I'm not opposed.

I'm definitely not opposed.

I'm, yeah, I like it.

I've had it and I've liked it.

Yeah.

Okay.

But then also, like, but then also I get anxious.

to start the day.

That's what my ex-boyfriend used to say to me.

I don't like to linger in bed too long in the morning.

Like, if we're going to have sex, yeah, let's have sex in the morning.

But then, like, I want to get out of bed.

I want to start the day and I will get crazy anxiety if, like, the day doesn't start.

No, that I do too.

But funny enough, yeah, that was the thing.

Like, my ex-boyfriend would start having sex in the morning because he knew I wanted it.

And then one day he confessed that he's like, I just want to get my day going.

My mind is not here.

La la la la la.

And yeah, you know, I think it's super important.

Now, another funny one that I've been asking people lately, because I did a photo shoot for a shoe brand, like, and I was wearing heels in bed.

And a lot of guys have the fetish, like, that you fuck with the heels on.

Do you?

Zero.

Take the shoes off.

Yeah.

Don't go to bed with the shoes.

Zero.

How about you?

Yeah, interest there.

No, believe it or not, a lot of guys like, oh, keep the heels on in bed.

Yeah, I don't love them.

How about sexy lingerie?

Do you like sexy lingerie?

It doesn't matter.

It I like it.

I don't mind it.

It's got to be lingerie that

yeah, that's sexy.

That looks good.

You know, it doesn't sound like you care too much.

No, it's not like a fetish thing or anything like that.

So it doesn't matter if she's she'sn't wearing that.

I mean, I appreciate like nice, nice underwear, you know, nice bra,

things like that.

But yeah, not a big lingerie version.

Okay, what is your biggest turn on?

Like, you know, you see a girl and you're like, okay, I, you know, I want to talk to this girl.

I want to date her.

Ooh, femininity, you know, I just like really feminine women.

Um, that to me is a big turn on.

How about you and a guy?

Oh, take your time.

We'll come back to you.

How about the biggest turn off?

Like, you meet a girl, like, oh my god, I don't want to go without with this girl at all.

Ooh, um,

yeah, I mean, I would say uh, masculine energy.

You know, we live in a time where like the whole like boss babe, like, you know, is

become this thing that women aspire to.

And I get it.

I'm not hating, but for me personally,

like, I,

there's, like, a masculine energy that's associated with like that kind of like

that kind of

ethos.

And so, and for me, you know, I just, I really like women that are very feminine, very sweet.

Do you think most men are intimidated by women that are like very powerful, that are the boss, that are CEOs, you know, that have public jobs or not?

You know, I think it's like, I just think that there's like a masculine kind of energy associated with like, with, with that, that I think isn't, isn't super,

that, that some men will have difficulty feeling attracted to.

Not all men.

Certainly not all men.

But yeah, there's like, you know, everybody has different, that's the beautiful thing about life and about sex: that there's, you know, whoever you are, like, there's going to be somebody out there for you, right?

You know, where you are the hottest thing to them, you know.

That's why we want to be the hottest thing to one person.

But she's a perfect example because she's a boss bitch.

Yeah.

She's the CEO of a very successful company.

I love the way she talks to her clients.

They really respect her.

And she's crazy cute and adorable and pretty and feminine.

She, she, she, yeah, she straddles that tightrope between both worlds really beautifully.

That's why I I was attracted to her.

Exactly.

I love that.

Now, before I let you go, because nutrition is your game and you talk about food all the time, how do you feel about like bringing food as far play?

You know, like the movie scene, like, what is that movie?

Nine and a half weeks that they have that super sexy scene in the kitchen that he finds he puts like a thing in her eyes.

And then, like, he's feeding all this food.

And she has to guess what food did it.

Did you ever do that?

I've been with a handful of women who, yeah, did want to bring food into the bedroom.

And I've, I, I, I'm a very sex-positive person, so I'm down for pretty much anything, you know.

And if it turns the girl on, then I'm it makes me even more excited.

But, um,

but that's not, it wasn't, yeah, it's not my thing.

It's not like maximum

thing about food in the bedroom.

I want to eat whipped cream on top of you, all that good stuff.

You're like, you don't, you're like, no, no, no.

i will say though i tried it before you tried it

guilty it was i don't even like whipped cream but i just

yeah i'm not opposed well here here's something that i will say it can be sugar free whipped cream sugar free whipped cream here's something that i will say that i've discovered that i would like to normalize if it's possible through this podcast i know that the current dating paradigm is you take somebody out for dinner you have dinner and then maybe if you're lucky you end up back in you know somebody's home and that's when you have sex, like after dinner, before bed.

But I would love to normalize sex before dinner.

I've had a few relationships where

that became kind of like the normal, the norm, and it's so much better because after dinner, you're like digesting, you're bloated, all the blood is in your stomach, and then you're supposed to like go home and be expected to like feel your sexiest and perform.

It's super lame, like, and that's the current norm.

I think it would be way better

if you could

have the sex first and then treat dinner as like the after sex so how do you do that i want to celebrate

someone you just take them to dinner and then no

and i agree because for me there is nothing like the best appetite in the world is the appetite right after you have sex oh yeah it's a different hunger yeah it's the sexy i agree i think that's a fantastic idea well yeah it's probably to mosha's point it's probably difficult at first to do that because you need that sort of courting dinner thing.

But like, as soon as you can transition,

you should have, you should, like, arrange it so that, like, look, you've already had sex.

You've broken the ice.

So let's have the date first at my house or wherever.

You have sex for as long as you want.

And then you have the dinner.

Maybe you cook together or you go to the restaurant, but it just makes everything so much better.

And then you go to bed after the dinner.

Yes.

you know or at some point after the dinner right yeah you're not sex out of the way.

Yeah, cuz it's like the way currently I feel I'm very passionate about this

It's so not optimal the way we currently do it You're bloated you're digesting and then like you're tired and right before sex or right before bed you have sex Yeah, and then you're just like you know, and then that you know just eats into your sleep time.

It's just so hard.

A lot of guys can't perform well too, you know, i'm sorry but a lot of our guys like you said their belly's full they're like oh my god they can't get it up very as well as they would before the meal you know it affects performance we only have so much blood yes right like if we're digesting that blood is like in our stomach if you need it to be somewhere else we're eating after yeah yes thank you so much i hope you guys out there are listening because this was the best sex advice ever on this podcast.

You should be like a sex expert as well.

I'm down.

Do you want to write a book together, The Genius, Sex Life?

Maybe this will be the start of something new for me.

The genius, sex life.

We can put our sex knowledge together.

We're not going to have sex.

We already know that because I like it in the middle of the night.

You don't.

I like it in the morning.

You don't.

I could be good.

Did you guys have sex?

No.

No.

So, you did you kiss?

Yes.

Okay.

Was it good?

Yes.

Yes.

I see like some sexual tension here in the room.

You guys are cheating.

You're both blushing.

Yeah.

I mean, for sure.

So if you do go on on more dates, please come back and share.

We'll do.

Thank you so much.

It was such a pleasure.

It was so much fun.

So fun.

It's really nice meeting.

I'm sure we're going to be great friends.

Thank you, Doll.

You're amazing.

And thank you for actually introducing me to him.

I'm very, very grateful.

And I love you.

Thank you.

So let me tell people where your Instagram is so they can actually see your work.

Well, I don't know.

Maybe you guys are gonna go and jump and jump each other's bones in the car after all this sex talk.

I don't know.

Let's see.

Maybe.

Maybe.

Max Lugavir.

Did I say that right?

Yes.

Yeah, Lugavair is your Instagram.

And I love your podcast.

Thank you so much.

I really, really do.

I was listening to one episode after the other because you interviewed these insanely intelligent doctors.

Your guests are incredible.

So I highly recommend you guys listen because you can change your life by nutrition.

We didn't talk a lot about that, but seriously, seriously, seriously, can feel so much better if you change the way you eat, right?

Every time I post about Max, my DMs like full up, ladies and men, they're like, We love him.

There's so many fans, it's crazy.

No, I know.

What days do you put the new episodes of the podcast?

Every Wednesday, every Wednesday.

So, today you're doing one.

Yes, we put up a new episode today.

We put up our content on YouTube.

Our shows go up on YouTube as well.

Yeah, and then always active on Instagram.

My books are out there.

If you want to, you know, like Genius Kitchen is my most recent book.

So if you want a two-in-one wellness guide and cookbook with lots of beautiful food photos and a few photos of me.

Which doesn't hurt because you are major, major eye candy.

And so are you.

You guys are gorgeous and super, super nice.

The kind of people that I love talking to.

It was such an honor having you on Canon Baloos.

I hope you had fun.

Yes, had a blast.

Yeah, yeah.

Thank you so much, guys.

And I will see everyone really, really soon.

Thank you.

Be safe out there and have a lot of

sex.

Thank you so much.

And before I let you go, I know February, the month of Valentine's, is gone.

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