Max Lugavere (born 1982 in New York City) is an American television personality and health and wellness writer. He resides in Los Angeles, California and New York City. Lugavere was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City to parents of Jewish descent. Lugavere graduated with a degree in film and psychology from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Lugavere was a presenter on Current TV, an independent cable network, Lugavere launched a Kickstarter campaign for a documentary film called Bread Head in January 2015. The project was to explore "the impact of our diets and lifestyles on brain health" as a means towards dementia prevention. In May 2018, Lugavere and Paul Grewal co-authored a wellness book called Genius Foods.