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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
What are the big levers when it comes to diet?
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
I know that nutrition is sort of like...
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
Everybody loves to talk about nutrition and everybody has an opinion on how best to eat these days.
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
But based on your read of the literature, the intersection of nutrition science and brain health, neurology, neuroscience, what might a roadmap look like in terms of eating for better brain health?
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
I mean, yeah, I think we're perfectly aligned there.
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
I mean, so one thing I heard you kind of allude to is energy balance.
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
It's ultimately as simple as that.
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
There is a long-term consequence to being chronically in a calorie surplus, right?
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
Because you're predisposing yourself to obesity, which is a modifiable risk factor, right, per the 2024 Lancet.
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
You're predisposing yourself to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, hypertension, right?
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
And then in an energy โ in a chronic calorie deficit, I mean โ
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
I'm not as well-versed on the literature there, but I can speak from personal experience.
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
Like when I'm in a cut, you know, and metabolic adaptation kicks in, it's like, yeah, you feel like you're, you know, it's like a browser with too many open tabs.
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
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561: How to Future-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp at Any Age | Tommy Wood, PhD
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