Tommy Wood
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 12 Apr
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At the low end, we see the same thing.
like when I work with athletes, it's very common for them to have something called low energy availability or relative energy deficiency in sport, where you basically are not consuming enough calories to do all the work that you're doing, to do all the training that you're doing.
What you see in those individuals is problems with sleep, problems with mood, problems with cognition, focus, attention.
Their brains stop working as well because they're just not getting enough energy in.
And when you look at some of the big population studies they've done,
those who have low energy availability also have smaller brains.
And that probably translates to an increased risk of dementia as well.
So in the kind of world where we're often told that actually, oh, like lots of restriction, intermittent fasting, caloric restriction is beneficial.
I think that is beneficial if you started off life at the other end of the spectrum.
Absolutely, we know that.
But we know because the brain is so energy hungry,
We risk starving our brains if we're not getting enough calories in.
So finding some kind of sustainable part of that energy spectrum is important.
Then the next aspect is nutrients.
We know that there are nutrients that are very closely tied to dementia risk.
And if we supplement with them, because we're not getting enough from the diet, we see significant improvements in cognitive function, brain structure, etc.,
I like to call nutrients like the great leveler of nutrition because everybody's gonna argue, should it be plant-based or carnivore or keto or Mediterranean or everything in moderation?
And I think that as long as you're hitting your energy needs and you're hitting your nutrient needs,
The rest matters a lot less.
So we're talking B vitamins, particularly the B vitamins associated with methylation.
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