Tommy Wood

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The mindbodygreen Podcast · 645: The truth about cognitive decline and what you can do about it | Tommy Wood, M.D., Ph.D. · 12 Apr 2026 podcast

So B12, folate, B6, and riboflavin.

We're talking omega-3 fatty acids.

Then iron is really critical.

Vitamin D is really critical.

We see things like magnesium and zinc, some of the antioxidant vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, and then antioxidant polyphenols and related compounds seem to be associated with a decreased risk of dementia.

Plus, if you look at the brains of people who have dementia versus those who don't, those who

you know, remain cognitively intact until death have higher levels of some of these compounds in the brain.

So that's like lutein, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin that make things kind of yellow and pink.

So seafood, but also, yes, these are the, these are the carotenoids.

So, you know, peppers and carrots and things like that.

And then things that make foods kind of blue or purple or slightly brown.

So what you find in coffee and tea, the anthocyanins in berries, lots of randomized controlled trials of berries showing both immediate and long-term improvements in cognitive

So those kinds of things play a big role as well.

Then you might get other aspects like choline, important as like a, yeah, important sort of structural compound in the brain.

So we know there are these nutrients that are critical.

We know that energy status is critical.

So then the third part of my sort of diet framework is pattern, which is essentially just a sustainable way that you could eat so you achieve those two other things.

And yes, then it could be a Mediterranean diet or the MIND diet, which is like a Mediterranean diet for brain health.

has some interesting evidence for it.

But you could do it in any dietary pattern as long as it's sustainable for you and you're achieving those two other goals.

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