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Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Fasting VS Exercise: Autophagy & Mitochondrial Biogenesis with Dr. Tommy Wood

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Vanessa Spina

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness

4.6795 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.

0:04.6

Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host, Vanessa, and I am so excited for today's episode. We have Dr. Tommy Wood joining us for the first time on the podcast. He is a senior fellow at the Pediatrics Department at the University of Washington and the chief scientific officer of

0:21.7

Nourish Balance Thrive, which is an online-based company using advanced biochemical testing

0:27.7

to optimize performance and athletes. He received his undergrad at the University of Cambridge

0:35.0

in biochemistry and then went on to study medicine at Oxford.

0:39.0

And he really has so much knowledge on physiology and neuroscience.

0:44.8

And on today's episode, we talk a lot about autophagy and the amount of autophagy that you can

0:49.9

actually get from exercise and some really really surprising statistics including how you can get

0:56.8

as much autophagy from a 30 minute vigorous exercise like going for a brisk walk as a three-day fast

1:04.4

we talk a lot about the statistics on this why it is important to have functional active muscle mass and not just having muscle

1:12.8

mass in general, how that is associated with cognitive performance and cognition overall.

1:18.3

We talk about ketones, about MCTs. We also talk about some incredible research that he has done

1:24.8

on preterm babies and the various interventions and things

1:29.7

that they're studying and looking at. And I really, really enjoyed all of the different

1:35.2

topics that we got to cover on this episode. So I know you're going to get a ton of takeaways

1:40.4

from it. So I hope you enjoy the episode today. Be sure to share any takeaways or

1:45.1

highlights with us in the podcast group, which is the Optum Protein podcast on Facebook.

1:49.9

There's just one question to answer and then agreeing to the group rules and you will be

1:54.2

able to join the group and join the discussion there. I love talking about these topics with you

1:59.0

all after the show. So be sure to join us there

2:02.2

and let us know what's sit out for you or tag us on social media and share any highlights

2:08.1

or takeaways. It means the world to me. Now before we jump into the episode today, I want to take a

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