Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics. I'm Robbie Gupta. And today I'm talking to Dr. Tommy Wood all about age-related cognitive decline and how to avoid it. And I'll talk in a second about who he is. But before we get there, as a reminder, my novel is coming out next Tuesday, March 25th. The book is called Garbage Town. it's a coming of age thriller about a group of kids

growing up in Staten Island, New York in the 90s in the shadows of the Fresh Hills landfill.

And you can pre-order it wherever you get your books. And if you're around, I'm doing a bunch

of book events. So one on March 27th in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one on March 30th in Staten Island,

and one on March 31st with Jason Kander in St. Louis.

And we'll link in the show notes to where you can sign up for those events.

Each one of those, you need to get a ticket.

In most cases, they're either free or just a couple of dollars.

And if you come to those events, I'll sign your book for you. And either way, they're either free or just a couple of dollars. And if you come to those

events, I'll sign your book for you. And either way, no matter where you are, get a copy of it.

And I'll be talking probably more about it in the next couple episodes and probably have a special

episode where I talk about the novel. But the reason why you're here today is I'm talking to Tommy Wood, and he is an

assistant professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington. He is somebody

who has worked with athletes, including Formula One drivers, and he basically helps them improve

their cognitive performance. He's also a trustee and director at the British Society for

Lifestyle Medicine.

He has a very popular podcast that we'll link to in the show notes all about, you know, your

brain and cognitive performance. And what we talk about mostly is age-related cognitive decline.

And what we can do to either slow or reverse that process. Slow stop reverse is how I try to think about it.

And he gives us advice from everything from sleep to sports to exercise to nutrition to socialization.

Basically, what are the things that we can do to help avoid degeneration? And so this is a very practical episode. I think you're

going to find a lot of lessons here. Let's jump in. Tommy, welcome to the podcast. Thanks so much

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