[Nutrition for Brain Health] How to Eat for Brain Performance and Longevity w/ Dr. Tommy Wood, Anders Varner, and Doug Larson #722
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Tommy Wood is a Senior Fellow in the Pediatrics Department at the University of Washington, and Chief Scientific Officer of Nourish Balance Thrive, an online-based company using advanced biochemical testing to optimize performance in athletes.
Tommy was born in the US to Icelandic and British parents (which means he has three passports in two different names).
He was predominantly raised in the UK, but also spent periods of time at school in Iceland, Germany, and France.
Tommy received a bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences and Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge before studying medicine at the University of Oxford.
He worked as a junior doctor in central London for two years after medical school, and then moved to Norway to complete a PhD in physiology and neuroscience at the University of Oslo.
Tommy is currently President-elect of Physicians for Ancestral Health, he is a director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and the Icelandic Health Symposium, and is on the scientific advisory board of Hintsa Performance.
Tommy has also coached and competed in multiple sports including rowing, CrossFit, powerlifting, and ultra-endurance racing. Alongside his career in medicine and research, Tommy has published and spoken on multiple topics surrounding functional and ancestral approaches to health, including examining the root causes of multiple sclerosis and insulin resistance.
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| 0:00.0 | Shrug Family this week on Barbell Shrug, Dr. Tommy Wood is back in the house. |
| 0:05.0 | You may remember him because he did an awesome show with us last year about Alzheimer's and |
| 0:09.7 | dementia and brain health and the things that you can be doing today to preserve cognitive function |
| 0:15.9 | longevity and today we're adding in kind of like part two of this it's like a |
| 0:20.8 | it's like a if it was really a series we would do it more than once a year, but it's also a series because he is incredibly |
| 0:28.9 | intelligent with this stuff and very, very knowledgeable with the science and research that he's doing. |
| 0:35.0 | So we wanted to attack brain health, cognitive function, |
| 0:39.0 | from the nutrition aspect today, which is very, very important as far as maintaining |
| 0:47.4 | cognitive function and performance, but also just the lifestyle side of things. |
| 0:51.4 | What are the decisions that you can be making today |
| 0:54.3 | that will allow you not just your body but also your brain to be thriving well into the deeper years of your life, which we all know is extremely important. |
| 1:08.3 | So very cool having Tommy back on the show and hope you enjoy the episode. |
| 1:12.4 | As always, friends friends make sure you get |
| 1:13.7 | over to rapidhealth report.com that is where Dr. Andy Galpin and Dan Garner |
| 1:17.4 | doing a free lab lifestyle and performance analysis that everybody inside |
| 1:21.0 | rapid health optimization will receive. |
| 1:23.2 | Once again you can access that for free over at rapid health report.com. |
| 1:26.9 | Friends let's get into the show. |
| 1:30.0 | Welcome to Marlow Shrugged I'm Anders Varner Larson, Dr. Tommy Wood, back on the show man. |
| 1:34.4 | Welcome back. |
| 1:35.4 | Today on Barbell Shrug, we're going to be digging into nutrition for brain health and all of you |
| 1:40.4 | loyal listeners out there. |
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