You Should Focus on Muscle Not Fat Loss | Tommy Wood PhD

The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Medicine, Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

4.6 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Tommy Wood MD, PhD is a neuroscientist and elite-level professional nerd who has coached world class athletes in a dozen sports. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. Tommy is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research interests include determining how early brain injury impacts brain health across the lifespan, as well as developing easily-accessible and equitable methods with which to track health, performance, and longevity in both professional athletes and the general population. Tommy serves as associate editor of the Wiley Journal Lifestyle Medicine, is a Director of the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine, and consults for a number of digital health companies and charities that focus on how lifestyle and the environment can affect long-term health and chronic disease.

In this episode we discuss:

Does muscle mass matter?
How exercise makes you smarter.
The ideal amount of protein for maintaining good health and preventing disease.
Should you be lifting weights?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent
0:08.5	conversations.
0:14.6	Coming up, I sit down with Dr. Tommy Wood. Tommy Wood is an MD PhD, a neuroscientist, an elite level professional nerd,
0:24.4	although I would never say that to his face. He has coached world-class athletes in dozens of
0:29.4	sports. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge,
0:34.1	medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience.
0:40.0	This guy is an absolute whiz. Tommy is currently an assistant professor of pediatrics and
0:46.9	neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research interests include determining
0:51.7	how early brain injury impacts brain health across the lifespan.
0:57.8	Tommy serves as an associate editor of the Wiley Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
1:03.1	He is the director of the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine, and he consults for
1:08.4	many, many digital health companies. Dr. Tommy Wood is a
1:13.6	absolute unicorn in clinical knowledge as well as scientific knowledge. He really does bridge
1:20.9	the gap from bench to bedside. In this episode, we talk about some very interesting concepts,
1:27.1	how exercise can make you smarter.
1:29.2	How to maintain long-term cognitive health.
1:34.0	And finally, he addresses, does muscle mass really matter?
1:38.4	I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:40.1	Dr. Tommy Wood is a phenomenal asset to the scientific community.
1:45.4	These episodes of the Dr. Gabriel Lyons show are offered for free, and the cost is for you to please share, comment, subscribe, help spread the word.
1:55.8	I hope you like this episode as much as I enjoyed talking to Dr. Tommy Wood. Brain function is critical to optimizing
2:04.2	one's life and we understand that it is not a one-size-fits-all approach and a solution to
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