#851: Dr. Tommy Wood — How to Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where it is my job to interview world class performers to tease out how they do what they do, or To tease out the framework, the specifics. The practical tactical that you can apply to your own lives. This episode I've been trying to set up for a while. My guest is Dr. Tommy Wood. He is an associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health across the lifespan. This includes therapies for brain injury and newborns.

prevention and treatment of adult brain trauma and the factors that contribute to long term cognitive function and cognitive decline. It turns out there's a lot that you Can actually do it is not an inexorable decline into not recognizing your family. There's actually quite a bit from the perspective of lifestyle, supplementation, and much more that you can do to try to stack the odds in your favor, cognitively speaking. Tommy 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. Alongside his academic work, Tommy is head scientist for motorsport at INSA Performance. where we're seeing health and performance programs for multiple Formula One drivers. He works with a lot of professional athletes. He has also trained and competed in multiple sports himself, coming in the top twenty in the world. For the world's first ever fully off-road Iron Man triathlon and second at Washington strongest man in twenty twenty four. Tommy is One of a kind. He's also co host of the Better Brain Fitness Podcast. and author of the forthcoming book, The Stimulated Mind, which I encourage people to check out. His website is drtimmywood.com with a DR.

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