NEW blog post is up!
"How to Keep Your Brain Sharp: A Practical Playbook Beyond the Basics" by Dr. Tommy Wood
The following is a guest post from Dr. Tommy Wood, associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health.
In this blog post, Tommy covers:
Why B vitamins and Omega-3s work as a pair (not independently) to slow brain aging, plus the lab numbers to use as goals
Air pollution, water contaminants, PFAS, and microplasticsāwhat the evidence actually says, plus a few simple āset it and forget itā fixes
The key role of oral health and products that are easy to integrate
The 20-year study behind processing speed training, and why Super Mario and StarCraft arenāt just for kids
Why sensory loss and accumulated illness may be stealth drivers of cognitive decline, and why the shingles vaccine keeps showing up in dementia research
Why sleep remains one of the clearest modifiable risk factors for dementia, plus lesser-known strategies involving glycine, light therapy, and hemoglobin testing
And much more...
Please enjoy!