Longevity — Season 6 — ATHLETE PERFORMANCE NUTRITION

Season 6, Episode #18

Marc interviews Dr. Tommy Wood, MD, PhD, an assistant professor and neuroscientist at the University of Washington specializing in studying brain trauma in newborns and with a passion for how nutrition, movement and lifestyle factors impact longevity.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

3:05 – Tommy’s background in sport and academia

5:10 – Tommy’s recent paper on a new model of cognitive decline

8:15 – The focus on ApoE genotype and Alzheimer’s – does it matter?

12:13 – in general what happens when you tell people about their genotype

15:15 – Age-related cognitive decline (ARCD) vs. age-related dementia (ARD)

17:05 – Parallels between muscle tension vs. brain tension

21:00 – Can music slow an ageing brain?

25:45 – Do brain training games work? (What ones work best?)

28:25 – How much exercise do you need to benefit the brain?

31:40 – How important is blood glucose control on cognitive decline and dementia

34:30 – The use of CGM devices in athletes and lab tests

41:40 – What blood tests should you focus on for health?

44:05 – Longevity: what really matters?

48:10 – How important is social connection in longevity?

53:30 – The evolution of Tommy’s research on longevity

57:00 – Where to start to improve your cognitive demand?

RESEARCH PAPERS:

“Demand Coupling Drives Neurodegeneration: A Model of Age-Related Cognitive Decline and Dementia”

CONNECT W TOMMY:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtommywood/

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Season 6, Episode 8

Marc interviews Dr. Stu Phillips, PhD, a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health in Aging. He is a Professor in Kinesiology, and Director of the Physical Activity Centre of Excellence (PACE) and the McMaster Centre for Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Research.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE;

3:00 – Does lower protein actually support longevity?

6:00 – Anabolic resistance with ageing: what does it mean for protein ingestion?

8:30 – How health can derail after 70: working around lower appetite?

10:50 – What protein target should you aim for when it comes to adding more muscle mass?

16:10 – Protein intake and athletes: can too much adversely impact satiety?

18:00 – Caloric intake and longevity? Where is the science at?

22:50 – Physical markers of longevity: what are they?

29:00 – Does HMB supplementation actually work?

33:40 – Phosphatidic acid (PA): potential supplement for athletes?

37:10 – Cricket and potato protein? Future of protein supplementation?

42:00 – Benefits of fermented protein: vitamin k, B12, etc.

43:40 – Hypertrophy training – is there really an ‘ideal’ rep range? (Summary of recent position stand)

51:55 – The ‘interference effect’ – how big a role is it in team sport?

57:15 – Can training impact testosterone levels? (IG7)

59:50 – Stu’s training and nutrition regime

ABOUT DR. STU PHILLIPS, PHD:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mackinprof

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