The most important part of your body, especially as you age, is your brain.
The most important part of your body, especially as you age, is your brain.
So why aren’t people taking the health of their brains as seriously as their heart and achy joints, particularly when they’re struggling to focus every day, and dementia and Alzheimer’s cases continue to rise?
In The Stimulated Mind, Dr. Tommy Wood, a Formula 1 sports performance coach and neuroscientist specializing in lifelong brain health, dispels the myth that the brain is doomed to decline with age.
Instead, by providing the right stimulus and building more “headroom,” the amount of mental function you have available, you can help your brain adapt and develop.
Dr. Wood explains that a brain that improves with age is the result not of expensive pills, far-off discoveries, or strict lifestyle “optimizations,” but rather of actions within your control: diet, sleep, physical activity, social connection, and stress tolerance.
Driven by how you use your brain daily, these modifiable factors come together in his groundbreaking “3-S” model that describes what a brain needs to thrive for a lifetime: Stimulation, Sleep, and Nutrient Supply.
Packed with insights and actionable science drawn from Wood’s research and experience as a physician, neuroscientist, and performance coach, The Stimulated Mind offers a path toward true cognitive longevity, ensuring that your brain performs at its best no matter what the coming years throw at you.