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How to Age Your Brain Backwards

By age 30, we lose roughly 0.5 % of brain volume every decade — unless we press ‘reset’. Understanding how to slow and even reverse that decay isn't fringe science — it’s about reclaiming control over what’s assumed to be inevitable. This insight comes from decades of work in brain metabolism, stress adaptation, and neuronal repair.

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Neuroscientist of Brain Longevity

Dr. Mark Mattson is a leading neuroscientist on aging and brain health. He served as Chief of the Neuroscience Research Lab at the National Institute on Aging and has helped pioneer research on intermittent fasting, hormesis, and neuroplasticity.

Based on #066 Dr. Mark Mattson on the Benefits of Stress, Metabolic Switching, Fasting, and Hormesis | FoundMyFitness, summarised and reframed by Insights.

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