Dr. Wood, graduated from Oxford University in 2011. He has a previous Bachelors degree in Natural Sciences and Biochemistry from Cambridge University. After working as a junior doctor in the UK for two years, he is now working towards a PhD in neonatal brain metabolism at the University of Oslo, Norway.He is also an experienced rowing and strength coach, and has written and lectured on the multiple beneficial effects that optimal movement can have on both health and performance.
Though working with patients and family members he has experience in studying the effects of diet on chronic inflammatory diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ragnar used ‘systems dynamics' modeling to study disease systems as a whole and through this work, he has lectured at international conferences on the effects of diet and nutrition on chronic disease. As knowledge of disease processes on the cellular level increases, system dynamics is the perfect way to bring this information together and adopt holistic solutions to the chronic inflammatory diseases that plague the Western world.
Having spent the best part of a decade rowing at Cambridge and Oxford, he became increasingly interested in how nutrition affects athletic performance. Far from the complex synthetic powders and bars he used to consume, Dr. Ragnar believes true health and performance will come from a simpler approach. Diet and a holistic approach to lifestyle should form the basis of all treatment of systemic disease. Medications and modern medicine certainly have their place, but it seems intuitive to try and improve health through evidence-based changes in diet and lifestyle first.
When not surrounded by the latest scientific studies, he makes sure to prioritize those things that are inextricably linked with long-term health: sleep, food, movement, and time with his girlfriend, Elizabeth.