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#002 Dr. George Brooks on Lactate Shuttle Theory, Relevance for Traumatic Brain Injury, and More

02 Dec 2014

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Dr. George A Brooks Dr. George A Brooks, an expert in exercise physiology and lactate metabolism. Lactate, a once demonized molecule thought to form lactic acid and become a dead-end toxic metabolite, has been vindicated by the work of Dr. Brooks, his colleagues, and others. In this episode, we discuss... (00:00) Introduction (01:40) Dr. Brooks’ experience as an athlete inspired his research on lactate (06:50) Lactate and its relationship to muscle fatigue is misunderstood (09:10) Adaptations to exercise improve mitochondrial functioning and lactate metabolism (14:14) How to use lactate threshold training to improve performance (23:49) Lactate improves brain health and cognitive function (26:45) Lactate improves outcomes of traumatic brain injury via metabolism (30:00) Lactate spares glucose, increasing antioxidants such as glutathione (42:50) Early lactate administration following a traumatic brain injury is necessary, but challenging (48:20) Lactate from exercise improves Parkinson's disease (55:00) Brain metabolism following traumatic brain injury If you’re interested in learning more, you can read the full show notes here. Join over 300,000 people and get the latest distilled information straight to your inbox weekly: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/newsletter Become a FoundMyFitness premium member to get access to exclusive episodes, emails, live Q+A’s with Rhonda and more: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/crowdsponsor

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