Episode 4: Protein, Diet and Exercise – Dr Lee Hamilton

[mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/roehamptonlearning/protein-diet-and-exercise-dr-lee-hamilton/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1 light=1] Podcast with Lee Hamilton Dr Lee Hamilton from Stirling University chats with Dr Richard Mackenzie about what happens to your muscles with muscle mass, growth and breakdown when you eat and exercise. They take a look at how muscles change with age and explain protein synthesis, protein breakdown and […]

The link between exercise, insulin sensitivity and type 2 diabetes – useful links:

Physical Activity/Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/29/6/1433.full Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/12/e147.full Acute hypoxia and exercise improve insulin sensitivity (SI2*) in individuals with type 2 diabetes http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dmrr.1156/full AMPK and Exercise: Glucose uptake and insulin sensitivity https://synapse.koreamed.org/DOIx.php?id=10.4093/dmj.2013.37.1.1

Episode 2: Diet, exercise and diabetes risk – avoid the confusion ! with Dr Duane Mellor

Dr Duane Mellor unpacks the debates about macronutrients and what should people consume, avoid or neither. He also takes us through HIT exercise and its effectiveness among different populations. Transcript (pdf) Duane Mellor links: https://theconversation.com/profiles/duane-mellor-136502 https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/duane-mellor Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Most recent book chapter (Macronutrient composition for weight loss in obesity (Advanced Nutrition […]