Matthew Laye is an Associate Professor at The College of Idaho and chair of the Health and Human Performance Department. His recent research focuses on physical activity, meal timing, and blood glucose. Matt remains a competitive runner having won the USA 100 mile Trail Championship in 2013 in a time of 13 hours 17 minutes. He has run marathons on the roads and trails in 7 different countries with a personal best of 2:23:32 at the Boston Marathon. He writes about health and ultrarunning for Ultrarunner magazine.
This mouse study looks at how some oxidative stress created by a particular enzyme is critical for the positive effects of exercise on metabolic health and performance.
A metabolic scientist explains why nutrition research can seem contradictory and hard to interpret. Here are 10 things to note when reading nutrition science.