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

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