In Season 4, Episode 15 Dr. Marc Bubbs interviews expert physiologist Rob Edinburgh, PhD whose area of interest includes meal timing and exercise to discuss…

3:00 – Rob’s background in nutrition and research
5:15 – Review of energy balance: energy intake and expenditure
6:10 – What is metabolic health?
13:15 – Effects of skipping breakfast (versus eating breakfast) on exercise adaptations
17:30 – Energy balance over a 24-hour period in breakfast vs. skipping breakfast
21:30 – How does intensity training impact the results of the study?
23:30 –How does ‘breakfast timing’ impact exercise adaptations in overweight and obese individuals
28:30 – Meal + exercise interactions - acute responses to exercise
31:40 – Metabolic benefits of exercising in the fasted-state (in healthy people)
36:30 – The main pathways via which exercise supports better health: AMPK, PGC1-alpha
42:30 – Energy Balance: weight loss and health vs. performance
45:45 – The use of intra-muscular triglyceride during fasted exercise
50:00 – How context is key when it comes to breakfast vs. ‘no breakfast’
53:00 – The evolution of research in this area

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