Juleen Zierath - exercise and metabolic disease. Performance Around The Clock episode 2.

Episode 2 of Performance Around the Clock features Dr. Juleen Zierath who is a Professor of Physiology at the Karolinska Institutet and the University of Copenhagen. We discuss with Dr. Zierath about using exercise as medicine for metabolic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. This includes how exercise affects multiple organs and systems in the body, improving insulin sensitivity, bone density, cognition, and more. Dr. Zierath shares research on optimal timing of exercise for blood sugar control, showing benefits from afternoon exercise over morning for diabetics. We also cover personalized exercise prescriptions, prenatal and preconception exercise impacts, and the importance of societal support and public policy in enabling exercise. The episode provides some scientific evidence and advice for using exercise to boost health.

Guest:

Dr. Juleen Zierath

Professor of Physiology at Karolinska Institutet and the University of Copenhagen.

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Host:

Dr. Satchin Panda

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