Best Diet and Exercise Articles June 12, 2016

Each Sunday I will publish a list of the top health articles I find around the web. I will include the latest research in Exercise, Diet, Food Supplements, and Fitness Tech.

I think I am most excited about the new research showing your gut bacteria as a major determinant of whether you are lean or fat. There is some good science to it and I will be discussing more of this in the future.

Exercise

Regular exercise protects against cognitive decline in later years by Laura Soderlind

Invest in your mind by working your body while you are young!

Diet

AGEs foods research suggests what is the best diet for a healthy gut by PAULA GOODYER

What kind of microbes you have in your gut is big right now... exciting to see if this will be lasting and they can continually prove that it does.

Fitness Tech

A Little Bit Fit. Is this the future of fitness? by Kate Knibbs

A very enjoyable read about the new trend in fitness boutiques that incorporate new technology... like the suit you wear while working out that shocks you!

Nutritional Supplements

HMB by Examine.com

HMB is an active metabolite of Leucine that reduces muscle protein breakdown. It appears to have an anticatabolic role for muscle, but fails to be more effective than its parent amino acid for inducing muscle protein synthesis.