Borja Martínez Téllez discovered that oral supplementation with a gut microbe which was found in the gut of young and elderly adults increases muscular strength by 30% in the absence of exercise training.
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Increasing Muscle Strength With a Gut Microbe: Breaking the Wall of Exercise Mimetics
Borja Martínez Téllez
2022
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Borja Martínez Téllez recently got his PhD in Exercise Physiology at the University of Granada, Spain. As a scientist, Borja was interested in investigating the underlying mechanisms that could explain the benefits of exercise training and decided to move to the Netherlands. During his postdoctoral stage, Borja discovered some intestinal microorganisms that could enhance exercise capacity.
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