Cutting-Edge Technologies to Assess Metabolism Modulated by Nutritional States and Exercise
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 2655
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metabolism; exercises; diabetes; diet; biotechnology
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Dear Colleagues,
Advancements in modern technologies, techniques, and methodologies have broadened the scope for studying human metabolism in health, disease, and performance. These tools provide new opportunities to investigate extreme physiological domains, such as sports performance, diverse nutritional states, and metabolic adaptations in health and disease.
This Special Issue seeks to explore the effects of various stimuli—such as brain stimulation, photobiomodulation, thermal modulation, and other interventions—on metabolism. These methods have shown promise in clinical and athletic contexts to optimize performance, recovery, and health outcomes.
The scope of this Issue is as follows:
- Pathologies:
- Metabolic disorders: conditions like type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and mitochondrial diseases, where dysregulated metabolism is central to pathology.
- Obesity and sarcopenia: these represent opposing ends of energy balance and metabolic regulation, often studied in relation to nutritional and exercise interventions.
- Physiological Functions:
- Exploring how varying intensities and types of physical activity can modulate metabolism at the cellular and systemic levels.
- Thermogenesis and brown adipose tissue activation: mechanisms regulating energy expenditure and heat production.
- Circadian rhythm and metabolism: the interplay between biological clocks and metabolic processes such as glucose homeostasis.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions addressing topics such as nutritional metabolism, immunomodulation, and neuromodulation, as well as emerging areas of research. Manuscripts may include original research, systematic reviews, methodological papers, brief reports, and commentaries.
Dr. Roberto Codella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- exercise metabolism
- exercise therapy
- lifestyles
- periodized nutrition
- training periodization
- neuromodulation
- nutritional interventions
- photobiomodulation
- cryostimulation
- immunometabolism
- inflammation
- brown adipose tissue
- thermogenesis
- diabetes
- obesity
- sarcopenia
- metabolic disorders
- metabolic syndrome
- energetics
- glucose metabolism
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