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Biography
Dr. Michael Lustgarten is Scientist II on the Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia (NEPS) Team at the HNRCA. His research currently focuses on the impact of a high soluble-fiber diet on the gut-muscle axis, and on metabolomic predictors of longevity. Dr. Lustgarten has been a guest lecturer at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy on topics such as the gut microbiome, serum metabolome, oxidative stress, exercise, and sarcopenia. He has contributed to 31 publications in leading peer-reviewed journals that have been cited more than 3,700 times, including 17 manuscripts as the first or last author.