Michael Gleeson is Emeritus Professor of Exercise Biochemistry in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University (UK). He is a world authority on exercise biochemistry, immunology and nutrition and has published over 250 scientific papers, 30 book chapters, and has co-authored textbooks on exercise metabolism, exercise immunology, and sport nutrition. He is the former president of the International Society of Exercise and Immunology and a Fellow of the European College of Sport Science and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. He has provided advice on minimizing risks of infection and nutritional strategies to improve performance and maintain health for numerous professional sports clubs and organizations. Following his retirement in 2016 at the age of 60 he has turned his attention to how ordinary people can achieve optimal health and live healthier for longer. He published his first solo book, Eat, Move, Sleep, Repeat, in January 2020, and his second book, Beating Type 2 Diabetes, in April 2020. Michael lives in Burbage, Leicestershire, with his wife, Laura.