Probiotics for athletes: mechanisms and outcomes 🦠
The science underpinning the effects of probiotics.
Gut Microbiota and Exercise: Probiotics to Modify the Composition and Roles of the Gut Microbiota in the Context of 3P Medicine
Study Details
This new review paper summarised the evidence for the potential of personalised probiotic strategies in optimising athletic performance 📚
Focusing on mechanisms through which probiotics may…
🏆 Enhance exercise performance
🔋 Mitigate exercise-induced fatigue
🫀 Improve physiological adaptation
Key Findings
Here are the key pathways that probiotics can affect ⬇️
Metabolic Signalling 🧬
⬆️ Glycogen storage
⬆️ GLP-1
⬇️ Food intake
Antioxidant Signalling 🩸
⬇️ Lactic Acid
⬇️ Malondialdehyde
⬇️ Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase
⬇️ Superoxide Dismutase
⬇️ Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
⬇️ Catalase
Anti-inflammatory Signalling 🧯
⬇️ IL-6
⬇️ IL-8
⬇️ TNF-α
⬇️ IL-10
Combinations of these effects can lead to improved physiological outcomes for athletes 💪
Athletic Outcomes 🏆
⬆️ Swimming time 🏊
⬆️ Grip strength 👊
⬆️ Running distance 🏃♂️
⬇️ Fatigue 😮💨
⬇️ GI symptoms 💨
⬇️ Infection risk 🦠
Conclusion
Probiotics interact with various pathways that may influence athletic performance 🧫
Even if we focus solely on immunity, consuming probiotics may reduce the number of days you miss training due to illness 🤧
Allowing you to train harder and more consistently = performance 📈
Reference
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40319213/
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