ReviewBiology2023
Optimizing the Gut Microbiota for Individualized Performance Development in Elite Athletes.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exploring the gut-exercise link: A systematic review of gastrointestinal disorders in physical activity.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Selective Influence of Hemp Fiber Ingestion on Post-Exercise Gut Permeability: A Metabolomics-Based Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- From Mechanisms to Practice: Gut Microbiome-Based Strategies for Supporting Recovery in Elite Athletes.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Signatures in the gut microbiome of German elite athletes: insights from a matched-subgroup analysis.mSystems · 2026Article
- Microencapsulated OPO Enhances Intestinal SCFA Production by Optimizing Lipid Digestion and Regulating Bile Acid Metabolism in Mice.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Personalized Nutritional Assessment and Intervention for Athletes: A Network Physiology Approach.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Effects of Athletic Nutritional Supplements on the Human Gut Microbiota: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Isotonic Protein Solution Supplementation Enhances Growth Performance, Intestinal Immunity, and Beneficial Microbiota in Suckling Piglets.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
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- Dietary Habits and Their Influence on the Microbiome and Mental Health in Adolescents.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Level of intestinal permeability markers and selected aspects of diet and BMI of Polish e-sports players.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
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- Short-Term Supplementation of Sauerkraut Induces Favorable Changes in the Gut Microbiota of Active Athletes: A Proof-of-Concept Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Intestinal Microbiota Interventions to Enhance Athletic Performance-A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Connection of pre-competition anxiety with gut microbiota and metabolites in wrestlers with varying sports performances based on brain-gut axis theory.BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- A critical examination of sport discipline typology: identifying inherent limitations and deficiencies in contemporary classification systems.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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4 authors.
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Abstract
The human gut microbiota can be compared to a fingerprint due to its uniqueness, hosting trillions of living organisms. Taking a sport-centric perspective, the gut microbiota might represent a physiological system that relates to health aspects as well as individualized performance in athletes. The athletes' physiology has adapted to their exceptional lifestyle over the years, including the diversity and taxonomy of the microbiota. The gut microbiota is influenced by several physiological parameters and requires a highly individual and complex approach to unravel the linkage between performance and the microbial community. This approach has been taken in this review, highlighting the functions that the microbial community performs in sports, naming gut-centered targets, and aiming for both a healthy and sustainable athlete and performance development. With this article, we try to consider whether initiating a microbiota analysis is practicable and could add value in elite sport, and what possibilities it holds when influenced through a variety of interventions. The aim is to support enabling a well-rounded and sustainable athlete and establish a new methodology in elite sport.
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