Do you want to live a healthy life longer?
If yes, keep your microbiome healthy.
How? By exercising, again and again.
Recent researches point to one factor that might influence biological resiliency, ad this is the intestinal microbiome. The intestinal microbiome (the collection of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract) is relatively stable during early adulthood, with changes emerging after approximately 65 years of age in so-called age-associated microbiota dysbiosis.
Recent researches point to one factor that might influence biological resiliency, ad this is the intestinal microbiome. The intestinal microbiome (the collection of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract) is relatively stable during early adulthood, with changes emerging after approximately 65 years of age in so-called age-associated microbiota dysbiosis.
A growing body of literature shows that the intestinal microbiome can affect host immunity and metabolism and consequently influence susceptibility to age-associated pathologies, including infection, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s Disease. Gut microbiota is involved in the barrier functions and in the maintenance of its homeostasis. It provides nutrients, participates in the signalling network, regulates the epithelial development, and affects the immune system.
Recent studies suggest that exercise can enhance the number of beneficial microbial species, enrich the microflora diversity, and improve the development of commensal bacteria. All these effects are beneficial for the host, improving its health status. This recent knowledge underlines the positive role played by exercise as an environmental factor in determining changes in microbial composition and how these effects could provide benefits to health and disease prevention.
Some studies evaluated how the use of probiotics could modify the microbiota composition. Probiotics are food supplements containing live microorganisms, generally lactic acid bacteria, which give beneficial effects for the host. Supplementation with probiotics, like Lactobacillus plantarum, seem to have positive effects on exercise performance, resistance to physical fatigue, and gut microbial profile. Research results show that supplementation increased muscle mass and grip strength in a dose-dependent way and enhanced energy harvesting and exercise performance and that probiotic supplementation could play important roles in energy production during exercise.
These findings support the view that gut microbiota has health-promotion, performance-improvement, and antifatigue effects on the host during exercise in terms of energy balance and body composition.
To sum up, the call is for you to keep your microbiome healthy by eating a balanced Mediterranean diet. Discuss with your doctor the possibility to add some supplementation to that effect. Keep on exercising regularly.
Recent studies suggest that exercise can enhance the number of beneficial microbial species, enrich the microflora diversity, and improve the development of commensal bacteria. All these effects are beneficial for the host, improving its health status. This recent knowledge underlines the positive role played by exercise as an environmental factor in determining changes in microbial composition and how these effects could provide benefits to health and disease prevention.
Some studies evaluated how the use of probiotics could modify the microbiota composition. Probiotics are food supplements containing live microorganisms, generally lactic acid bacteria, which give beneficial effects for the host. Supplementation with probiotics, like Lactobacillus plantarum, seem to have positive effects on exercise performance, resistance to physical fatigue, and gut microbial profile. Research results show that supplementation increased muscle mass and grip strength in a dose-dependent way and enhanced energy harvesting and exercise performance and that probiotic supplementation could play important roles in energy production during exercise.
These findings support the view that gut microbiota has health-promotion, performance-improvement, and antifatigue effects on the host during exercise in terms of energy balance and body composition.
To sum up, the call is for you to keep your microbiome healthy by eating a balanced Mediterranean diet. Discuss with your doctor the possibility to add some supplementation to that effect. Keep on exercising regularly.
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