The Effects of Dietary Pattern during Intensified Training on Stool Microbiota of Elite Race Walkers.

ABSTRACT: We investigated extreme changes in diet patterns on the gut microbiota of elite race walkers undertaking intensified training and its possible links with athlete performance. Numerous studies with sedentary subjects have shown that diet and/or exercise can exert strong selective pressures on the gut microbiota. Similar studies with elite athletes are relatively scant, despite the recognition that diet is an important contributor to sports performance. In this study, stool samples were collected from the cohort at the beginning (baseline; BL) and end (post-treatment; PT) of a three-week intensified training program during which athletes were assigned to a High Carbohydrate (HCHO), Periodised Carbohydrate (PCHO) or ketogenic Low Carbohydrate High Fat (LCHF) diet (post treatment). Microbial c

SUBMITTER: Murtaza N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6413084 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature