The human gut microbiome of athletes: metagenomic and metabolic insights.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The correlation between the physical performance of athletes and their gut microbiota has become of growing interest in the past years, since new evidences have emerged regarding the importance of the gut microbiota as a main driver of the health status of athletes. In addition, it has been postulated that the metabolic activity of the microbial population harbored by the large intestine of athletes might influence their physical performances. Here, we analyzed 418 publicly available shotgun metagenomics datasets obtained from fecal samples of healthy athletes and healthy sedentary adults.

Results

This study evidenced how agonistic physical activity and related lifestyle can be associated with the modulation of the gut microbiota composition, inducing modification

SUBMITTER: Fontana F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9926762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature