It is commonly observed that endurance and recreational athletes suffer from multiple GI distress symptoms (e.g., cramping, diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain), which impacts training efficiency, and at times leads to withdrawing from completion. Exercise induced hypo perfusion to the GI tract leads to damaged gut lining/epithelium, hence leading to escape of bacterial toxins from our gut into our bloodstream.
Prebiotics are the form of oligosaccharides, meaning a small sugar molecule compare to starch which is a polysaccharide - large sugar molecule.
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How do probiotics work ? What does a probiotic do ? Probiotics benefit ?
Probiotics are preparation of live healthy bacteria. When ingested the probiotic leads to colonization of the gut with healthy bacteria. In our gut we have a combination of good and bad. An imbalance of the good and bad leads to GI issues/complaints.
Recently I came across a fascinating article in journal of microbiome which illustrates link between gut microbiota and inflammation. As we know from past research that chronic inflammation in our body leads to aging and disease processes.
