The Importance of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Gut Microbiota in Athletes as a Preventive Strategy to Improve Heat Tolerance and Acclimatization
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Heat Stress Stimulus and Gut Dysbiosis in Athletes
3. Could Gut Health Improve Heat Stress Tolerance in Athletes?
3.1. Specific Nutrition and Hydration Balance to Improve Gut Health and HA Tolerance in Athletes
3.2. The Effect of Probiotics, Prebiotics, Vitamins, and Short-Chain Fatty Acids on Gut Health to Improve Pre-Acclimatization and Heat Tolerance in Athletes
4. Gut Health as the Key Factor to Individualize Stimulus of Physical Exercise and HA
Author Contributions
Funding
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Cinca-Morros, S.; Álvarez-Herms, J. The Importance of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Gut Microbiota in Athletes as a Preventive Strategy to Improve Heat Tolerance and Acclimatization. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 1160. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061160
Cinca-Morros S, Álvarez-Herms J. The Importance of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Gut Microbiota in Athletes as a Preventive Strategy to Improve Heat Tolerance and Acclimatization. Microorganisms. 2024; 12(6):1160. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061160
Chicago/Turabian StyleCinca-Morros, Sergi, and Jesús Álvarez-Herms. 2024. "The Importance of Maintaining and Improving a Healthy Gut Microbiota in Athletes as a Preventive Strategy to Improve Heat Tolerance and Acclimatization" Microorganisms 12, no. 6: 1160. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061160