Professional athletes were too dependent on the state of the intestine

New study finds gut instability may hinder performance

professional athletes. Short-term high protein diets have also been found to be associated with this type of imbalance. Discuss

Researchers have studied the performance andgut health of a group of well trained runners to study the effects of both high protein and high carbohydrate diets. It turned out that in those who followed a diet high in protein, the stability of the intestinal microbiome was disturbed. This was also accompanied by a 23.3% decrease in time trial performance. Those participants whose gut microbiome was more stable performed better during the trials.

In contrast, those who followed a high carbohydrate diet showed a 6.5% improvement in time trial performance.