Gut microbiota modification: Another piece in the puzzle of the benefits of physical exercise in health?

Regular physical exercise provides many health benefits, protecting against the development of chronic diseases, and improving quality of life. Some of the mechanisms by which exercise provides these effects are the promotion of an anti-inflammatory state, reinforcement of the neuromuscular function...

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Autores: Cerdá, Begoña, Pérez Santiago, Jennifer D., Pérez Ruiz, Margarita, Tornero Aguilera, José Francisco, González Soltero, María del Rocío, Larrosa Pérez, Mar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Europea (UEM)
Repositorio:ABACUS. Repositorio de Producción Científica
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:abacus.universidadeuropea.com:11268/4903
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11268/4903
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microbiología
Intestinos
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Sumario:Regular physical exercise provides many health benefits, protecting against the development of chronic diseases, and improving quality of life. Some of the mechanisms by which exercise provides these effects are the promotion of an anti-inflammatory state, reinforcement of the neuromuscular function, and activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis. Recently, it has been proposed that physical exercise is able to modify gut microbiota, and thus this could be another factor by which exercise promotes well-being, since gut microbiota appears to be closely related to health and disease. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent findings on gut microbiota modification by exercise, proposing several mechanisms by which physical exercise might cause changes in gut microbiota.