Alexander Bertuccioli, Giordano Bruno Zonzini, Massimiliano Cazzaniga, Marco Cardinali, Francesco Di Pierro, Aurora Gregoretti, Nicola Zerbinati, Luigina Guasti, Maria Rosaria Matera, Ilaria Cavecchia, Chiara Maria Palazzi
Intense physical exercise can be related to a significant incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms, with a prevalence documented in the literature above 80%, especially for more intense forms such as running. This is in an initial phase due to the distancing of the flow of blood from the digestive system to the skeletal muscle and thermoregulatory systems, and secondarily to sympathetic nervous activation and hormonal response with alteration of intestinal motility, transit, and nutrient absorption capacity. The sum of these effects results in a localized inflammatory process with disruption of the intestinal microbiota and, in the long term, systemic inflammation...
April 16, 2024: Microorganisms