Good bacteria protect athletes from obesity

Sports may reduce the risk of obesity, so they increase the amount of good bacteria in the gut. This conclusion Scientists from Ireland.

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Everyone knows that the sport - effective tool to fight obesity. But there's always been assumed that this It is due to a greater number of calories burned during sports people time physical activity. However, scientists from the University College of Cork found and other reasons, allowing the sport to protect a person from the risk of obesity .

It turns out that when regular exercise in gastrointestinal tract substantially increases the amount of so-called good bacteria . This conclusion researchers made when examined stool samples 40 professional rugby players, take a right at the height of their hard training. For these samples it was possible to establish the amount and composition bacteria.

They were then compared to bacteria found in the gut 46 healthy men not engaged in professional sports, but with similar physical proportions. Half of the volunteers BMI He was normal and did not exceed 25, and the other half it exceeded 28. All participants spoke in detail about what they eat, and how often to take the food.

In addition to the athletes significantly higher creatine kinase (an enzyme, indicating a strong muscle damage and tissue) observed a decrease in the level of inflammatory markers bowel more a good indicator of metabolism and significantly larger range good bacteria . All this protects them from the risk of obesity   more efficiently than people without involved in sports. (READ MORE)

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