{"id":92600,"date":"2019-06-24T14:22:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T21:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/performance-enhancing-bacteria-found-in-the-microbiomes-of-elite-athletes"},"modified":"2019-06-24T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T21:22:23","slug":"performance-enhancing-bacteria-found-in-the-microbiomes-of-elite-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/performance-enhancing-bacteria-found-in-the-microbiomes-of-elite-athletes","title":{"rendered":"Performance-enhancing bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/performance-enhancing-bacteria-found-in-the-microbiomes-of-elite-athletes2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes that contributes to improved capacity for exercise. These bacteria, members of the genus Veillonella, are not found in the guts of sedentary people.<\/p>\n<p>By taking a closer look at the bacteria, the researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center determined Veillonella metabolizes <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/lactic+acid\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">lactic acid<\/a> produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/exercise\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">exercise<\/a> and converts it into propionate, a short chain fatty acid. The <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/human+body\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">human body<\/a> then utilizes that propionate to improve exercise capacity. The results were reported today in Nature Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving increased exercise capacity is a strong predictor of overall health and protection against cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and overall longevity,\u201d says Aleksandar D. Kostic Ph.D., TITLE., a co-author on the paper. \u201cWhat we envision is a probiotic supplement that people can take that will increase their ability to do meaningful exercise and therefore protect them against chronic diseases including diabetes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes that contributes to improved capacity for exercise. These bacteria, members of the genus Veillonella, are not found in the guts of sedentary people. By taking a closer look at the bacteria, the researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center determined Veillonella metabolizes [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}