The Relationship between Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, and Human Gut Microbiota in Healthy and Unhealthy Subjects: A Systematic Review

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 479
• Main Authors: Cataldi, Stefania, Bonavolontà, Valerio, Poli, Luca, Clemente, Filipe Manuel, De Candia, Michele, Carvutto, Roberto, Silva, Ana Filipa, Badicu, Georgian, Greco, Gianpiero, Fischetti, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.03.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Animal models; Bias; Boolean; Brain research; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Diet; Digestive system; elderly; Exercise; experimental design; Feces; Gastrointestinal tract; gut; human microbiota; humans; Inflammation; Intervention; Intestinal microflora; intestinal microorganisms; Metabolism; Metabolites; microbiome; Microbiomes; Microbiota; nutrition assessment; people; Physical activity; physical exercise; Physical fitness; Physical training; Prevotella; Reviews; risk; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Systematic Review; training; training; physical exercise; microbiome; gut; human microbiota; physical activity

Several studies have been conducted to find at least an association between physical activity (PA)/ physical exercise (PE) and the possibility to modulate the gut microbiome (GM). However, the specific effects produced on the human GM by different types of PA/PE, different training modalities, and t...