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Exercise-Mediated Enrichment in the Gut Microbiota as a Novel Therapeutic Treatment?

Are you familiar with the concept of hormesis? We can define it as a phenomenon complying with the rule of “low-dose stimulation and...

Intestinal health for optimal performance in elite athletes: what we need to know

We are now aware of the impact that exercise elicits on the gut microbiota composition and functions. Athletes need to focus on their gut...

Microbial Metabolites and Longevity: from the Gut the Secret of the Eternal Youth?

Although the most intimate desire as human creatures is to live longer, does the quality of life in aging meet our expectations? Are we...

Lifespan and Gut Microbiota: Unveiling the Longevity Adaptations in our Centenarians

In 400 B.C., Hippocrates stated that “bad digestion is the root of all evil” and “death sits in the bowels”. Despite an explosion of...

Gut Microbiota and Exercise: When Performance Begins in the Gut….

In the last 10 years, exerkines have been explored as exercise mimetics for the treatment of different metabolic and cardiovascular...

Are Phages Harbouring the Secret of our Longevity?

We currently know that healthy centenarian shows a gut microbiome rich in rare bacterial species, exhibits a unique microbial signature...

Microbiome-Based Aging Clock: Toward the Prediction of the Biological Age?

Have you ever heard about “gut clock” as a byproduct of gut microbiota analysis? It looks like our inner microbes are not only the...