Editor's note:
As more and more people begin to seek a healthy lifestyle, the sports nutrition and health industry has become an unstoppable and strong trend.
According to data from Euromonitor International, the global sports nutrition market grew at a CAGR of 7.9% from 2004 to 2018, and it is expected that by 2023, sports nutrition will surpass other fast-moving consumer goods categories at a CAGR of 8%.
Lumina Intelligence, a global food and beverage market research organization, shows that probiotics provide new development opportunities for the sports nutrition industry. So, what are the new progress in exercise probiotics? How will it change the sports nutrition market?
Today, we are particularly concerned about the sports probiotic market. I hope this article can bring some inspiration and help to relevant industry insiders and readers.
Sports Probiotics
Traditional sports supplements are mainly high-protein supplements, but now, studies have shown that probiotics may gain a place in the field of sports nutrition.
study found that in addition to maintaining intestinal health, probiotics may also play an important role in accelerating the reduction of fat, speeding up recovery, relieving pain, and eliminating inflammation.
The following are some introductions to the potential value of probiotics as exercise supplements and related research.
Anti-inflammatory probiotics promote muscle recovery
Ralf Dr. Jäger is the co-founder of Increnovo, a scientific consultant to Ashland, and the lead author of the 2019 probiotic statement issued by the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN). He said that because probiotics can promote muscle recovery and reduce inflammation, probiotic ingredients will play an important role in sports nutrition formulas.
Jäger believes: "Muscle damage is due to oxidative stress or inflammation, and Bifidobacterium breve BR03 is a probiotic strain with significant anti-inflammatory effects." Increnovo, where Dr. Jaeger is based, conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-examination to study the role of probiotic supplements in athlete performance, muscle damage, and recovery after sports muscle damage.
results showed that three weeks of probiotic supplementation significantly reduced baseline inflammation and improved motor skills and mobility.
Dr. Jäger [1] was performed in 15 healthy men aged 21 to 29 who received resistance training.
Participants were required to perform 21 days of muscle-damaging elbow exercise during which they were given daily probiotics (5 billion units) of Bifidobacter brevis and Streptococcus, or placebo, and had a 21-day elution period between cross-use of probiotics and placebo.
researchers measured participants' elbow bending mobility, as well as the level of interleukin-6. The results showed that supplementing probiotics can reduce baseline and post-exercise inflammation levels, alleviate the decrease in post-exercise mobility, reduce the level of interleukin-6, and promote recovery.
John Quilter is the vice president and general manager of the Kerry Group, which owns a functional Bacillus GBI-30 product GanedenBC30. He claims that the Bacillus probiotic strain is the most ideal product after exercise because it can relieve muscle pain after exercise and promote recovery. "Simply summarizing the benefits of probiotics is not reliable,"
Quilter said. "Because no two strains are the same, and all the results are strain-specific, it is not reliable to simply summarize the benefits of probiotics." In fact, the application of GanedenBC30 (Bacillus GBI-30) in sports nutrition products was due to the initial research finding that it can enhance the body's ability to effectively utilize proteins.
Quilter mentions another company-funded study on Bacillus GBI-30 [2], which compared the effects of combined use of probiotics and 20g casein with casein alone.
This placebo-controlled trial recruited 29 amateur sports enthusiasts in their early 20s to test their mobility and muscle damage after exercise.
In this trial, participants performed a single leg training that could cause muscle damage and after 1, 2 and 3 days of training, sensory recovery degree, muscle pain, creatine kinase levels, muscle thickness, and blood urea nitrogen levels were assessed.
study found that compared with protein supplements alone, probiotics and protein supplements can accelerate recovery, reduce muscle pain, reduce muscle damage, and prevent exercise-induced decrease in mobility.
In addition, the serum creatine level after exercise in the probiotic protein combination group is lower than that in the proteogenic group, indicating a mild degree of muscle damage. Based on this, the combination of probiotics and protein supplements may reduce muscle damage and promote recovery.
Bacillus coagulis promotes the absorption of amino acids
Quilter Jäger, co-author of the study, said Bacillus coagulis GBI-30 has the potential to become a sports supplement in many ways.
There have been studies showing that Bacillus coagulis can affect digestive enzymes, thereby promoting the absorption of amino acids to some extent.
Jäger In a review on the impact of protein utilization by Bacillus GBI-30 [3], the Bacillus GBI-30 product can activate the activity of digestive enzymes such as alkaline proteases, and when used in combination with protein supplements, the concentration of amino acids in the blood will increase significantly.
Jäger said that although there are currently 42 clinical trials on the role of probiotics as sports supplements, most studies have focused only on the effects of probiotics on athletes’ immune health, and few have evaluated the potential benefits of probiotics in resistance training.
Jäger Looking forward to more research in the future to evaluate the potential benefits of probiotics in other aspects.
Jäger says probiotics may reduce age-related testosterone levels to normalize, and can also reduce stress-related cortisol levels, improve mood and reduce age-related muscle loss. However, more research is needed to confirm these potential benefits, especially for athletes.
Bacillus subtilis improves body composition and accelerates recovery of
Although the function of probiotics is highly strain-specific, studies have shown that more than one Bacillus strain has exercise nutrition potential.
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes Vice President of Technology Dr. John Deaton said clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of Bacillus subtilis in exercise protocols are underway.
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes A randomized double-blind clinical trial [4] was followed during the offseason training period to evaluate the effectiveness of Bacillus subtilis as a sports supplement.
In the 10-week study, participants completed 3 or 4 cycles of upper and lower limb training per week and were randomly taken from Deerland’s 5 billion CFUs of Bacillus subtilis DE111 strain (n=11) or placebo (n=12) daily.
All participants took a functional beverage rich in protein and carbohydrates after training. And, after the initial and 10 weeks of non-season training, participants were tested for strength, sensitivity, body fat composition, and muscle thickness.
results found that after 10 weeks of training, the body fat decreases in the probiotic combined with functional beverage group compared with the placebo group: the body fat decreased by 2% in the experimental group, while the control group only decreased by 0.2%.
Researchers infer that probiotic supplementation may become an effective way for athletes to improve their body components, but the exact mechanism is not clear and further research is needed. The researchers also speculated that the immunomodulatory function of probiotics can promote the repair of skeletal muscle tissue after training.
Deaton says that supplementing probiotics can not only improve body composition and promote recovery, but also can relieve gastrointestinal stress in athletes. High-protein diets and other sports nutritional supplements often induce digestive problems, and probiotics are theoretically suitable to solve this problem.
Deaton explained: “A large number of long-distance runners tend to have a tendency to have digestive discomfort due to reduced blood flow in the intestines, and improving digestive ability can meet the athlete’s high nutritional needs."
Sports Probiotics become fashionable
industry experts say they expect sports probiotics to be more diverse, explore new ways to take them, and adopt clean tags.
Quilter said sports probiotics companies will be committed to building consumer trust through strong research and strong brands.
Quilter pointed out: "Sports nutrition consumers have gradually understood sports probiotics and are very curious about new products." This means that the brand’s products may be easier to succeed in this field.
Sports Nutrition Consumers want clear guidance to help them understand the exact efficacy of each product. Building consumer confidence in the product helps help positive consumers maintain loyalty to the products that suit them. "
Deaton says that existing probiotics are all pills, and boredom with pills will prompt probiotic companies to develop multiple dosage forms. Athletes tend to use more supplements than other consumers, so it is best to add probiotics to functional foods and other formulas. "Athletes want to get more nutrients and protein from functional drinks, such as functional recovery drinks containing probiotics, and of course, don't forget healthy foods like dark chocolate rich in probiotics. ”
Jäger hopes to prove the multiple beneficial functions of probiotics through further research, so as to apply probiotics to multiple areas of sports health, such as hormone regulation and muscle maintenance. By then, probiotics will become a fashionable supplement for muscle repair and amino acid absorption.
With further research on the multiple roles of probiotics in sports nutrition, we expect new breakthroughs in the application of probiotics. And innovations in drug delivery methods, markets, consumer philosophy, and dosage forms may be closely related to the success of the field of sports probiotics.
Reference:
[1]JägerR et al. “Probiotic Streptococcus thermophilusFP4 and Bifidobacterium breve BR03 supplementation Attenuates performance andrange-of-motion decisions following muscle damage exercise." Nutrients, vol. 8 no. 10(October 2016): 642-652
[2]JägerR et al. “Probiotic Bacilluscoagulans GBI-30, 6086 reduces exercise-induced muscle damage and increasesrecovery.” PeerJ. Published onlineJuly 21, 2016.
[3]JägerR et al. “Probiotic Bacilluscoagulans GBI-30, 6086 improves protein absorption and utilization." Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, vol. 10, no. 4 (December 2018): 611-615
[4]TooheyJC et al. “Effects of probiotic(Bacillus subtilis) supplementation during offseason resistance training infemale division I athletes.” The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Published online ahead of print June 26, 2018.
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