The Effect of Prebiotics on Endurance Performance

Maastricht University34 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a six-week period personalised food intervention with prebiotic supplementation on intense exercise performance in healthy, recreationally active adults.

The study conforms to a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled parallel study design. a prebiotic supplement will be selected based on a participants gut microbiota. 1 sachet of prebiotic or placebo will be given twice a day over a period of 6 weeks. Before the start of the study, a VO2max test will be performed. Subjects will bring faecal samples which is collected at home. A time to exhaustion of approximately 80% of their VO2max will be performed at baseline and after the 6 weeks intervention period.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Microtia

Interventions

PrebioticDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

6 weeks of prebiotic supplementation twice a day

PlaceboOTHER

6 weeks of maltodextrin supplementation twice a day

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female 18 - 40 y * BMI range 18.5 - 25 kg/m2 * Recreational active (performing non-competitive physical endurance exercise at least two times per week with a minimum duration of 60 minutes per exercise bout) Exclusion Criteria: * Smoking * Performing regular resistance training (3+ times per week, carrying out progressive overload training) * Subject following an overly imbalanced or restrictive diet as per nutritional advice * Participants who received antibiotics in the 90 days prior to the start of the study * Self-admitted lactose intolerance * Administration of probiotic or prebiotic supplements in the 14 days prior to the study

Locations (1)

Maastricht University

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

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