Research summary · Nutrition and hydration
One week of a specific probiotic increased treadmill exercise duration
Thirty-six athletes completed both periods of a trial comparing one week of SLAB51 with placebo, separated by a two-week washout. Researchers assessed treadmill exercise duration and physiological markers at baseline, after a single dose and after one week.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Population / context
- Elite athletes · Aerobic exercise testing
What the publication reports
The crossover-adjusted post-hoc model estimated 33.32 seconds longer exercise duration after one week of SLAB51 (95% CI 17.42–49.22). Some antioxidant-enzyme and respiratory-exchange measures also differed, but maximal oxygen uptake, lactate removal and malondialdehyde showed no significant treatment-by-time interaction.
Limits and interpretation
The short, product-specific study and per-protocol sample limit generalization. The additional crossover-adjusted analysis was post hoc. Biomarker differences do not establish better recovery, long-term adaptation or competition performance, and cannot be extended to probiotics generally.
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The Effects of Multi-Strain Probiotic SLAB51 Intake on Aerobic Performance and Oxidative Stress Responses in Elite Athletes: A Randomized Crossover Trial
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42884750DOI: 10.3390/nu18193299Full text at the sourceReader discussion
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