Trial reportNutrition journal2013
Fermented milk improves glucose metabolism in exercise-induced muscle damage in young healthy men.
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- Effects of combined protein and probiotic supplementation on physical performance and body composition: a Bayesian multilevel meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Yogurt, cultured fermented milk, and health: a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2021Pooled it
- A2 Milk Enhances Dynamic Muscle Function Following Repeated Sprint Exercise, a Possible Ergogenic Aid for A1-Protein Intolerant Athletes?Nutrients · 2017Trial
- Fermented protein foods as modulators of the gut-muscle axis: mechanisms, evidence, and future directions.Communications biology · 2026Review
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- Evolving Dynamics of Fermented Food Microbiota and the Gut Microenvironment: Strategic Pathways to Enhance Human Health.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Fermented foods, their microbiome and its potential in boosting human health.Microbial biotechnology · 2024Review
- Optimizing the Gut Microbiota for Individualized Performance Development in Elite Athletes.Biology · 2023Review
- Fermented Foods, Health and the Gut Microbiome.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Fueling Gut Microbes: A Review of the Interaction between Diet, Exercise, and the Gut Microbiota in Athletes.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Review
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- Effects of Dietary Strategies on Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress: A Narrative Review of Human Studies.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Prevalence of fermented foods in the Dutch adult diet and validation of a food frequency questionnaire for estimating their intake in the NQplus cohort.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
- The food-gut axis: lactic acid bacteria and their link to food, the gut microbiome and human health.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2020Review
- Health Benefits of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) Fermentates.Nutrients · 2020Review
- Effect of downhill walking on next-day muscle damage and glucose metabolism in healthy young subjects.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2019Article
- A Mini Review on Antidiabetic Properties of Fermented Foods.Nutrients · 2018Review
- Fermented Food and Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases: A Review.Nutrients · 2018Review
- Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health: ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis study investigated the effect of fermented milk supplementation on glucose metabolism associated with muscle damage after acute exercise in humans.
methodsEighteen healthy young men participated in each of the three trials of the study: rest, exercise with placebo, and exercise with fermented milk. In the exercise trials, subjects carried out resistance exercise consisting of five sets of leg and bench presses at 70-100% 12 repetition maximum. Examination beverage (fermented milk or placebo) was taken before and after exercise in double-blind method. On the following day, we conducted an analysis of respiratory metabolic performance, blood collection, and evaluation of muscle soreness.
resultsMuscle soreness was significantly suppressed by the consumption of fermented milk compared with placebo (placebo, 14.2 ± 1.2 score vs. fermented milk, 12.6 ± 1.1 score, p < 0.05). Serum creatine phosphokinase was significantly increased by exercise, but this increase showed a tendency of suppression after the consumption of fermented milk. Exercise significantly decreased the respiratory quotient (rest, 0.88 ± 0.01 vs. placebo, 0.84 ± 0.02, p < 0.05), although this decrease was negated by the consumption of fermented milk (0.88 ± 0.01, p < 0.05). Furthermore, exercise significantly reduced the absorption capacity of serum oxygen radical (rest, 6.9 ± 0.4 μmol TE/g vs. placebo, 6.0 ± 0.3 μmol TE/g, p < 0.05), although this reduction was not observed with the consumption of fermented milk (6.2 ± 0.3 μmol TE/g).
conclusionThese results suggest that fermented milk supplementation improves glucose metabolism and alleviates the effects of muscle soreness after high-intensity exercise, possibly associated with the regulation of antioxidant capacity.
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