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Probiotics can also power performance – videoProbiotics can also power performance – video

New avenues for probiotic applications open lanes of new product development for formulators.

February 24, 2021

Probiotics are well known for their benefits on digestive health and immunity. And word is slowly getting out to athletes that one element of their exertions is to maintain health—you’re not going to run a race effectively if you’ve got an upper respiratory tract infection. But the evolving story with probiotics goes far beyond just helping people stay healthy. Join senior editor Todd Runestad as he talks with Douglas Kalman, Ph.D., R.D., vice president of scientific affairs at Nutrasource, as they race to the finish to discuss:

Have we gotten to the point yet where we can identify specific probiotic strains that can help athletes?
How probiotic strains can increase protein absorption—of great importance to the athletic set.
How probiotic strains can affect indices that seem far afield from what we thought we knew about probiotics.

About the Author(s)

Todd Runestad

Todd Runestad

Content Director, NaturalProductsInsider.com, Sr. Supplements Editor, Natural Products Insider

I've been writing on nutrition science news since 1997. I'm The content director for NaturalProductsInsidercom and digital magazines. Other incarnations: supplements editor for newhope.com, Delicious Living and Natural Foods Merchandiser. Former editor-in-chief of Functional Ingredients magazine and still cover raw material innovations and ingredient science.

Connect with me here https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrunestad/

My daily vitamin regime includes a morning smoothie with a range of powders including protein, collagen and spirulina; a quality multi, B complex, C with bioflavonoids, >2,000IU vitamin D, E, magnesium, high-selenium yeast, PQQ, choline, alpha-lipoic acid with carnitine, coQ10, fish oil concentrate, probiotics and some adaptogenic herbs.

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