No effects of a 4-week post-exercise sauna bathing on targeted gut microbiota and intestinal barrier function, and hsCRP in healthy men: a pilot randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Joanna Karolkiewicz (Author), David C. Nieman (Author), Tomasz Cisoń (Author), Joanna Szurkowska (Author), Mirosława Gałęcka (Author), Dariusz Sitkowski (Author), Zbigniew Szygula (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Body temperature fluctuations induced by acute exercise bouts may influence the intestinal barrier with related effects on epithelial permeability, immune responses, and release of metabolites produced by the gut microbiota. This study evaluated the effects of post-exercise sauna...