{"id":5182,"date":"2024-04-02T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T11:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/?p=5182"},"modified":"2024-06-19T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:15:34","slug":"cjfst-2024-16-1-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/cjfst-2024-16-1-02\/","title":{"rendered":"CJFST.2024.16.1.02"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Consumption of ultra-processed foods does not affect neuromuscular and cardiovascular fitness but alters gut microbiota in elite basketball players<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-6762-1169\"<\/a>Edin Had\u017ei\u01071<\/sup>, Ana Ili\u01071*<\/sup>,\u00a0 Jurica \u017du\u010dko1<\/sup>, Antonio Star\u010devi\u01071<\/sup>, Dario Novak2<\/sup>, Ivana Rumbak1<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/sup><\/em>University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
\n<\/em>2<\/sup><\/em>University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology, Horva\u010danski zavoj 15, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ARTICLE INFO<\/strong><\/td>\nABSTRACT<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TYPE:<\/strong> Original scientific paper
\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.17508\/CJFST.2024.16.1.02<\/a><\/span>
\nPDF<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n		To enhance recovery, athletes often consume ready-to-eat foods, specialized sports foods and\/or supplements that belong to the group of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), which may affect their health. The aim of this study was to estimate consumption of UPFs in basketball players and to determine whether there is a difference in anthropometric characteristics, neuromuscular and cardiovascular fitness and microbiota composition between players in relation to the proportion of daily energy from processed foods. The study involved 17 elite male basketball players (>18 years) from Croatia during the competitive season. After cluster analysis of daily energy contribution from NOVA food groups, 35% of players were clustered into higher UPFs consumption group. No differences in anthropometric characteristics, neuromuscular and cardiovascular fitness were observed between players who consumed more UPFs and those who consumed less UPFs. Players with higher consumption of UPFs had lower abundance of the order Veillonellales-Selenomonadales<\/em> in their respective microbiotas, more precisely, of family Veillonellaceae<\/em> (p = 0.040) and the genus Agathobacter<\/em> (p = 0.025). These results suggest that the consumption of UPFs did not affect athletes\u2019 performance but does impact their gut microbiota. Further studies on this issue are warranted to establish nutritional guidelines for athletes regarding the consumption of UPFs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*<\/strong>CORRESPONDENCE
\n<\/strong>Ana Ili\u0107
\nailic@pbf.hr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARTICLE HISTORY
\n<\/strong>Received: October 12, 2023
\nAccepted: December 21, 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CITATION
\n<\/strong>Had\u017ei\u0107 E, Ili\u0107 A, \u017du\u010dko J, Star\u010devi\u0107 A, Novak D, Rumbak I. Consumption of ultra-processed foods does not affect neuromuscular and cardiovascular fitness but alters gut microbiota in elite basketball players. Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology (2024) 16 (1) 10-24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/strong>C<\/strong>OPYRIGHT: <\/strong>\u00a9 2024 by the author(s). This is an open-access article distributed
\nunder the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KEYWORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

elite athletes; gut microbiota; fitness; NOVA classification; sport nutrition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

KEY CONTRIBUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first study that observed the ultra-processed food consumption in the elite athletes. This study provides information on the percentage of daily energy intake from ultra-processed foods and their subgroups in elite basketball players during the competitive season. The present study provides additional insight into the effects of UPF consumption on neuromuscular and cardiovascular fitness in elite basketball players. The present study demonstrates the differences in the gut microbiota of elite basketball players in relation to energy intake from ultra-processed foods.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Consumption of ultra-processed foods does not affect neuromuscular and cardiovascular fitness but alters gut microbiota in elite basketball players Edin Had\u017ei\u01071, Ana Ili\u01071*,\u00a0 Jurica \u017du\u010dko1, Antonio Star\u010devi\u01071, Dario Novak2, Ivana Rumbak1 1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 2University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology, Horva\u010danski zavoj 15, 10000 … Op\u0161irnije<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nekategorizirano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5182"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5352,"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182\/revisions\/5352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ptfos.unios.hr\/novicjfst\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}