Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10609/147463
Title: | Papel de la alimentación en la respuesta a infecciones respiratorias altas en atletas de élite |
Other Titles: | Role of nutrition in the response to upper respiratory infections in elite athletes |
Author: | Aguilar Díaz, Marta Nuria, Giménez-Blasi Latorre Rodríguez, Jose Antonio Martínez Bebiá, Manuel Bach-Faig, Anna Mariscal-Arcas, Miguel |
Others: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Estudis de Ciències de la Salut Universidad Isabel I Universidad de Murcia Universidad de Granada |
Citation: | Aguilar Díaz, M., Giménez-Blasi, N., Latorre, J.A., Martínez Bebiá, M., Bach Faig, A. & Mariscal-Arcas, M. (2021). Papel de la alimentación en la respuesta a infecciones respiratorias altas en atletas de élite. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición, 71(1), 61-78. doi: 10.37527/2021.71.1.007 |
Abstract: | Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) are debilitating for the athletic potential of elite athletes. Physical exercise in elite athletes activates multiple molecular and biochemical pathways related to the immune system, which, at the same time, are sensitive to nutritional influences. Based on this context, immunonutrition is taking a new direction aimed at achieving the immunological balance. Objective. To investigate the nutritional aspects that can improve the immune response in elite athletes. To study the potential benefits of immune balance to improve performance, to analyse nutritional factors that contribute to the balance of the immune response and to extrapolate current evidence into practical dietary/supplementation recommendations to improve the homeostasis of the immune response in elite athletes, considering existing limitations. Results. Scientific evidence suggests that immune balance and immune response can be enhanced through the modification of nutritional factors. Among which, vitamin D, probiotics, vitamin C and zinc are the micronutrients with most evidence. Conclusion. Scientific advances in this field are promising and of great interest to elite athletes since it could decrease the incidence of URTI and, as a consequence, it could improve their sporting success. However, more studies are still required for its validation and application. |
Keywords: | immune equilibrium immune tolerance immunonutrition upper respiratory infection (URI) sport nutrition elite athlete |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.37527/2021.71.1.007 |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Version: | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
Issue Date: | 21-Mar-2021 |
Publication license: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
Appears in Collections: | Articles Articles cientÍfics |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Papel_de_la_alimentación_en_la_respuesta_a_infecciones_respiratorias_altas_en_atletas_de_elite.pdf | 636,16 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Share:
Items in repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.