Gut microbiota of sedentary and active women

Physical exercise is a tool to prevent and treat some of the chronic diseases affecting world’s population. A mechanism through which exercise could exert a beneficial effect in the body is exerting changes in the gut microbiota, a factor which in recent years has been associated with numerous chronic diseases. Our study indicates that physical exercise performed by women at least at the recommended dose by WHO can modify the profile of gut microbiota.