Fibre: The Forgotten Carbohydrate in Sports Nutrition Recommendations.

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Laura Mancin, Louise M Burke, Ian Rollo

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Laura Mancin: Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. L.Mancin@ljmu.ac.uk. ORCID
Louise M Burke: Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. ORCID
Ian Rollo: Gatorade Sports Science Institute, PepsiCo Life Sciences, Global R&D, Leicester, UK. ORCID

PMID: 39775524 DOI: 10.1007/s40279-024-02167-1

Although dietary guidelines concerning carbohydrate intake for athletes are well established, these do not include recommendations for daily fibre intake. However, there are many scenarios in sports nutrition in which common practice involves the manipulation of fibre intake to address gastrointestinal comfort around exercise, or acute or chronic goals around the management of body mass or composition. The effect of fibre intake in overall health is also important, particularly in combination with other dietary considerations such as the elevated protein requirements in this population. An athlete's habitual intake of dietary fibre should be assessed. If less than 20 g a day, athletes may consider dietary interventions to gradually increase intake. It is proposed that a ramp phase is adopted to gradually increase fibre ingestion to��~��30 g of fibre a day (which includes��~��2 g of beta-glucan) over a duration of 6 weeks. The outcomes of achieving a daily fibre intake are to help preserve athlete gut microbiome diversity and stability, intestinal barrier function as well as the downstream effects of short-chain fatty acids produced following the fermentation of microbiome accessible carbohydrates. Nevertheless, there are scenarios in which daily manipulation of fibre intake, either to reduce or increase intake, may be valuable in assisting the athlete to maintain gastrointestinal comfort during exercise or to contribute to body mass/composition goals. Although further research is required, the aim of this current opinion paper is to ensure that fibre is not forgotten as a nutrient in the athlete's diet.

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