Hey everybody and welcome to today's episode of the Run to the Top Extra Kit daily podcast. My name is Haleyman and I am one of the coaches here

at Runners Connect. Hope you guys having a great day and looking forward to chatting with you.

This is something that I've become kind of interested in lately.

It's quite a topical one.

And that is can better gut health mean faster running?

It seems like all the scientists and dieticians and seem to want to talk about gut health at the moment.

And it's also been talked about in the context of the current pandemic.

Although there's still a lot of work beyond in the area, research seems to suggest that

gut health is a big contributor to a healthy immune system.

And we all want one of those right now.

So when we're talking about gut health,

we are most talking about the trillions of microbes that live in your gut and these good bacteria, which you'll often hear about

on adverts for a yogurt and yogurt drinks, they have important roles to play in all areas of our body function, especially the immune system.

And it seems that having a very diverse range of bacteria in our guts is a key part of health and actually those research should suggest that

running can actually improve our health through the effects on the composition

and function of our gut microbes.

So it seems that one of the ways running might help us to be healthier is by changing

those gut microbes.

But there's also research to suggest that elite athletes and athletes in general have more diverse

gut microbiota than non-athletes. And that's important because increased

micro-bile diversity has been strongly linked to better immunity, including

higher resistance to upper-risk spiritual health illnesses. So it's definitely something you want to think

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