Complex carbohydrates, such as oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, along with protein (including peptides), are two essential macromolecules crucial for maintaining physical health. Both macromolecules offer well-established health benefits and play a critical role in energy balance, prebiotic effects, antimicrobial effects, and immunity improvement. Additionally, complex carbohydrates and protein may also provide anti-fatigue and performance-enhancing effects for various types of exercise through various mechanisms. Protein typically provides energy, substrates for cytokines synthesis, and muscle restoration. On the other hand, digestible complex carbohydrates provide energy directly by influencing energy absorption rate. Indigestible carbohydrate (eg. mostly dietary fibers) interact with gut microbiota. Specifically, they impact the gut-muscle axis, gut-bone axis, and gut-brain axis. However, innovative complex carbohydrates and protein extracted from new resources (such as fungi, microalgae and herbs) still need further development and their biological functions should also be demonstrated. Moreover, the dose-effect response and structure-effect relationship require further study to be fully understood.
This Research Topic is aimed to contribute the current research on the implications of complex carbohydrates and protein for reducing fatigue and improving exercise performance for both professional athletes and the general fitness population. The focus is to address the effects and mechanisms of complex carbohydrates and protein on anti-fatigue and performance improvement. Contributions may include original articles and reviews on these macromolecules, their hypothesized ability to alleviate fatigue, modulate sport and exercise performance, as well as personalized sport supplements that could be of interest to athletes engaging in various types of exercise.
For submission to the research topic, studies on complex carbohydrates should focus on macromolecules structures, including polysaccharide and oligosaccharide, while studies on proteins should concentrate on structures above the secondary level. Studies on simple carbohydrates (such as glucose, sucrose, etc.) and amino acids, both experimental and review, are not within the scope of the topic.
We welcome submissions, including but not limited to the following aspects:
- Innovative oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and protein (including peptides) with sport-related functions derived from various sources
- In vivo and in vitro experiments to validate the anti-fatigue or performance-enhancing effects of complex carbohydrates and protein
- Experimental or review studies on complex carbohydrates and protein working through gut-muscle axis, gut-bone axis, and gut-brain axis
- Examination of the structure and effects of complex carbohydrates and protein
- Human study intervention on the effect of complex carbohydrates and protein on reducing fatigue and enhancing sports performance
- Prospects for the application of complex carbohydrates and protein in the athletic population
Keywords:
Polysaccharides, protein, anti-fatigue, endurance, strength
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Complex carbohydrates, such as oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, along with protein (including peptides), are two essential macromolecules crucial for maintaining physical health. Both macromolecules offer well-established health benefits and play a critical role in energy balance, prebiotic effects, antimicrobial effects, and immunity improvement. Additionally, complex carbohydrates and protein may also provide anti-fatigue and performance-enhancing effects for various types of exercise through various mechanisms. Protein typically provides energy, substrates for cytokines synthesis, and muscle restoration. On the other hand, digestible complex carbohydrates provide energy directly by influencing energy absorption rate. Indigestible carbohydrate (eg. mostly dietary fibers) interact with gut microbiota. Specifically, they impact the gut-muscle axis, gut-bone axis, and gut-brain axis. However, innovative complex carbohydrates and protein extracted from new resources (such as fungi, microalgae and herbs) still need further development and their biological functions should also be demonstrated. Moreover, the dose-effect response and structure-effect relationship require further study to be fully understood.
This Research Topic is aimed to contribute the current research on the implications of complex carbohydrates and protein for reducing fatigue and improving exercise performance for both professional athletes and the general fitness population. The focus is to address the effects and mechanisms of complex carbohydrates and protein on anti-fatigue and performance improvement. Contributions may include original articles and reviews on these macromolecules, their hypothesized ability to alleviate fatigue, modulate sport and exercise performance, as well as personalized sport supplements that could be of interest to athletes engaging in various types of exercise.
For submission to the research topic, studies on complex carbohydrates should focus on macromolecules structures, including polysaccharide and oligosaccharide, while studies on proteins should concentrate on structures above the secondary level. Studies on simple carbohydrates (such as glucose, sucrose, etc.) and amino acids, both experimental and review, are not within the scope of the topic.
We welcome submissions, including but not limited to the following aspects:
- Innovative oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and protein (including peptides) with sport-related functions derived from various sources
- In vivo and in vitro experiments to validate the anti-fatigue or performance-enhancing effects of complex carbohydrates and protein
- Experimental or review studies on complex carbohydrates and protein working through gut-muscle axis, gut-bone axis, and gut-brain axis
- Examination of the structure and effects of complex carbohydrates and protein
- Human study intervention on the effect of complex carbohydrates and protein on reducing fatigue and enhancing sports performance
- Prospects for the application of complex carbohydrates and protein in the athletic population
Keywords:
Polysaccharides, protein, anti-fatigue, endurance, strength
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.