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Probiotics and prebiotics support gut health and immune function, which are integral to effective recovery.
Including probiotics and prebiotics in recovery nutrition can enhance gut health and immune function.
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Additionally, probiotics and prebiotics support gut health and immune function, which are integral to effective recovery.
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From Food Supplements to Functional Foods: Emerging Perspectives on Post-Exercise Recovery Nutrition
Lifeng Wang et al. · Nutrients · 2024
DOI 10.3390/nu16234081
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Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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