Recovery is
downstream of
the terrain you carry.
Complete protocol
Performance & Recovery is a longer rebuild — three phases carry it. Complete Protocol covers the full 75-day sequence in one curated path.
Why Performance & Recovery routes through the gut.
Recovery isn't made in isolation. It's a downstream read on the body's available reserves — minerals, microbiome diversity, inflammation balance — and the gut sits at the top of every one of those inputs.
Recovery currency is mineral-led. Magnesium, chloride, potassium — the currency the body runs on between training sessions. The gut absorbs them; depleted gut, depleted absorption, depleted recovery. Athletes and active populations feel this first because their throughput is highest.
Microbiome diversity correlates with recovery markers. Studies on elite athletes consistently show distinct microbiome profiles — elevated short-chain fatty acid producers, lower ambient inflammation, faster cortisol clearance. The microbiome isn't a side conversation; it's part of the recovery machinery.
The MEND Method works at the upstream end. Mineralise restores the recovery currency. Establish reseeds the strains that produce SCFAs. Nourish feeds the ecosystem. Defend maintains. The protocol isn't bespoke for athletes — it's universal — but the platform it builds is what holds output.
Three decades of research, summarised honestly.
We do not make medical claims for Progurt products. We do report what the underlying research shows about the gut's role in this concern — and why we built the protocol the way we did.
Three decades of research into the gut's role in recovery, mineral absorption, and athletic performance underpin the protocol for this concern. The strains in our Establish products are Human Probiotic Isolates™ — developed from research into microbiome-recovery pathways.
the research is the receipt.
These studies support the mechanism — they do not constitute medical claims about Progurt products. Progurt supports recovery and performance function via the upstream gut-terrain pathway; results vary; not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Clinical performance protocols are clinical conversations — work with your practitioner.
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Athlete gut microbiomes show distinct recovery-linked profiles.
Trained athletes display elevated short-chain fatty acid producers; supplementation with prebiotic-fed probiotics shortened recovery markers in moderate-intensity training studies.
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Short-chain fatty acids reduce ambient inflammation markers.
Butyrate and propionate, both produced by gut flora when fed prebiotic fibre, reduce circulating IL-6 and TNF-α — the inflammation markers that lengthen recovery windows.
— Gut, 2020 · Nature Communications, 2022 -
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Gut integrity is the upstream input to mineral status.
Compromised lining reduces magnesium, zinc, and chloride absorption by up to 40% — restoring lining integrity restores mineral status without changing intake.
— Nutrients, 2022 -
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Microbiome diversity correlates with cortisol clearance rate.
Higher gut microbiome diversity is associated with faster cortisol clearance post-stressor — a key marker of recovery capacity in trained populations.
— Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2022
How Performance & Recovery moves through the MEND Method.
Each phase carries weight differently for Performance & Recovery. The lead phase is where most customers start; off phases either come later or are optional.
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Mineralise
Optional. Recovery-focused customers benefit from a brief Mineralise prep, but it's not the lead.
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Establish · lead
Where it starts. Probiotic Yogurt reseeds the strains that produce SCFAs — the anti-inflammatory currency recovery runs on.
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Nourish
The middle phase. Prebiotic Syrup feeds the ecosystem; Immuno Protein supports the recovery layer.
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Defend
Maintenance and long-term. Where the protocol gains hold and the system holds output across seasons.
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What's in this collection.
The individual products for Performance & Recovery. Prefer a ready-made set? See the bundles.
Customers in Performance & Recovery.
Some performance & recovery conversations belong in a clinic.
If you're navigating something complex — autoimmune, fertility, post-partum, an existing condition — our practitioner network is trained on the MEND protocol and ready for that conversation.
Find a practitioner near you, or pass these pages to your current one.
One protocol.
Every concern.
Performance & Recovery routes through the same MEND Method as the other five concerns. Your symptoms are downstream signals of an upstream depletion we can address.