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    » Home » Cooking Club » Prebiotics and Probiotics

    Prebiotics and Probiotics

    Posted: Aug 14, 2009 · Updated: Aug 10, 2023 by Jenny McGruther · This site earns income from ads and affiliate links..

    Prebiotcs and probiotics represent essential aspects of a wholesome, nourishing diet.   Though not the same, prebiotics and probiotics complement one another and work together to improve overall health and wellness.   Simplistically, a prebiotic promotes the proliferation of beneficial bacteria while probiotics contain live beneficial bacteria that help to recolonize your intenstinal flora.   Both prebiotics and probiotics work in harmony with one another.   A diet deficient in either prebiotics or probiotics may severely impact health and immune function in particular.

    Prebiotics

    Prebiotics promote the growth and proliferation of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system.   Unlike probiotics, which are live organisms, prebiotics are components of food that are not otherwise easily digested by humans and these food components essentially feed beneficial bacteria in your gut.   Oligosaccharides such as oligofructose and inulin are only partially digested by humans and the remaining components of these carbohydrate molecules feed beneficial bacteria.

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