A large-scale Italian study has shown a significant beneficial effect of prebiotics in infant formula. Prebiotics-supplemented infants suffered fewer bowel infections than controls, and were less likely to be prescribed antibiotics for any infection.
Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients, such as fibers, that promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, or probiotics, in the gut. Efforts to improve gastrointestinal health, and thus general health, have therefore focused not only on probiotics, but also on prebiotics.
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Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients, such as fibers, that promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, or probiotics, in the gut. Efforts to improve gastrointestinal health, and thus general health, have therefore focused not only on probiotics, but also on prebiotics.
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Go to www.gutflora.org/.
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