What are Prebiotics and how do they help?
Prebiotics are non-digestible foods that make their way through our digestive system and help good bacteria grow and flourish. Prebiotics “feed” the existing beneficial bacteria and keep them healthy, so that by increasing the number of beneficial bacteria in the colon the harmful ones are kept at bay, providing many benefits for the well-being of the body. Prebiotics are not destroyed, digested or absorbed in the upper GI tract and therefore reach the gut where our good bacteria reside and can contribute fully in promoting their effectiveness.
What are Probiotics?
Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that can be found in various foods and drinks. When you eat probiotics you will add these healthy bacteria to your intestinal tract. Probiotics some times be can be damaged in heat or in the digestive tract.
Recent research has found that by feeding and energising the existing ‘good’ bacteria already present in the gastro-intestinal tract with a prebiotic supplement, they grow and colonise at a much faster rate than the ‘bad’ bacteria, resulting in ‘bad’ bacteria being flushed from the digestive system for a much healthier bacterial balance.
