Fruit-Based Prebiotic as Probiotic Food Carrier
Pectin and pulp extracted from passion fruit makes an effective probiotic food carrier, research finds as it demonstrates properties that stimulate probiotic growth and survival in the gut.
Pectin and pulp extracted from passion fruit makes an effective probiotic food carrier, research finds as it demonstrates properties that stimulate probiotic growth and survival in the gut.
Researchers in Brazil synthesized existing studies of dark blue flavonoids called anthocyanins and found that more and more studies hint to their prebiotic effect.
A specially formulated combination of probiotic and prebiotic has been shown to reduce the incidence of sepsis and death in infants in India by 40%, at a cost of only $1 per infant.
Feeding beneficial gut bacteria with fiber appears to help a signaling mechanism which limits the growth of harmful pathogens, according to a new study published in Science.
“It’s thought we have co-evolved with these ‘old friends’ or bacteria to become the super organism that we are, and we rely on this symbiotic relationship to keep our immune systems strong, and ourselves healthy.” READ MORE