What To Know About Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics

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Gut Microbiota and Probiotics, Prebiotics,  Synbiotics

 

People to maintain a healthy lifestyle, it is necessary to have a healthy gastrointestinal tract. This is provided by intestinal microflora. Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics are used to strengthen the beneficial microflora of the gut.



PROBİOTİCS

Probiotics are live microorganisms added to foods that offer potential health benefits to the host when consumed in adequate amounts (WHO). This group includes lactobacilli, bifidobacteria and enterococci. The fact that probiotics can be active without being harmed in the gastrointestinal environment is due to their resistance in a high acid environment.

 It has been determined that probiotic microorganisms have effects preventing intestinal disorders. Probiotic bacteria settle on the intestinal surface, prevent the adhesion of unwanted bacteria and control the growth of these bacteria with the antimicrobial substances they produce. Probiotics may provide  benefits, as well:

  • Aid digestion
  • Produce vitamins
  • Reduce intestinal transit time
  • Fight cancer
  • Reduce inflammation
  • Reduce cholesterol and blood pressure
  • Protect against foodborne illness
  • Assist in lactose digestion
  • Promotes urinary health

They can be found in yogurt and other fermented foods, dietary supplements.

PREBİOTİCS

 Prebiotic was described as “a non-digestible food ingredient that beneficially affects the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon, and thus improves host health”(Glenn Gibson and Marcel Roberfroid). Short and long-chain β-fructans (Fructooligosaccharides and inulin), Lactulose, and Galactooligosaccharides can be classified as prebiotics. They can feed the intestinal microbiota, and their degradation products are short-chain fatty acids that provide energy for the cells lining the wall of the gut. This is potentially protective against colon cancer and other diseases. Consuming prebiotics can improve immunity functions by increasing the population of protective microorganisms.




 SYNBİOTİCS

 If a food contains both probiotics and prebiotics, it is called synbiotics. Synbiotics are thought to increase probiotic stability in the gastrointestinal tract.

Some Synbiotics:

  • Bifidobacterium+Fructooligosaccharides

  • Lactobacillus+Lactitol

  • Bifidobacterium+Galactooligosaccharides


 

There are many studies on the positive 

effects of prebiotics and probiotics on

human health.therefore, we should be 

careful to include in our diet. We begin to

build this flora early in life and it is important

to eat a varied diet.




REFERENCES
Gleeson, J. 2018. Food and the Intestine: Friends from day one. Science Meets Food. healthhttp://sciencemeetsfood.org/food-intestine-friends-day-one/

Özden, A. Gastro-İntestinal Sistem ve Probiyotik-Prebiyotik Synbiyotik. 
http://guncel.tgv.org.tr/journal/1/pdf/17.pdf?ref=PandoraISP

Sezen, G. A. 2013. Prebiyotik, Probiyotik ve Sinbiyotiklerin İnsan ve Hayvan Sağlığı Üzerine Etkileri.  Atatürk Üniversitesi Vet. Bil. Derg.  8(3): 248-258.

İnanç, N., Şahin, H., Çicek, B. 2005. Probiyotik ve Prebiyotiklerin Sağlık Üzerine Etkileri. Erciyes Tıp Dergisi 27(3) 122-127.

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