Probiotics and prebiotics: basic information

The term "probiotics" has recently gained immense popularity. Probiotics can be heard in advertising on television, and find a lot of information on the Internet, and even see on the food package. Probiotics are considered to be an effective mechanism aimed at combating dysbiosis and other problems with digestion. This article will consider what probiotics and prebiotics are, how they function, under what diseases they are recommended.

Intestine is one of the organs responsible for the state of our health. The intestine contains a large number of microorganisms, from the correct and precise operation of which depends the entire immune system of the human body. But due to malnutrition, frequent stressful situations, lack of physical activity, and all sorts of failures and irregularities occur. It is in such situations that our body needs additional and effective help.

Probiotics are usually called live microorganisms, in particular, lactobacilli or bifidobacteria - they are included in the normal intestinal microflora. Prebiotics are indigestible food particles, they stimulate growth and participate in the propagation of beneficial microorganisms.

Drugs with probiotics contain active ingredients, in this case microorganisms that are extremely useful for the intestine, they are called symbiotic bacteria.

Preparations-prebiotics contain oligosaccharides, enzymes and acids, under the influence of which the process of activation of the intestinal microflora takes place.

By combining prebiotics and probiotics form synbiotics.

What are probiotics and prebiotics for?

Probiotics and prebiotics are recommended for such conditions:

• In the period of therapeutic treatment with antibiotics, antibacterial and antimicrobial agents;
• Are recommended as maintenance therapy after severe diseases;
• Are effective in stressful situations;
• Can be used against a background of strict diet;
• Have a positive effect in diseases of the digestive tract.

Probiotics and prebiotics have a fairly wide range of purposes:

• They are effective in controlling pests. Probiotics-bacteria have the property of densely populating the walls of the intestine, producing a specific acid there, which is not tolerated by pathogens of various intestinal infections.
• Promote the process of digestion. Probiotics and prebiotics stimulate intestinal peristalsis, which has a positive effect on the process of digesting food. As a result, the processes of decay, fermentation become less pronounced or completely disappear.
• Help to cleanse the body. Prebiotics and probiotics have the ability to absorb toxins, including heavy metals and carcinogens.
• Significantly strengthen the immune system and stimulate the work of useful microorganisms, probiotics strengthen the immune defense of the body, help to resist viral infections, herpes, and are very effective in allergies and autoimmune diseases.