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Prebiotics

Prebiotics are the soluble food fibers that feed the healthy bacteria in the colon. The term was coined in 1995, so the field is rather new. Researchers are evaluating many prebiotics, but only inulin and oligofructose have shown consistent results. Please refer to my essay, Introduction to Prebiotics and Prebiotics for details. The key thing that these two prebiotics (and hopefully, others) do is stimulate the colon’s good bacteria to grow. Inulin and oligofructose can also make the colon more acidic.

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