Prebiotic Fiber Supplements Reduce Allergies and Asthma

No, you're not seeing things: Allergies, Asthma and your colon ARE related. We know the idea that a healthy colon may be a key in allergic conditions is difficult to get your mind around. However, medical research is now showing us just how this may happen in the body.

The simplest way to understand it is to see the relationship between allergies, such as rashes and asthma, and the immune system within the colon.

There is a relationship: The colon has about 70% of the body’s immune defenses which start to develop just after birth. Some of the bacteria that first arrive in the baby’s intestine stimulate the powerful immune system within the wall of the colon. This, in turn, can prevent or reduce the development of allergies.

This has been well-described in infants who, if provided with the right prebiotic plant fibers, have significantly reduced allergies when measured two years later. Oligofructose and inulin, the components in Prebiotin™ prebiotic fiber supplement, along with a healthy and generous mix of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, likely maintain this positive immune stimulus through life.