PREBIOTICS: An Important Nutrient for the Gluten Intolerant
By Frank Jackson, MD
As printed in Gluten Intolerance Group Magazine: Fall Quarter,Vol. 33, 2010, #4
Wheat is such an incredible food for the human race! But what a disaster for the celiac and gluten intolerant! Wheat, in its many variant forms, supplies over 20% of calorie needs… Continue Reading
Chihuahuan Desert Indians and Fiber – How Much is TOO Much?
How Much Prebiotic Fiber is TOO Much? Let’s Ask the Indians of the prehistoric Chihuahuan Desert.
The agave plant is unique to the southwest part of the US, more specifically to the sonoran desert in southern Arizona. The plant has wide spicky leaves, but a juicy heart which is loaded… Continue Reading
Prebiotics Support Metabolism and Health
I am still stunned by the mammoth British Journal of Nutrition report that was published last August on the role of our prebiotics in health and metabolism. It was a 63 page science article with over 450 references. It is pure science and not really understandable for the general public.… Continue Reading
Developing Risks – Crohns Disease, Diet & Prebiotics
One of the great problems we physicians have always had was to tell our Crohns Disease (CD) patients what they should eat. Since CD is a disorder of the lower intestinal track and colon it only makes sense that what patients eat is really important. I struggled with this problem… Continue Reading
Prebiotics – State-of-the-Science
PREBIOTICS, 1995 – the concept was first explained by Dr. Marcel Roberfroid in a 1995 medical article where he introduced PREBIOTICS as unique plant fibers that have beneficial effects in the intestinal tract and the entire body. PREBIOTICS are not Probiotics.
In the article Dr. Roberfroid defines prebiotics as… Continue Reading
