Food and Nutrition

Probiotic and Prebiotics

Probiotics: Living strains of bacteria that add to the population of good bacteria in your digestive system.

Prebiotics: Specialized plant fiber that acts as food for the good bacteria. This stimulates growth among the pre-existing good bacteria. Prebiotics are specialized plant fibers. They act like manures that rouse the development of healthy bacteria in the gut. Probiotics are different in that they contain live organisms, usually specific strains of bacteria that directly add to the population of healthy microbes in your gut.

Examples of Prebiotics are Bananas, Onions, Garlic, Berries and Legumes.

Examples of Probiotics are Pickled vegetables, Kimchi, Kefir.