What you oughta know about prebiotics and gut health.
You know about probiotics, but what are prebiotics?
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Do Probiotics Colonize My Gut?
Claims that probiotics colonize your gut imply that good bacteria displace the bad ones in your digestive tract permanently.
That’s not the case.
Probiotics modify your microbiota temporarily.
highway out of town.
(True colonization-where bacteria move in for good-happens in infancy.)
Stop consuming probiotics and your micro-biome will shift back in a few weeks.
Prebiotic-Rich Foods
So, I’m stuck with the gut I’ve got?
When you eat these foods, your good gut flora feast on the prebiotics and multiply.
What’s Better: Probiotics or Prebiotics?
It’s too soon to say if one is better than the other.
But know that it’s not the only way to promote gut health.
Regularly feeding the microbes you already have with prebiotics is also key.
