The Gut Bacteria Factory

Prebiotics play a critical role in your
nutritional health.

New, revolutionary, medical research techniques have clearly shown that the large bowel or colon and its enormous bacterial content provide many health benefits, but only if it is properly nourished. This occurs even in infancy when a mother’s milk containing unique prebiotics stimulates just the right bacteria to grow vigorously in a baby’s developing gut. This unique growth then continues throughout life but only if the individual continues to consume a prebiotic rich diet. In turn, the bad bacteria, which everyone gets into their gut periodically, are prevented from growing.

The constant struggle between
the good and the bad.

The colon contains over 1000 species of bacteria. There is always a balance between whether the good, health providing predominate or whether bad groups of bacteria are in charge. It is easy to tip the balance in a favorable manner by ingesting prebiotic rich foods and or using a full-spectrum prebiotic supplement.

So, in a very real sense, prebiotics are like fertilizer sprinkled on the lawn, which encourages the growth of lush grass and so crowds out the weeds. Probiotic bacteria, while at times helpful, are more like scattering seed on the lawn and then hoping that they will germinate and flourish. Adding prebiotics to good bacteria that are already in the colon will be much more successful in this goal.