Surviving the Food Frenzy Holidays with Prebiotics

The holiday season is now in the immediate past. As usual, we have been confronted with an abundance of delicious foods that have dazzled our eyes and overwhelmed our taste buds. Our New Years resolutions are fresh in our minds. For most of us, weight control and a new look at how we manage it are at the top of the list. New science and old Mother Nature now have some answers to this dilemma.

Plant Fiber and Calories

The research and medical information on these 2 subjects top the list of really new and medically important knowledge. We now have incredibly new techniques to study the thriving bacteria within our gut. We know that when the very best bacteria that confer so many health benefits predominate in the colon, some very good things happen. We also know that the colon bacteria produce a certain number of calories each day. When the bad, unwanted bacteria flourish, twice as many calories are produced. It is as simple as that. Switching to prebiotic rich foods and/or prebiotic supplements makes this happen. You simple turn off the signal for more calorie product by using this simple trick. Prebiotic plant fibers.

Appetite Hormones

This information is also very new. Hormones are proteins, made in the body, that enter the blood stream and can give you signals relating to hunger and feelings of fullness or satiety. There are different hormones produced in the gut wall that do each of these feeling-hunger and fullness. The new research is that prebiotic plant fibers such as are in our Prebiotin shift these signals in the desired direction. So a high soluble plant fiber diet dulls your sense of hunger and increases fullness. A typical high meat and fat diet does the opposite. This is simply chemistry operating in your body based on the types of food you eat and whether you may be taking the right types of prebiotic supplement.

So, make soluble plant fiber a major part of your new diet. Prebiotin is the prebiotic formula that has the most medical research data behind it. Make it part of your New Year’s dietary resolution.

Wishing you the very best and healthiest of New Years to you

Frank W Jackson MD
President
Jackson GI Medical