Probiotics and Prebiotics

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What is a Prebiotic?
ANSWER: Prebiotics like Molkosan^� Vitality feed the good bacteria you already have.

The gut is an amazing place. It has an internal surface area of more than 300 square metres � about the size of a tennis court! This surface is lined by a �mesh� formed by approximately 150 types of bacteria, weighing 1kg.

In good health, these organisms live in balance and harmony with each other, and our bodies. When this delicate balance is disturbed, organisms such as Candida albicans start to take over. This results in a range of symptoms including tiredness, bloating, trapped wind and repeated fungal infections.

PROBIOTICS have been available for a long time, reﬂecting the general awareness that friendly bacteria can be good for digestive health. The reasoning is that a supply of good bacteria will help to restore the balance in the gut ﬂora.

However, more recent thinking suggests that whilst probiotics are useful, there is a need to act at a more fundamental level. There may be little point in sending in replacement troops if they are going be killed by the same conditions that got rid of the original lot.

PREBIOTICS such as Molkosan Vitality are substances which improve the internal environment of the gut. In doing so they help to feed and support friendly bacteria, allowing the good bacteria we have to thrive and providing the conditions to make probiotics work better.