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Prebiotics are found in a variety of starches and fibers including beans, whole grains, onions, asparagus, apples, green veggies, and artichokes. When you eat these foods, they ferment in your large intestine by the bacteria that live there, which produces the food and the environment that the bacteria need to thrive. In supplements or store-bought foods like bars, they often add inulin, which is a prebiotic fiber.
As mentioned above, prebiotics are the food for the probiotics."Most often you will have a mix in fermented foods and supplements that include: lactobacillus, bifidobacterium, and saccharomyces, which is a beneficial yeast," Langevin said. Probiotics and prebiotics work together to improve your gut health."Try to imagine that your gut is a garden," explained Niket Sonpal, MD, a board-certified gastroenterologist in New York City and an adjunct assistant professor at Touro College of Medicine, in a
."Probiotic bacteria are the seeds in the garden, [while] the prebiotic fiber is the water and fertilizer that helps the seeds to grow and flourish."Prebiotics are readily available in healthy high-fiber foods, so Langevin said if you eat a good amount of these, you don't need to take supplements or go out of your way to eat
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