Product Description:
Prebiotic Mix (Gut Recovery)
• Stimulates growth of health bacteria
• Stimulates the immune system
• Decreases the pathogenic bacteria in the intestine
• Supports Healthy digestion
• Helps repair “leaky gut”
• Decreases the risk of osteoporosis
• Increases mineral absorption, especially of calcium
• Lowers the synthesis of triglycerides and fatty acids in the liver
• Regulates carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
• Lowers blood glucose levels
A pre-biotic is a term given to a small group of substances that contribute to healthy digestive flora. Prebiotics are not to be confused with probiotics which are the actual living bacteria that reside in our intestines and ensure a healthy environment and functioning mucosa.
Definition: ‘A prebiotic is a selectively fermented ingredient that allows specific changes, both in the composition and/or activity in the gastrointestinal microbiota that confers benefits upon host wellbeing and health’
Gut Recovery combines several of the most well researched pre-biotics and utilises several other mucosal restorative ingredients to create the optimal environment for healthy microvilli and residing biotics. Contains “glyconutrients”.
Comment:
Inulin and oligofructose belong to a class of carbohydrates known as fructans. The main sources of inulin and oligofructose that are used in the food industry are chicory and Jerusalem artichoke. Inulin and oligofructose are considered as functional food ingredients since they affect the physiological and biochemical processes in rats and human beings, resulting in better health and reduction in the risk of many diseases. Experimental studies have shown their use as bifidogenic agents, stimulating the immune system of the body, decreasing the pathogenic bacteria in the intestine, relieving constipation, decreasing the risk of osteoporosis by increasing mineral absorption, especially of calcium, reducing the risk of atherosclerosis by lowering the synthesis of triglycerides and fatty acids in the liver and decreasing their level in serum. These fructans modulate the hormonal level of insulin and glucagon, thereby regulating carbohydrate and lipid metabolism by lowering the blood glucose levels; they are also effective in lowering the blood urea and uric acid levels, thereby maintaining the nitrogen balance. Inulin and oligofructose also reduce the incidence of colon cancer. The biochemical basis of these beneficial effects of inulin and oligofructose have been discussed. Oligofructose are non-cariogenic as they are not used by Streptococcus mutans to form acids and insoluble glucans that are the main culprits in dental caries
