Prebiotics and probiotics

Prebiotics
Prebiotics are food substances that
promote the growth of certain bacteria
(generally beneficial) in the intestines.
prebioticsnondigestible food
ingredients that selectively stimulate the
growth and/or activity of beneficial
microorganisms already in people's colons.
When probiotics and prebiotics are mixed
together, they form a synbiotic

PREBIOTICS Prebiotics are the substances, which reach

to colon in intact form i.e. without getting depleted by
the gastric pH and digestive acids.

These prebiotics also selectively promote the growth of

colonel probiotic bacteria; hence they act as fertilizers
for these bacteria.

These are collective term for non-digestive but a

fermentable dietary carbohydrate that may selectively
stimulates growth of certain bacterial groups resident in
the colon, such as Bifidobacteria, Lactobacilli considered
to be beneficial for the human host.

inulin, which is soluble dietary fibres and resistant to

digestive enzyme and thus reaches to large intestine or
colon essentially intact, where it is fermented by
resistant bacteria, Lactobacilli and feed themselves on it.

Prebiotics in the Diet:

Prebiotics that feed the beneficial bacteria in your

gut mostly come from carbohydrate fibers called
oligosaccharides.

You don't digest them, so the oligosaccharides

remain in the digestive tract and stimulate the
growth of beneficial bacteria.

Sources of oligosaccharides include fruits, legumes,

and whole grains.

Fructo-oligosaccharides may be taken as a

supplement or added to foods.

Yogurt made with bifidobacteria contain

oligosaccharides

Sources
Traditional dietary sources of prebiotics
include soybeans, inulin source(such as
chicory root), raw oats, unrefined wheat and
unrefined barley.
Some of the oligosaccharides that naturally
occur in breast milk are believed to play an
important role in the development of a
healthy immune system in infants.
No plant or food is a prebiotic: Wheat, honey
and many other foods contain prebiotics to a
greater or lesser extent, ranging from fairly
large portions (chicory root) to only trace
quantities (thousands of other plant-based
foods).

Top 10 Foods Containing Prebiotics

Food Prebiotic Fiber Content by Weight

Raw Chicory Root
64.6%
Raw Garlic
17.5%
Raw Leek
11.7%
Raw Onion
8.6%
Cooked Onion
5.0%
Raw Asparagus
5.0%
Raw Wheat bran
5.0%
Whole Wheat flour, Cooked
4.8%
Raw Banana
1.0%

Probiotics

According to the currently adopted definition by

FAO/WHO (World Health Organization and the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations),, probiotics are:
"live microorganisms, which, when
administered in adequate amounts, confer a
health benefit on the host." (Microorganisms are
tiny living organismssuch as bacteria, viruses,
and yeaststhat can be seen only under a
microscope).

Probiotics: Dietary supplements

containing potentially beneficial bacteria
or yeast.
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and
bifidobacteria are the most common types
of microbes used as probiotics; but certain
yeasts and bacilli may also be helpful.
Probiotics are commonly consumed as
part of fermented foods with specially
added active live cultures; such as in
yogurt, soy yogurt, or as dietary
supplements.

Probiotics are thought to beneficially affect

the host by improving its intestinal
microbial balance, thus inhibiting
pathogens and toxin producing bacteria.
Today, specific health effects are being
investigated and documented including
alleviation of chronic intestinal
inflammatory diseases, prevention and
treatment of pathogen-induced diarrhea,
urogenital infections,and atopic diseases.

Colon is the most densely populated

region of the gastrointestinal tract and
harbors an estimated 500 different
bacterial species.
The various types of bacteria that are
having the probiotics characteristics are Lactobacilli
(Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus
reuteri ,Lactobacillus casei )
Bifidobacterium breve
Streptococcus

Probiotics are available in foods and dietary

supplements
for example,
capsules,
tablets, and
Powders
Examples of foods containing probiotics are
yogurt,
fermented and
unfermented milk,
some juices
soy beverages.
In probiotic foods and supplements, the bacteria
may have been present originally or added during
preparation.

Most probiotics are bacteria similar to those

naturally found in people's guts, especially
in those of breastfed infants (who have
natural protection against many diseases).
Most often, the bacteria come from two
groups, Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium.
Within each group, there are different
species (for example, Lactobacillus
acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidus),
and within each species, different strains (or
varieties). A few common probiotics, such
as Saccharomyces boulardii, are yeasts,
which are different from bacteria.

Uses for Health Purposes

There are several reasons that people are interested in
probiotics for health purposes.
Friendly bacteria are vital to proper development of the
immune system, to protection against microorganisms that
could cause disease, and to the digestion and absorption of
food and nutrients.
Each person's mix of bacteria varies. Interactions between
a person and the microorganisms in his body, and among
the microorganisms themselves, can be crucial to the
person's health and well-being.
This bacterial "balancing act" can be thrown off in two
major ways:
By antibiotics, when they kill friendly bacteria in the gut
along with unfriendly bacteria.
Some people use probiotics to try to offset side effects from
antibiotics like gas, cramping, or diarrhea.
Similarly, some use them to ease symptoms of lactose
intolerancea condition in which the gut lacks the enzyme
needed to digest significant amounts of the major sugar in
milk, and which also causes gastrointestinal symptoms.

"Unfriendly" microorganisms such as disease-causing

bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and parasites can also upset the
balance. Researchers are exploring whether probiotics
could halt these unfriendly agents in the first place
and/or suppress their growth and activity in conditions
like: Irritable bowel syndrome
Inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., ulcerative colitis and Crohn's
disease)
Infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a bacterium that
causes most ulcers and many types of chronic stomach
inflammation
Tooth decay and periodontal disease
Stomach and respiratory infections that children acquire in
daycare
Skin infections

Another part of the interest in probiotics

stems from the fact there are cells in the
digestive tract connected with the immune
system. One theory is that if you alter the
microorganisms in a person's intestinal tract
(as by introducing probiotic bacteria), you
can affect the immune system's defenses.

What is it?
Kibow Biotics is a proprietary and patented
probiotics dietary supplement that has been
scientifically formulated and clinically tested.
Kibow Biotics metabolizes nitrogenous waste
that has diffused from the bloodstream into the
bowel.
Nitrogenous wastes are utilized by Kibow
Biotics as nutrients. As probiotics grow and
multiply, they consume more nitrogenous waste
and therefore effectively help maintain healthy
kidney function.

Probiotics and Kidney Health

When these waste products accumulate in high concentrations in

the blood, they become highly toxic and can cause severe
damage to many organ systems if they are not properly
excreted.
Due to the overloaded and impaired kidneys, a buildup of
poisonous wastes occurs in the bloodstream. Certain probiotic
microorganisms can utilize urea, uric acid and creatinine and
other toxins as its nutrients for growth. They then multiply,
thereby creating a greater diffusion of these uremic toxins from
the circulating blood across the lining of the intestinal walls into
the bowel. This increased microbial growth is excreted along with
the feces (which is normally 50% microbes by weight).
Enteric toxin reduction technology uses probiotic organisms to
transform the colon into a blood cleansing agent, which, with the
aid of microbes, indirectly removes toxic wastes and helps
eliminate them as fecal matter. Consequently, it is possible to
maintain a healthy kidney function with the oral use of Kibow
Biotics.
The patented, proprietary probiotics in Kibow Biotics have been
clinically tested and shown to be safe, effective and free of
serious side effects when taken for as long as six months.

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