2007-01-05 02:50:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Prebiotics are a category of functional food, defined as: Non digestible food ingredients, that beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon, and thus improve host health.
Probiotics are dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria or yeast, with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as the most common microbes used. LAB have been used in the food industry for many years, because they are able to convert sugars (including lactose) and other carbohydrates into lactic acid. This not only provides the characteristic sour taste of fermented dairy foods such as yogurt, but acts as a preservative, by lowering the pH and creating fewer opportunities for spoilage organisms to grow.
2007-01-05 02:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by James Chan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't it be probiotic and antibiotic here? As in, for and against, not before and after?
2007-01-05 02:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by Cedar 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No
2007-01-05 03:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by Chris C 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋