Diet, immunity and inflammation: 11. Impacts of prebiotics on the immune system and inflammation
- ISBN-10
- 012808703X
- ISBN-13
- 9780128087039
- Series
- Diet, immunity and inflammation
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 760
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-30
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc. Chapters
- Author
- F. Guarner
Description
The human gut is the natural habitat for a diverse and dynamic microbial ecosystem having an important impact on health and disease. Unabsorbed portions of food are a major nutritional source for these microbial communities. Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients that are selectively fermented in the gut resulting in specific changes in the composition or activity of the gastrointestinal microbiota, thus conferring benefits upon host health. Inulin-type fructans and galacto-oligosaccharides are the most extensively studied prebiotics. They are fermented in the colon to short-chain fatty acids, and selectively stimulate the growth of bifidobacteria. These changes have an impact on the mucosal and systemic immune system and are correlated with a series of health benefits reviewed in this chapter.
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