Prebiotics

Microbiota modulation with prebiotic chicory root fiber and how it can improve mood. First human intervention study using prebiotic dietary fiber oligofructose and the human milk oligosaccharide 2’fucosyllactose

Dr. Raylene Reimer is a professor of nutrition in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Learn more about what she has to say about the importance of extablishing a healthy trajectory from early life to adulthood.

Setting the record straight: the mystery surrounding this topic is unravelled! Forget the myths and get ready to discover the real science behind prebiotics!

Most of us learned in high school biology that the colon plays an essential role in our digestive system. What most people don’t realize, however, is that the colon is also one of the most important participants in the immune system because it houses the body’s largest microbiota colony. 

Babies are born with an immature immune system and a nearly sterile gut. Programming of their systemic immunity begins soon after birth and is strongly influenced by the multitude of bacteria that colonize the gut in their first days and weeks to form the body’s microbiota.