Do prebiotics and probiotics really make a difference to the immune system?
A. The benefits of Pre and Probiotics have been identified for many years, following research of how our natural defence system operates, establishing the presence of prebiotics in breastmilk and pre and probiotics in some of our other healthy foods. Probiotics are live friendly bacteria that sit in our digestive system, mainly the large intestine, playing a key role of protecting us against harmful bacteria penetrating the gut lining and making us unwell. There is also evidence that points towards Pre and probiotics reducing the level of respiratory problems, like asthma in infants. Initial colonisation of the gut with Probiotics takes place at birth and then stimulated and maintained through diet, initially from the prebiotics in breastmilk or formula milks with added prebiotics. Prebiotics are specifically designed as a food source for the probiotics, and stimulate the persistent turnover of the healthy bacteria protecting our gut, as well as their presence in breastmilk they can al
