Distinguishing Probiotics and Prebiotics Drink's

Drinks and health supplements on the market many claimed to contain a prebiotic, probiotic or a combination of both. At a glance only differ in the prefix pre and pro, but it turns out many things that distinguish the two.
The fundamental difference is made up of microorganisms living probiotics. Meanwhile, a prebiotic fiber that become food for microorganisms.
Examples of such probiotic bacteria Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, and Lactobacillus. While the example is inulin and prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS).


Here are 5 things that distinguish the probiotic with a prebiotic.
  1. Probiotics are living microorganisms are taken to maintain the balance of the digestive system in the intestine. Prebiotic fiber is a kind of special that could become food for microorganisms in the gut.
  2. Probiotic drinks must be stored on storage conditions, temperature and a certain acidity level for the microorganisms in it does not die. Prebiotics do not require such treatment because it is not easily damaged.
  3. Probiotics occasionally contains foreign microorganisms deliberately added to the intestines to help the digestive system. Prebiotics only feed on microorganisms that naturally existing in the gut.

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