The complete prebiotic & probiotic health guide : a vegetarian plan for balancing your gut flora + 175 recipes
Raman, Maitreyi, (Gastroenterologist)2015
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In recent years, there has been a great deal of research exploring the relationship between maintaining an optimal balance of healthy bacteria in our gut, known as "healthy gut," and the impact of a healthy gut on overall health and disease prevention and treatment. There are two bacteria key to a healthy gut: probiotics and prebiotics. Probiotics are healthy bacteria that naturally live and flourish in the colon of our digestive systems. Prebiotics, on the other hand, are non-digestible carbohydrates that also live in the digestive system where they act as "food" for the beneficial probiotics. Unfortunately, there are some lifestyle choices, such as poor diet and overuse of antibiotics, that can seriously compromise healthy levels of probiotics and prebiotics. "The Complete Prebiotic and Probiotic Health Guide" is a guide to achieving and maintaining an optimal balance of prebiotics and probiotics in the digestive system.
Main title:
The complete prebiotic & probiotic health guide : a vegetarian plan for balancing your gut flora + 175 recipes / Dr. Maitreyi Raman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Agela Sirounis, BSc, RD, Jennifer Shrubsole, BSc, RD.
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Imprint:
Toronto Robert Rose, 2015.©2015.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Understanding the gut microbiome. The gut microbiome ; Antibiotics and the gut microbiome ; Beneficial bacteria ; The impact of fiber on gut microbiota -- How to achieve a healthy microbiome. The vegetarian diet ; The vegetarian diet in detail ; Optimizing dietary fiber and prebiotics ; How to optimize dietary probiotics -- The 8-step biotic-balanced program. Nutrition prescription for health living ; Changing your eating habits -- Recipes for a healthy microbiome.
ISBN:
97807788051750778805174
Dewey class:
641.5636
Language:
English
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BRN:
314315