Prebiotics

rebiotics are short-chain carbohydrates that are an essential food source for the microbiome and positively alter the composition or metabolism of the gut. They are the nondigestible fibre components of foods like onions, garlic, Jerusalem artichokes, chicory roots and beans, that travel undigested through the small intestine and ferment when they reach the large intestine (the colon) by bacteria such as bifidobacteria. The compounds produced by this fermentation process — short-chain fatty acids such as acetate, butyrate and propionate —