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Prebiotics and probiotics may sound similar but play different roles in your body. These both help in maintaining a healthy gut.
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Probiotics are live bacteria that are good for your health in many ways. Probiotics are found in several foods naturally.
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Probiotics add to the population of healthy bacteria in the gut. The gut bacteria further provide important nutrition to the cell lining of the digestive tract.
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Yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut, pickles and buttermilk are some probiotic foods that naturally contain the healthy bacteria.
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Prebiotics are a form of plant fibres that the human body cannot digest but the good gut bacteria can digest them.
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Prebiotics serve as foods for the bacteria and other beneficial organisms, resulting in growth of the healthy bacteria.
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The list of prebiotic foods is quite long. Some of the common options are apples, banana, garlic, berries, onion, peas, beans, wheat and green vegetables.
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For a healthy gut add enough probiotic and prebiotic to your diet. You should never take supplements of these without consulting your doctor.
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