Not exact matches
Just this month,
as part of the first large - scale clinical trial of its kind, researchers working in rural India found that newborns who were given a
synbiotic were at a substantially lower risk of developing sepsis, a potentially fatal condition characterized by severe infection.
Some small studies have suggested that
synbiotics could provide benefits to a range of other conditions influenced by the gut microbiome
as well, including obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but larger - scale clinical trials focusing on each of those conditions are needed.
A new review looks at the evidence behind the effectiveness of complementary or alternative therapies - including probiotics, prebiotics,
synbiotics, fiber, and herbal medicinal products - for the treatment of bowel disorders such
as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional constipation, and ulcerative colitis.
When a probiotic and a probiotic are combined, they are called a
synbiotic, and it is the form that is the most effective
as treatment.
Of course, the best way to benefit from
synbiotics, is to eat both prebiotic and probiotic foods, but
as we saw, the science says that not all soluble fibers go well with all probiotics, and there is a a little science involved.
When probiotics and prebiotics are used in combination, they are known
as «
synbiotics.»