Review article: prebiotics in the gastrointestinal tract

@article{Macfarlane2006ReviewAP,
  title={Review article: prebiotics in the gastrointestinal tract},
  author={Sandra Macfarlane and George T. Macfarlane and John H. Cummings},
  journal={Alimentary Pharmacology \& Therapeutics},
  year={2006},
  volume={24}
}
Prebiotics are short‐chain carbohydrates that alter the composition, or metabolism, of the gut microbiota in a beneficial manner. It is therefore expected that prebiotics will improve health in a way similar to probiotics, whilst at the same time being cheaper, and carrying less risk and being easier to incorporate into the diet than probiotics. 
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