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Is There Any Scientific Evidence Suggesting A Prebiotic Would Help Increase The Effectiveness Of The Probiotic?

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Posted on Tue, 19 Jan 2021
Question: My doctor prescribed probiotics for my ulcerative colitis. Is there any scientific evidence suggesting a prebiotic would help increase the effectiveness of the probiotic? Any thoughts?'
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Ernie
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Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (59 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
using them together increases the benefits

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Probiotics are a type of bacteria similar to those found in the gut. Prebiotics are a type of carbohydrate that are used as food for the probiotics.
The combination is referred to synbiotics.

The use of prebiotics improves the effectiveness of the probiotics.

There are a number of studies, particularly on pubmed medical website, that promote the use of the combination.
EG-Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics- a review by XXXXXXX R Pandey- Also found in the Journal of food and technology in dec 2015

There are others if you want those listed as well

You can use both to have added benefit

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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Is There Any Scientific Evidence Suggesting A Prebiotic Would Help Increase The Effectiveness Of The Probiotic?

Brief Answer: using them together increases the benefits Detailed Answer: Hi, Probiotics are a type of bacteria similar to those found in the gut. Prebiotics are a type of carbohydrate that are used as food for the probiotics. The combination is referred to synbiotics. The use of prebiotics improves the effectiveness of the probiotics. There are a number of studies, particularly on pubmed medical website, that promote the use of the combination. EG-Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics- a review by XXXXXXX R Pandey- Also found in the Journal of food and technology in dec 2015 There are others if you want those listed as well You can use both to have added benefit I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions