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Title
Review article: prebiotics in the gastrointestinal tract.
Authors
Macfarlane, S; Macfarlane, G T; Cummings, J H
Abstract
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.