08/06/2022
What can we do to better maintain intestinal health?
There are four main factors affecting the intestinal flora: human factors (intestinal acidity and alkalinity, secretion of bile and digestive enzymes, intestinal peristalsis, secretion of intestinal mucus, detachment of intestinal epidermis, etc.) and human environmental factors (pressure, business trip, etc.); Diet consumed by human body (digestible food and non digestible fiber, drugs, etc.); Bacterial self factors (bacterial adhesion ability, reproductive ability, nutritional demand, anti digestive enzyme ability, etc.); Interactions between bacteria (nutritional competition, mutual inhibition, synergy, etc.).
The intestinal flora is in a healthy balance (the number of probiotics in the large intestine is 1000 to 10000 times that of harmful bacteria), pathogenic bacteria or conditional pathogenic bacteria exist in a small number, and the toxic metabolites they produce are not enough to harm the health of the host. However, when the four factors mentioned above change dramatically, the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestine decreases greatly, the number of harmful bacteria increases crazily, and the balance of intestinal flora is broken, the human body will have symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, indigestion, etc. The balance of intestinal flora is broken, and the result is damage to health.
Therefore, in order to ensure the normal daily operation of the intestines, in addition to reasonable diet and normal work and rest in daily life, sufficient prebiotics are supplemented to proliferate beneficial bacteria in the intestines and keep the intestines healthy. The survey data show that the actual daily intake of prebiotics per capita is 2-8g/d, which is still far from the minimum daily intake of 15g. Therefore, if ordinary people want to ensure that they need prebiotics every day, they need additional supplements.