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prebiotic

prebiotic

1 5.1
Helping good bacteria in the gut grow and stay active
  • adjective
  • /ˌpriːbaɪˈɒtɪk/
  • Specialized
: prebiótico
  • So focusing on prebiotic and probiotic foods, there's, you know, there's many different avenues to that.
  • prebiotic fiber

So focusing on prebiotic and probiotic foods, there's, you know, there's many different avenues to that.

Examples

  • Many people include prebiotic foods like bananas and onions in their diet to support gut health.

  • Maybe you think prebiotic, you think that that they were just like, let's make this Trix yogurt healthy.

  • However, that does not mean maxing out or taking the most probiotic and prebiotic that you can possibly manage.

  • And there's a minor caveat, which is that for these things, prebiotic and probiotic, they have to have beneficial effects on humans in order to count.

  • Consuming a prebiotic supplement can help enhance the growth of healthy bacteria in the digestive system.

  • The cereal contains prebiotic ingredients that encourage beneficial microorganisms to thrive in the gut.

Antonyms

antibiotic
  • Specialized
22 3.9

Containing a medicine that kills or stops bacteria

Surface Forms

prebiotic positive

Morphology

prebiotic = biotic (semi-transparent) = pre + biotic

Formed by 'pre-' + 'biotic', but the specific microbiological sense 'substance that promotes beneficial microorganisms' is a technical extension and not directly inferable from 'pre-' meaning 'before'.

Etymology

Prebiotic combines the parts pre- 'before' and bio 'life', the same bio you see in biology. A helpful way to remember the adjective use is to think of prebiotic foods as things that 'prepare' or feed the life of good gut bacteria, so they help those microbes grow.