Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Jahan K

Publications

• Review Article
  Health Benefits and Application of Prebiotics in Foods
  Author(s): Younis K, Ahmad S and Jahan KYounis K, Ahmad S and Jahan K
  
  Prebiotics are supplements or foods that contain nondigestible food ingredients that selectively stimulate the favourable growth and/or enhance the activities of indigenous probiotic bacteria. Prebiotic therapies have been found to cure gut related diseases such as constipation relief, suppression of diarrhoea, reduction of the risks of osteoporosis, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease associated with dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, obesity, and possibly type 2 diabetes. Fast life style of humans has changed the regular diets which were sufficiently enriched with fibers needed for proper gut work. Prebiotics are special fibers having selective fermenting ingredients that are needed by microbiota of human gut. Human colon is one of the body’s most metabolically active organs because of the presence of microbiota. Lot of work has been done to overcome the problems related to .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7110.1000433

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