First it's important to note Prebiotics are not probiotics, which are beneficial bacteria in yogurt and pills. Prebiotics are different:
Prebiotics are very specialized plant fibers that the healthy bacteria in your gut use for fuel. These healthy bacteria then provide many health benefits to the colon and body. You can learn more about that in our “about prebiotics” article
But here's the critical part that makes Prebiotin Prebiotics different:
We use a very specific all-natural, plant-derived prebiotic fiber called “oligofructose-enriched-inulin”, or OEI. It’s NOT the same thing as the two prebiotics you’ll see most often: “inulin” and “FOS”. Inulin and FOS are far cheaper prebiotics than OEI (probably why they’re used so much!) but just being used the most doesn’t mean they’re the right prebiotics choice.
Oligofructose (often just referred to generically and inaccurately as "FOS") is a prebiotic fiber, but is only a short-chain molecule. Chemically, that means it is fermented quickly in the colon, and really only nourishes the colon’s right-hand side.
Inulin on the other hand, is a long-chain prebiotic fiber. It’s just the opposite. It tends to take longer to be fermented and nourishes the left-hand side of the colon.
But OEI is a full-spectrum prebiotic, containing both long and short molecules. It nourishes the entire colon.
Also, OEI is the prebiotic fiber that has been used in the majority of research showing how well prebiotics work - for example. the recent research showing prebiotics can stop colon cancer used OEI, not just "ordinary" prebiotics like Inulin.
We feel that using the exact prebiotic with the most research behind it is better than using ‘similar’ prebiotics that ‘probably’ have the same impact.
That’s why OEI is our choice of prebiotic, despite being more expensive. We won’t compromise on something we believe is critical to better health simply to sell cheaper prebiotic supplements or make more profit.
To summarize
OEI, as a full-spectrum prebiotic fiber supplement, impacts the entire colon, not just some of it. Here’s why:
- Prebiotics come in short-chain and long-chain forms, which simply indicates how many links are in each molecule.
- Short-chain prebiotics like FOS have between 2 and 8 links, Short chain prebiotics are fermented quickly in the right side of the colon to nourish the good bacteria there,
- Long-chain prebiotics like Inulin have from 9 to 64 links. Long chain prebiotics persist through to the left colon and are fermented there.
- But OEI is a ‘full spectrum prebiotic fiber’ and has the whole range, including molecules ranging from 2 to 64 links. As a full-spectrum prebiotic, with short- and long-chain molecules, Prebiotin's OEI nourishes the entire colon
So remember that you’re not nourishing your whole colon without a full-spectrum prebiotic. Short-chain FOS and long-chain inulin alone don’t do the trick. That’s why we say Prebiotin is “Beyond InulinTM”.
Prebiotin prebiotic fiber supplements are manufactured in the U.S.A. in an FDA-inspected, GMP-certified facility.
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