Is MicrobeFiber a Prebiotic?

By Alex White, MD

Image courtesy of MicrobeFiber.com

During my past few blogs I have written about how soluble fiber, such as that contained in MicrobeFiber, is one of the keys to helping your body do everything from digesting food, to warding off such unpleasant conditions as allergies and asthma.  A high-fiber diet can also help combat diabetes, as well as assisting people looking to lose weight, improving their cardiovascular health and it has even been shown to help ward off cancer.  That’s pretty good for something that’s as easy to use as mixing a powder into your food or drink. 

But is MicrobeFiber considered a prebiotic or a probiotic?  This is a question many patients routinely ask me.  While both prebiotics and probiotics are involved with maintaining the health of your gut flora, they do so in different ways. 

You're Only Human

By Alex White, MD

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They look like alien lifeforms straight out of a sci-fi movie.  Hideous creatures sporting huge teeth or covered with slime, that slither or lurch through dark corridors that never see the light of day.  They’re the stuff of our nightmares and yet they are all too real.  Living inside all of us is a zoo of microscopic organisms that call our body home.

More than 100 trillion tiny creatures inhabit each and every one of us, going about their business without our knowledge.  There isn’t a place in us or on us that these critters don’t inhabit.  A number of them like the view from our eyebrows and eyelashes.  Some prefer to spend their days burrowed head first in your skin pores, while others live in the depths of your bowels.  I know what you’re thinking…Ewwww!