... Functional constipation Diet Dietary fiber Prebiotics Microbiome Key Messages The pathophysiology of functional constipation in children is multifactorial and includes dietary factors such as inadequate fluid and fiber intake. Current pediatric guidelines support the use...

... be impactful on the course of IBD. Herein is a review of the controlled trials undertaken to assess the use of antibiotics that would kill or suppress potentially injurious microbes, probiotics that would overpopulate the gut with potentially beneficial microbes or prebiotics that provide a metabolic substrate...

..., and other perturbations may have life-long consequences in terms of health and disease. Manipulating the microbiota by use of pro- and prebiotics may offer a means for maintenance of ‘healthy' host microbe interactions, but over-exuberance in their use also has the potential to cause harm. Considerable...

... the clinical evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and their meta-analyses of the effectiveness of probiotics, prebiotics, and dietary fiber in the treatment of FGD in the pediatric population. While it is too soon to recommend the routine use of any probiotics for treating FGD, some...

... of the healthy breastfed infant. Molecular methods in microbiota assessment enable more specific probiotics and prebiotics to be identified for infants with aberrancies in intestinal microbiota. Probiotic products require information on the concentration and viability of the strain(s) in the product as well...

... Abstract The intestinal microbiota plays an important role in immune development and may play a role in the development of allergic disorders. Manipulation of the intestinal microbiota may therefore offer an approach to the prevention or treatment of allergic diseases. Probiotics and prebiotics...

... supplementedwith probiotics or prebiotics have a preventive effect on diarrhea but a recentstudy has suggested that a milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) protein fraction addedto an infant cereal reduces the risk of diarrhea in a developing country. There aresome promising results suggesting that infant cereals...

... omega-3 fatty acids, prebiotics, and probiotics. Some of these studies confirm significant effects of supplementation during pregnancy and/or early life in reducing the risk of both atopic and infectious disease, but the findings are not consistent across all studies and the extent and duration...

... for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014;11(8):506–14. 11. You J, Yaqoob P. Evidence of immunomodulatory effects of a novel probiotic, Bifidobacterium longum bv. infantis CCUG 52486. FEMS Immunol Med...

... Carbohydrate Sugar Fiber Glycemic carbohydrate Prebiotics Children Key Messages Diets rich in slowly absorbed carbohydrates should be promoted, while limiting the supply of rapidly absorbed carbohydrates and simple sugars. Dietary carbohydrate intake should reach 45–60...

...References References 1. Hill C , Guarner F , Reid G , Gibson GR , Merenstein DJ , Pot B , . Expert consensus document. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term...

... Carbohydrate Fibre Glycaemic carbohydrate Prebiotics Key Messages • A diet rich in slowly absorbed carbohydrates should be promoted while limiting the supply of rapidly absorbed carbohydrates and simple sugars • Recommended intake of carbohydrates should be 45-60% of total...

... Microbiota Probiotics Prebiotics Health Key Messages • A healthy microbiota preserves and promotes host wellbeing and absence of disease in general - not only in the gastrointestinal tract • Colonization of the infant by microbes is initiated during pregnancy • Initial...

... in “sterile” incubators, higher rates of caesarean delivery and antibiotic use, and complex nutritional provision. This reduces Bifidobacterium abundance and overall microbial diversity. However, this also presents an opportunity to use probiotics and prebiotics (e.g., HMOs) to restore “normal” development...

... Institutes of Health have defined bioactives in food as elements that “affect biological processes or substrates and hence have an impact on body function or condition and ultimately health.” Bioactives are cells, anti-infectious and anti-inflammatory agents, growth factors, and prebiotics that are naturally...

... mellitus. Probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, and synbiotics are being evaluated for their use in the prevention of dysbioses such as necrotizing enterocolitis. Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition and perhaps even microbes for the neonate. As not all babies have their mother’s human milk...

... of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2013;29:170-176. 12. Slavin J: Fiber and prebiotics: mechanisms and health benefits. Nutrients 2013;5:1417-1435. 13. Kranz S, Brauchla M, Slavin JL, et al: What do we know about dietary fiber intake in children and health? The effects of fiber...