This is priceless information to me. I know that vitamins like D3 can protect the body, I even knew that building one's probiotics is building one's immune system; but this is the first that I'm hearing of prebiotics. Google defined prebiotics as "A nondigestible food ingredient that promotes the growth of beneficial microogrganisms in the intestines." Several sources (including the one sited) say that it is can be fiber or oligosaccharides (Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/849575). The body does not digest prebiotics, they are rather eaten and digested by the cultures in the gut.
An earlier post also talked about the many immune benefits of probiotics. Here is an article that expands on both points.
Adding prebiotic, probiotic ingredients to infant formula helps boost babies' immunities
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