Probiotics and Prebiotics

Probiotics and Prebiotics – do they change food sensitivity?

October 4, 2014 by Joan Breakey Article

Everybody has gut bacteria, or flora, that are usually present. These are determined by the usual diet. The usual gut flora contain quite a variety of bacteria. You can change your gut flora in two different ways - 1. By changing what you usually eat. Different bacteria thrive on particular foods. If you change the type of food you eat in some way you will change the proportion of the various bacteria that grow in your gut. Prebiotics is the name given to the process of changing your flora by … [Read more...]

Joan Breakey is the author of foodintolerancepro.com. She is one of the few dietitians in the world who has a lifetime of specialisation in the area of Food Sensitivity. She is a Dietitian, Home Economist and Teacher. In 1975 she began her first work on Diet and Hyperactivity, investigating the effects of the Feingold diet on children’s behaviour. For more than 45 years Joan has been writing books and articles, publishing and presenting the results of her ongoing research in this area.