Prebiotic Foods for a Healthy Gut

Scientific Studies to Manage Metabolic Disorders

Mini K. Sheth, Shruti Dwivedi

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040266496
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Nutrition, Dietics & Bariatrics

This new book is the result of over 20 years of research and analysis in the field of gut health by experts in the field. The book focuses on prebiotics, a magical component that has proved its worth in the management of various metabolic disorders and other diseases. The book covers the potential of prebiotics and their safety, their proven health implications, their mechanisms of action, and their use in day-to-day consumption. It provides an overview of highly dynamic gut molecular ecology and diversity and discusses potential factors that define a healthy gut. It also provides insight into recent developments in shaping the gut microbiota for improved human health, examining the prevalence, etiology, and pathophysiology of various metabolic disorders and diseases, including recent research-based results on the management of disorders and diseases such as diarrhea, constipation, IBS, oral health, depression, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and immunity.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Editors
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Molecular Ecology of Human Gut
• Chapter 2 Prebiotics
• Chapter 3 Factors Associated in Shaping the Gut Microbiota for Improved Health
• Chapter 4 Prebiotics and Oral Health
• Chapter 5 Role of Prebiotics in Gastrointestinal Health: Constipation
• Chapter 6 Prebiotics as a Symptom Reliever in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Chapter 7 Role of Prebiotic and Fermented Beverages in Mental Health – Depression
• Chapter 8 Psychobiotics for Manipulating Gut-Brain Axis in Alzheimer's Disease
• Chapter 9 Prebiotics in Management of Diabetes
• Chapter 10 Prebiotics in Obesity Management
• Chapter 11 Probiotics During Pregnancy
• Chapter 12 Cancer and Prebiotics
• Chapter 13 Human Milk Oligosaccharides – Earliest Prebiotics and Their Impact on Infant Health and Immunity
• Chapter 14 Techniques to Evaluate Prebiotic Properties
• Chapter 15 Xylooligosaccharide: A Potential Prebiotic
• Chapter 16 Role of Prebiotics in Synbiotic Fermented Dairy Foods
• Chapter 17 Prebiotic Food Product Development
• Chapter 18 Standardized Prebiotic Recipes
• Index