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Maintaining a balanced microbiota keeps the gastrointestinal system functioning properly. Diets directly influence the gut intestinal microbial ecosystem, and a proper and healthy diet can promote a healthy environment for beneficial bacteria and reduce the chance of pathogenic bacteria flourishing in the gut. Functional foods like probiotics, such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, and prebiotics, the nonenzymatically digested substance that probiotics consume, can supplement diets to achieve gut health modulation. Consistently ingesting functional products containing probiotics and prebiotics can improve the gastral intestinal system’s overall health. However, gut microbial disruption may cause acute and chronic enteric health issues, in which situation therapeutic strategies like fecal microbiota transplantation and bacterial consortium transplantation are potential in the treatment of gut microbiota dysbiosis and restoration of the balanced gut microbiome.
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Peng, M., Kennedy, N.F., Truong, A., Arriola, B., Akmel, A. (2020). Probiotics and Prebiotics on Intestinal Flora and Gut Health. In: Biswas, D., Rahaman, S.O. (eds) Gut Microbiome and Its Impact on Health and Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47384-6_4
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