Pediatrician who is also a Gastro Hepatology Expert who graduated from the University of Indonesia, Dr. Dr. Ariani Dewi Widodo Sp.A(K) advised parents to choose milk that contains probiotics and is free from sucrose, a type of sugar consisting of glucose and fructose which is often added to milk.
"Provide nutrition containing probiotics so that the digestive tract is balanced again because probiotics should be 85 percent of the bacteria in the intestines, we provide probiotics so that the probiotics grow well, called prebiotics, there are various types of prebiotics, clearly they are dietary fiber, for example one of them is inulin," he said at the LACTOGROW press conference.
Ariani said, inulin is included in the prebiotic group, which is a type of fiber that can maintain the number of healthy bacteria in the intestines. This makes inulin have many benefits for body health, from preventing constipation to preventing the risk of colon cancer.
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