Our gut not only helps digest food but also acts like a second brain, affecting our immune system, mood, energy levels and even how well we sleep. Around 70% of our body’s immune system sits within our digestive system so it is important to keep it functioning at its best to optimise our overall health and well-being.1 Incorporating prebiotics into your diet is one way of doing this.
Ensure is contains 28 essential vitamins and minerals and is enriched with prebiotic fibre to support a healthy digestive system:2
Helps keep the lining of your digestive system healthy.5
Works closely with vitamin B12 to help the body break down protein.7
Helps the body digest carbohydrate, fat and protein.6
A prebiotic is a type of dietary fibre that encourages the growth and activity of certain ‘good’ bacteria in the large intestine.3 Dietary fibres that have high prebiotic effects include inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides (fructans or FOS) and galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS).3
As well as boosting beneficial bacteria in your gut, prebiotics have also been suggested to:4
Help your body better absorb some nutrients
Support a healthy heart
Help weight management
Help lower the risk of gut infections
Maintain muscle strength and support bone health
Maintain muscle strength and bone health without flavour
Low volume, high-energy for those who have difficulty drinking larger volumes
Food for Special Medical Purposes. Use only under medical supervision.
FOS: fructo-oligosaccharides. GOS: galacto-oligosaccharides.
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