Diet and functional foods in treatment and maintenance therapy of colon disorders.
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2012-04
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Dietary habits have been associated with variations in the risk of colon disorders,
either its increase or decrease. Colon-specific approaches showed their potential to target and
treat colon cancers and inflammatory diseases, but they vary in success rates for local
recurrence, disease-free survival, and overall survival. Also, chemotherapies and
radiotherapies have been applied as the surgical adjuvant treatments. The significant role of
exogenously administered Lactobacilli in reducing toxin-producing bacteria in the gut and
increases the longevity of the host, led to the coining of the term ‘probiotics’. The evidence on
the effects of inulin and oligofructose on colonization, translocation of pathogens and the
prevention of intestinal diseases make them suitable candidates to treat colon disorders.
Among potentially protective foods, growing attention has been dedicated to functional foods
comprising probiotics, such as Lactobacilli or Bifidobacteria, and prebiotics such as fructooligosaccharides
or fructans, as their consumption may treat inflammatory bowel diseases, like
ulcerative colitis, crohn’s disease as well as experimentally induced colon cancer in mammals.
The readily apparent synergy of concomitantly using beneficial microorganisms and nutritive
materials that support their growth led to the term “synbiotics” to describe foods or
supplements that combine both probiotics and prebiotics. Various potential mechanisms are
addressed in the present paper. This article discusses the real value of dietary components,
which offers practical information to help patients as well as health professionals.
Furthermore, article has focused on the possible value of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics
in treatment and maintenance therapy of colonic ailments.
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Diet, Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, Colon diseases
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Kumar Dinesh, Singh Gurmeet, Singh Mankaran, Sharma Deepak, Rathore Mahendra Singh. Diet and functional foods in treatment and maintenance therapy of colon disorders. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2012 Apr; 2(4): 177-187.