Prebiotics may increase Salmonella infections

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Prebiotics may increase Salmonella infections

April 13, 2005

IFT E-Newsletter

http://www.ift.org/cms/?pid=1000363

A group at the NIZO Food Research in The Netherlands has followed up on

their research concering how fructooligosaccharides decrease the

resistance of the gut to Salmonella infections in rats. This seems to

be because the saccharides cause an increase in the permeability of the

intestinal barrier, allowing easier translocation of Salmonella to

extraintestinal sites. For more information, see Journal of Nutrition

2005, 135 (4): 837-842.

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>This seems to

>be because the saccharides cause an increase in the permeability of the

>intestinal barrier, allowing easier translocation of Salmonella to

>extraintestinal sites

Ooooh, now THIS is interesting. If they are increasing the gut permeability,

they are increasing the zonulin production? That would explain a lot ...

Heidi Jean