Question

Which are the reasons for increasing the popularity of probiotic products? <!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> [Textbook Question No.3e Pg no. 86]

Answer 1

• Probiotics are milk products that are rich in useful microbes like Lactobacillus, Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidium etc. that helps in digestion by maintaining the population of intestinal microbes and decreasing the population of harmful bacteria.
• These probiotic products form colonies of useful microbes in the alimentary canal thereby helping in the process of digestion.
• They are given to a person suffering from diarrhea or is under the treatment of antibiotics.
• The useful microbes become inactive because of antibiotics and probiotics making them active again.
• Therefore there is an increase in the popularity of probiotics due to its useful effects on human health.