High Fiber Food
There is also a close relationship between diet with high fiber foods and intestinal flora. As it is known, the fiber content in foods cannot be digested by humans, and therefore the fibers come to the large intestine unchanged. Bacteria living in the large intestine have enzymes to digest fiber. Therefore, the high fiber food content in the gut is digested by bacteria. Thus, fibers contribute positively to the development of intestinal flora and have a prebiotic effect. In addition, short-chain fatty acids such as acetate and butyrate propionate, which are formed as a result of the digestion of fibers by beneficial bacteria, also have a reducing effect on inflammation in the intestine. Thanks to the reduced inflammation in the intestine, the risk of diseases such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome is reduced.
