This handbook reviews the latest developments in prebiotics, which are popular functional food ingredients designed to improve human or animal health by mediating activities of gut microflora. Currently, there is much debate on what prebiotics actually are, where they come from, and what they can do. In this book, a range of leading scientists in the field have provided their views in this rapidly advancing area of nutrition and microbiology. The approach is to begin a particular section of the book with
a general overview on the area of interest. Following that, more specific comments on prebiotic influences appear. The authors are experts in their particular areas and all have been encouraged to give a balanced view of the current situations.click here for download
