Author Nick: jacksongi
Name: Frank W. Jackson, M.D.
Site: http://www.prebiotin.com
About Author: Dr. Frank W. Jackson, M.D.
My medical career and experience began when I founded and ran a Gasterenterology practice and helped thousands of patients over a career spanning decades. While in practice, I began to write patient education articles in the field of gastroenterology including many on diets, diseases, drugs and procedures. All of this material - over 1,000 pages - was placed on my practice web site at gicare.com and became one of the most popular and frequently visited medical practice web sites on the internet. I then retired. But it continued to nag at me that I still had so much more to say. In other words, I found retirement a complete failure! I found myself researching more and more into the food fiber and prebiotics fields and the increase in GI diseases of Western civilization - diverticulosis, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and colon polyps and cancer. So, I decided to bring the field of prebiotics to the public, using this blog along with my website http://www.JacksonGI.com.
Did you know that a smoothie, while bringing some good nutrition to the table, can contain even more calories than a sugary soft drink? Before you go grabbing that next “nutri-bar,” yogurt or smoothie, make sure you’re balancing the nutrition and health benefits against sugar and calories!
Many so-called healthy foods – especially snack products – deliver [...]
One of the questions I’m asked most often is “how is Prebiotin’s Oligofructose-Enriched Inulin product different from inulin” or “FOS” Very often followed by “Because I can buy Inulin/FOS for a lot less…”
True. You can buy inulin or generic FOS for a bit less. And there’s a reason: the full-spectrum prebiotic we use in Prebiotin [...]
I hear it time and time again – usually from friends and family! “Oh, I don’t need a supplement. I get enough from eating a healthy diet.”
Well, I know some really atypical folks, it seems. Because it turns out only 14% of us eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-29-fruits-veggies-high-school-kids_N.htm?csp=34).
Now if I [...]
Our professors back in medical school always said we should listen carefully to patients as they usually could tell you what was wrong with them. Then I went into practice and patients began to tell me that they had a leaky gut
A leaky gut? Yes, we knew that there were a few rare conditions where [...]
A recently published study from the British Journal of Nutrition has demonstrated that Oligofructose Enriched Inulin (the exact active prebiotic in Prebiotin) can reduce cholesterol, triglycerides, body weight and leads to a 33% increase in lifespan!
Okay, now the caveat: the study was done on rats and they were fed the prebiotic in Prebiotin for their entire [...]
What could be more wonderful than having an antibacterial in your soap, toothpaste (Crest, Colgate, Sensodyne), after shave, mouth washes, clothes, bedding, even kitchen utensils, everything!. Ain’t chemistry wonderful? What is the agent that has so quietly seeped into our every day life?
Why, it is Triclosan. Never heard of it? Then you must go to [...]
I just spent a great 12 hour day at a gala symposium at Arizona Sate University in Tempe on Origins. It was a scientific extravaganza extraordinaire, looking at all aspects of our planet, our own solar system, our entire cosmos and, of course, us humans ourselves. These and the archived videos of the sessions are [...]
Most people, especially females, are aware of osteoporosis and the role that calcium plays in it. This essay will review key health factors that affect the bones and steps to maintain bone health. It will end with a discussion of the newer prebiotics food fibers, especially oligofructose enriched inulin, and its newly discovered role in [...]
The word prebiotic was only just coined in 1995. A prebiotic is not a probiotic, which is a beneficial bacteria in yogurt, other dairy products and now pills. Prebiotics are different. Prebiotics are certain types of very specialized plant fibers that the healthy bacteria in your gut use for fuel. Our Prebiotin product is a [...]
When I was practising gastroenterology, no subject came up for discussion more often than gas, farting and flatus. Everybody has it but no one talks about it. So here is some up to date medical information on Gas, Farting and Flatus.
The colon is home to myriad numbers of bacteria, most of which provide numerous health benefits to our [...]
