{"id":7397,"date":"2024-06-06T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=7397"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:26:26","slug":"are-prebiotic-sodas-like-poppi-actually-good-for-gut-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=7397","title":{"rendered":"Are Prebiotic Sodas Like Poppi Actually Good for Gut Health?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are they actually good for your gut health?<\/p>\n

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The sodas come in fun flavors like Cherry Vanilla and Orange Cream, and carry an alluring claim: They\u2019re good for your gut. That pitch has helped prebiotic soft drink brands like Poppi and Olipop stand out in the soda aisle.<\/p>\n

The drinks contain prebiotics<\/a>, or dietary fibers that can\u2019t be digested by humans, but can feed the beneficial microbes that live in our guts, said Hannah Holscher, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (Probiotic products, by comparison, contain live microbes themselves.)<\/p>\n

But nutrition experts say you don\u2019t need a special soda to reap those benefits: Many foods, like garlic, onions, peas, beans, lentils, grains and some fruits, are naturally rich in prebiotic fibers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you eat a high fiber diet, you\u2019re taking care of your prebiotics pretty well,\u201d said Marion Nestle, an emeritus professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Inulin, the main prebiotic fiber used in these sodas, can be isolated from plants<\/a>, such as agave or chicory root, said Dr. Holscher, who has accepted travel and speaking fees from Beneo, a company that manufactures ingredients, including prebiotic fibers.<\/p>\n

The amount of fiber in prebiotic beverages varies. A can of Orange Cream Poppi has two grams of dietary fiber; a Strawberry Vanilla Olipop has nine grams. U.S. dietary guidelines recommend 28 grams of fiber for a 2,000 calorie per day diet, but most Americans fall far short<\/a> of this goal.<\/p>\n

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Are they actually good for your gut health?The sodas come in fun flavors like Cherry Vanilla and Orange Cream, and carry an alluring claim: They\u2019re good for your gut. That pitch has helped prebiotic soft drink brands like Poppi and Olipop stand out in the soda aisle.The drinks contain prebiotics, or dietary fibers that can\u2019t be digested by humans, but can feed the beneficial microbes that live in our guts, said Hannah Holscher, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (Probiotic products, by comparison, contain live microbes themselves.)But nutrition experts say you don\u2019t need a special soda to reap those benefits: Many foods, like garlic, onions, peas, beans, lentils, grains and some fruits, are naturally rich in prebiotic fibers.\u201cIf you eat a high fiber diet, you\u2019re taking care of your prebiotics pretty well,\u201d said Marion Nestle, an emeritus professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University.Inulin, the main prebiotic fiber used in these sodas, can be isolated from plants, such as agave or chicory root, said Dr. Holscher, who has accepted travel and speaking fees from Beneo, a company that manufactures ingredients, including prebiotic fibers.The amount of fiber in prebiotic beverages varies. A can of Orange Cream Poppi has two grams of dietary fiber; a Strawberry Vanilla Olipop has nine grams. U.S. dietary guidelines recommend 28 grams of fiber for a 2,000 calorie per day diet, but most Americans fall far short of this goal.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7399,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7400,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7397\/revisions\/7400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}