Several hundred years ago, the inability to breastfeed really posed a mortal threat to a newborn. About a century and a half ago, the first prototypes of mixtures appeared, the so-called "milk flour", intended for babies. It was a rough, hard to digest product, often providing only survival, but not the development of the child. Equally doubtful were the milk mixtures produced over the past 30-40 years. Their basis was cow's milk, which differs greatly from women's milk in a number of indicators (for example, in protein levels). Accordingly, for the body of a newborn, it could not be an adequate substitute. This statement is confirmed by the fact that doctors even revealed a special phenomenon - "metabolic programming". Its meaning is that many diseases in adults clearly depend on the quality of nutrition in the first year of life.
But life and science do not stand still. In recent years, the most complex studies have been done, which made it possible to thoroughly study the composition and properties of breast milk, as well as to develop ways to create its full-fledged substitutes. Among them in the first placebelong to mixtures with prebiotics. They are considered a sufficient substitute for natural feeding. Today, science has something to brag about.
Prebiotics are special food ingredients. They are not digested in the small intestine, their action is directed to the microflora of the large intestine. They stimulate its growth and increase biological activity. It is she who provides the physiological interaction between the environment, incoming food and the human body. All the underlying mechanisms of its role have not yet been fully studied. But it is absolutely clear that a complete microflora is the way to human he alth.
Prebiotics is a rather significant list of various substances (saccharides, fibers, amino acids, enzymes, antioxidants and even alcohols). In total, more than 1000 of their varieties are known. Together they have a so-called "systemic effect" on the microflora of the gastrointestinal tract. With a normal pregnancy in a woman, a child is born with a sterile intestine. In the first minutes of life, natural bacterial colonization of the body begins. Initially, the intestinal microflora during breastfeeding and artificial feeding is very different. Therefore, the most important task is to correct its composition. And prebiotics are those substances that ensure the growth of natural microflora in the intestines. And this is very important for a small but rapidly growing organism.
Children's prebiotics are produced by many companies, but Bellakt is one of the leading ones. She represents an extensivelist of mixtures for artificial feeding. The mixture with prebiotics "Bellakt" also contains probiotics, as well as polyunsaturated fatty acids, protein in the optimal content (14-15 g per liter) and a balanced complex of vitamins and minerals (including iodine, selenium and iron). An important point is the optimal combination of quality and affordability of such products.
Modern prebiotic blends are high-tech safe and he althy products. They are perfectly balanced; according to the content of fats, proteins and carbohydrates, they are indistinguishable from breast milk. Therefore, they are suitable for replacing it, of course, if the situation with natural feeding is impossible.
And prebiotics are the key to the physiology of artificial feeding.
