Children and Functional Foods
Immunity and digestive system. The digestive system is to adapt the food function from the external environment, taking advantage of eliminating or neutralizing necessary and the unnecessary or harmful, to preserve health.
The intestinal flora is the set of organisms that inhabit the intestine from birth. The colonization of the intestine is influenced by food. The body does not produce bacteria, but the presence of microorganisms in the digestive tract, particularly in the gut, is essential due to its immune-modulating effect, creating a hostile environment for pathogens.
Functional foods. Probiotics are defined as microorganisms, ingested in adequate amounts, exert health benefits beyond their own basic nutrition. Its particular action on immune function has been studied in children found that promote gut maturation and integrity.
Studies on the effect of milk fermented with Lactobacillus casei (DN-114001) on flora, have provided evidence for its survival in the intestinal tract and immune-stimulating effect, so it is confirmed as a functional food.
Fermented milks, including yogurt, food consumption are ancestral, widely accepted and well tolerated by the child population at an early age. Its regular use permits involved in the digestion and absorption of nutrients and exercise beneficial effect on immune function.
It is always good to remember
UNICEF says breast milk is the perfect source of nourishment for infants during the first six months of life, protects babies from diarrhea and acute respiratory infections, stimulates the immune system, enhances the body’s response to vaccines and contains hundreds of molecules, enzymes, proteins and hormones health benefit.”
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Source: www.naturpeques.net/los-ninos-y-los-alimentos-funcionales
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