Synbiotics: A Promising Approach For Improving Human Health

ABSTRACT

The present environmental condition and lifestyle are becoming the cause of an increase in health issues like diabetes, obesity, and intestinal disorders in a growing population. The demand for functional foods as nutritional and immunity-boosting supplements has increased due to people's increased health consciousness during the last few years, which has accelerated a number of clinical trials on the positive effects of combining probiotics and prebiotics as synbiotics on hosts. A healthy diet is extremely important in maintaining the health of an individual. There are multiple mechanisms that have proposed the effect of synbiotics in controlling various diseases. Hence present review focuses on the most recent finding regarding health benefits, formulation criteria, action mechanism, and future prospects of synbiotics with their positive effect on the host. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.