Inulation Prebiotic - Digestive and Immune Support

Inulation Prebiotic - Digestive and Immune SupportDigestive and Immune Support Inulation Prebiotic by Allegany Nutrition is a premium, 100% natural prebiotic fiber extracted exclusively from chicory root. Unlike standard fibers, Inulation features a specialized chain length of 8 to 13 monomers, allowing it to support healthy bacterial balance throughout both the small intestine and the colon. This soluble dietary fiber selectively feeds beneficial bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, helping to crowd out

Digestive and Immune Support

Inulation Prebiotic by Allegany Nutrition is a premium, 100% natural prebiotic fiber extracted exclusively from chicory root. Unlike standard fibers, Inulation features a specialized chain length of 8 to 13 monomers, allowing it to support healthy bacterial balance throughout both the small intestine and the colon. 

This soluble dietary fiber selectively feeds beneficial bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, helping to crowd out harmful pathogens and improve nutrient absorption. With a glycemic index of zero and only 1.6 calories per gram, Inulation is an ideal supplement for blood sugar management, lipid control, and bone density support. 

This flavorless, gluten-free powder dissolves completely in any liquid, making it the perfect partner for your daily probiotic to enhance overall gut integrity and immune resilience.

• Comprehensive Digestive Reach: Unique chain lengths of 8 to 13 monomers ensure the prebiotic reaches and nourishes beneficial bacteria in both the intestines and the colon.
• Improves Bowel Regularity: Promotes regularity and reduces bowel irritation by stimulating gut integrity and water/electrolyte absorption.
• Promotes a Healthy Gut Microbiome: Acts as a targeted prebiotic to stimulate the growth and activity of beneficial bifidobacteria and lactobacilli in the digestive tract.
• Enhances Digestive Regularity: Provides gentle soluble fiber that supports healthy stool consistency and promotes comfortable, predictable bowel movements.
• Supports Optimal Nutrient Absorption: By fostering a healthy intestinal environment, these fibers assist the body in the effective uptake of essential minerals like calcium and magnesium.
• Encourages Stable Blood Sugar Levels: Helps slow the digestion of carbohydrates, supporting glucose levels already within a normal range and promoting metabolic balance.
• Natural Appetite Regulation: Ferments slowly to provide long-term cellular energy and satiety signals, assisting in healthy weight management.
• Assists in Weight Management: Promotes a feeling of fullness and satiety by modulating hunger hormones, helping to reduce daily caloric intake.
• Strengthens Immune Resilience: Supports the gut-associated lymphoid tissue, where a significant portion of the immune system resides, by maintaining a diverse bacterial profile.
• Supports Healthy Lipid Levels: Assists in the natural regulation of serum triglycerides and LDL cholesterol by modulating the biosynthesis of fatty acids.
• Stimulates Beneficial Bifidus: Acts as the preferred food source for bifidobacteria, helping to stabilize the gut microbiome and activate a robust immune response.
• Enhances Mineral Absorption: Naturally lowers intestinal pH through the production of short-chain fatty acids, significantly improving the bioavailability of calcium and magnesium for bone density.
• Zero Glycemic Impact: With a glycemic index of zero, it provides a safe fiber source for blood sugar management without stimulating insulin excretion.
• Enhances Mineral Density: Research indicates that the fermentation of FOS in the colon creates an acidic environment that facilitates improved bone mineralization.
• Pure and Clean Label: Derived 100% from pesticide-free chicory root with no GMOs, gluten, dairy, soy, or artificial fillers.
• Versatile and Easy to Use: A slightly sweet, odorless powder that dissolves completely in any liquid without clumping, leaving no gritty residue.

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Benefits of Ingredients

This professional-grade prebiotic supplement utilizes Inulin and Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) to support a flourishing gut microbiome and optimal digestive regularity. As non-digestible plant fibers, these compounds serve as the primary fuel source for beneficial bacteria, promoting a balanced internal environment and systemic wellness.

• Inulin: A long-chain prebiotic fiber that provides sustained nourishment for beneficial gut flora.
• Fructooligosaccharides (FOS): Short-chain fibers that are rapidly fermented by probiotics to support immediate digestive balance.
  

Why our Inulin versus others?

• Circle K certified (Kosher Certified)
• GRAS, USDA approved
• Certified by Halal Correct
• Inulation has an Average Chain Length of 8-13 monomers
• Inulin chain length can vary between 2-60 monomers

Not all Inulin products are the same. Inulation is a specialized form of Inulin. Inulation is a registered and trademarked name for a unique form of Inulin. For Inulin to be effective it must have the correct chain length. (8 to 13 monomers) It must also be free of pesticides and other contaminants. This why we believe that Inulation is the most superior form of Inulin on the market. Inulation is the only Inulin sold on the market that has this level of quality/purity certification. Inulation is from 100% chicory root (Cichorium intybus L). (No other sources) There are some cheap forms of Inulin on the market but they don't have the same level of purity, safety, quality and performance as Inulation.

Inulation is a blend of fructooligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization between 8-13 monomers long. This is crucial because the chain length (degree of polymerization) affects the performance of the inulin in its prebiotic role. Inulin with a chain length between 8 and 10 units long works in the intestines. Inulin with a chain length between 10 and 13 units works in the colon. The reason chain length determines where the Inulin functions is because longer chains take more time to be fermented (eaten) by intestinal flora. Therefore they aren't consumed until they reach the colon. Our Inulation works throughout the entire digestive tract because the chain lengths vary between 8 and 13.

Inulation (fructooligosaccharides) can come from many different sources. Chicory Root contains the highest concentrations of inulin. Other plants that contain inulin include agave, wheat, banana, asparagus, salsify, onion, leeks, garlic, artichoke and other various fruits and vegetables. Jerusalem artichoke also contains a large percentage of inulin however some people may be allergic to it. When looking at inulin supplements it's important to know what the source is. Some companies list on the product label that the inulin comes from chicory root and Other Sources. Therefore you have no idea how much of it comes from chicory root and what the other sources are. Our Inulation comes from 100% Chicory Root. No other sources are used. Inulation is Kosher Certified, GRAS, USDA approved and is certified by Halal Correct. Inulation also complies with GMO labeling regulations.

How Inulation Works

Inulin is a prebiotic formula. This means that it FEEDS the beneficial microorganisms in our digestive tract, as opposed to introducing new bacteria (which is what probiotic formulas do). An example of a probiotic would be that good bacteria found in yogurt. In simple terms, it gives the good bacteria food to live and grow on, and the "good guys" crowd out the bad guys. By stimulating favorable microbiota in the intestinal system the prebiotic results in higher concentrations of short chain fatty acids (SCFA). Particularly butyrate, which colonocytes use as an energy source to stimulate gut integrity. Higher amounts of SCFA in the intestines help change intestinal pH. Lower intestinal pH is associated with a suppression of pathogens and increased solubility of certain nutrients.

Since Inulation is non-digestible, it reaches the intestines and colon unchanged, where healthy bacteria - such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli - use it as food. This changes the pH level in the colon, creating an unfavorable environment for unhealthy bacteria - such as E.coli, Salmonella, and Staphylococcus. An unbalance in the intestinal tract, typified by low numbers of "the good guys" and high numbers of "the bad guys", has been associated with - if not the cause of - a number of human pathogens that cause issues including: pain from inflammation, auto immune reactions, infections (ear, nose, throat, vagina), digestive disorders, formation of tumors, skin inflammatory conditions, hardening of the liver, and hormone imbalances (menstruation troubles).

To understand the health importance of prebiotic like Inulation - Inulin, we must first understand the importance of intestinal bacteria on human health. The human colon is by far the most heavily colonized region of the digestive tract, comprised of one hundred different species of both beneficial and potentially deleterious bacteria in a balance affecting how we digest food and obtain energy. The main types of generally recognized beneficial bacteria, the bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, constitute at best a little more than one-third of the bacterial population inhabiting the GI tract. However, at worst they may be so low in numbers that they are not detectable. Of these types the number of bifido-bacterium are regarded as the marker of the stability of the human intestinal microflora. These beneficial microflora play - critical roles in all aspects of our immunological responses, by either helping to resist infection, or by creating pathogenic conditions by their low number. These beneficial bacteria act towards regulating the activity of the other bacteria in the colon. The other bacteria, such as Salmonella, Shigella, Clostridium, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Camylobacter jejuni and E. coli, are typically much less numerous and have varying potentials to cause disease. Beneficial bacteria keep these potential disease-causing organisms under control, preventing several disease-related dysfunctions related to an unbalanced gastrointestinal situation. The beneficial organisms exert their positive effects by enhancing digestion and improving lactose intolerance, promoting the recycling of compounds such as estrogen, synthesizing vitamins (largely the B-group), releasing immune-stimulating compounds, inhibiting the metabolisms of disease-producing organisms to eliminate both human and bacterial toxins and carcinogens.

Maintaining populations of beneficial bacteria consistent with good intestinal health requires many lifestyle factors be avoided such as prolonged use of antibiotics which kill beneficial bacteria, antiseptic supplements which can decrease levels of beneficial bacteria if taken for long periods of time and diets high in animal products and low in vegetable fiber. Also, consumption of refined carbohydrates that feed harmful bacteria can disrupt the GI tract and can even lead to the overgrowth of Candida albicans yeast infections. Other things that kill friendly probiotics and disrupt the balance of your digestive system include fluoride, coffee/tea, vinegar, carbonated drinks, chlorine, and preservatives. In order to realize benefits from beneficial bacteria ingested as probiotic supplements in the food we consume or those naturally growing in the GI tract, it is important that they be selectively nourished by food that helps them survive, multiply and remain viable - prebiotics serve this function. This is where Inulation - Inulin comes in. Inulation - Inulin is an effective all-natural prebiotic ingredient that can be used alone or in combination with probiotics, producing a symbiotic, a synergistic mixture offering improved shelf life and a means to enhance the effectiveness of probiotic agents.

How The Prebiotic Inulation Works

When good bacteria proliferate, they produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and lactic acid lower your intestinal pH, making your intestinal environment unsuitable for undesirable bacteria and certain enzymes that are a common source of several health problems. As your lower intestinal environment becomes uninhabitable for bad bacteria, they can no longer survive, creating a positive balance of good bacteria as compared to the bad bacteria, and as a consequence, several health benefits are experienced, such as those cited on the preceding cover page.

Probiotics and Inulation Together

People take probiotics to increase the amount of friendly bacteria in their digestive system. Some people after a period of time can stop taking probiotics because they have introduced enough good bacteria to crowd out the bad bacteria, and the good bacteria continue to thrive and do well. This situation and results are ideal. Unfortunately many people's diets hinder these results. Their diets may consist of foods that change the pH level of their intestines and colon, thereby limiting the success of the new friendly bacteria they are introducing by taking a probiotic. Or their diet may consist of foods that aren't able to be used as food by the friendly bacteria, therefore the friendly bacteria dies and the person will continue to be dependent on the probiotic. This is where Inulation comes in. By taking Inulation with a probiotic you are providing food for the friendly bacteria to survive and multiply, thereby increasing results.

Effective

Recent in vitro and in vivo research has shown that inulin selectively stimulates beneficial bacterial growth equal to or surpassing that of its short-chain synthetic counterparts, FOS/oligofructose in magnitude. Human experiments conducted by Gibson et al. (1995) at the Dunn Clinical Nutrition Center (UK) have shown that ingestion of moderate bifidobacteria, rendering them the numerically predominant specie in feces and colon. Beneficial lactobacilli are also stimulated, but to a lesser extent. At the same time, the numbers of undesirable bacteria stagnate or decrease, the total bacterial count remaining essentially unchanged. This shows that each gram of inulin stimulates the metabolism and selectively increases the activity of healthy intestinal bacteria, potentially leading to healthier, better-balanced colon.

Mechanism of Action

Inulin may produce less hunger and mediate carbohydrate and lipid metabolism for relatively long periods of time. Inulin, a complex non-digestible carbohydrate is slowly metabolized, being fermented by colon microflora to produce SCFAs and lactic acid that the body uses for long-term energy, rather than the normal metabolic pathway for digestible carbohydrates, involving breakdown by digestive enzymes and relatively rapid absorption in the small intestine. This slow method of metabolism has the advantage of providing a glycemic index of zero, preventing hunger based on the fact that an individual does not enter a low blood sugar state. Research suggests, in addition to less hunger, the SCFAs (particularly propionic acid) increase glycolysis and decrease gluconeogenesis, normalizing blood sugar levels over extended periods of time and help to reduce lipo-genesis, reducing blood lipid levels, particularly low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and triglycerides. Research further suggests these SCFAs inhibit fat production by regulating the key enzyme, carnitine acyltransferase that converts calories into fat. Normally, after a meal, carbohydrates are stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles to be used by the body for energy. When glycogen stores become full, the brain receives a message signaling the body to convert excess carbohydrate to fat. Studies indicate the inulin temporarily regulates this process, resulting in over time a significant reduction in plasma triglyceride, phospholipid and cholesterol levels, primarily the low-density lipoprotein fraction (LDL), while not affecting the beneficial high-density lipoprotein (HDL) fraction.

Dietary Fiber Effects and More

As we age metabolism slows and the effects of everyday wear and tear on our bodies become ever more apparent. To slow or minimize these aging effects it is important that we exercise regularly and maintain proper nutrition. Eating right means consuming foods that provide our bodies not only with needed energy but also aid our body's functions to ward off common afflictions of the aging process such as bone loss, reduced immune capacity, lactose intolerance, heart troubles, formation of tumors, adult blood glucose issues, menopausal effects, digestive problems and food intolerances.

Inulation - unlike other dietary fibers, which bind metals and raise concern about mineral deficiency, inulin intake does not inhibit mineral absorption. To the contrary, research indicates that the SCFAs produced from inulin fermentation decrease the intestinal pH and stimulate proliferation of colon epithelial cells, enhancing the absorption of certain minerals. (particularly Ca2+, Mg2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Fe2+) - important considerations as metabolism changes for postmenopausal women and elderly, as in these groups it may prove effective in preventing, or delaying the onset of bone loss. Additionally, SCFAs stimulate water and electrolyte absorption, two important factors in the fight against diarrhea.

Inulation for Women's Health

As women age, their bodies go through several biological changes, requiring special help to ease the transitions and minimize potential detrimental effects on their health along the way. To minimize these potential problems, it is important that one exercises regularly and maintains proper nutrition. Nutritional energy is important in maintaining bodily functions, but the body, particularly the female's, also needs help in preventing and minimizing the effects of their biological changes. Inulation provides an effective means to aid the woman's biologically changing body through its transitions. Each gram of Inulin stimulates the metabolism and selectively increases the activity of healthy intestinal bacteria, leading to a healthier, and fuller life.

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Ingredients

Contains:
Inulin - Fructooligosaccharides (FOS)

Serving Size: 5g/1teaspoon per day
Servings/Container: 90

Instructions

Directions for Use

Mix 5g/1teaspoon in water or beverage.

Recommended daily dosage is 5-15 grams per day.

Recommended Use

Supports total digestion, regularity, microbiome, nutrient absorption, stable blood sugar, appetite and weight management, immunity and cholesterol.

Scientific References

Scientific References: Probiotics and Prebiotics