Eating smart: Look for prebiotics on ingredient list

I love nutrition. I love the fact that there is so much to food beyond eating it. And most especially, I love helping people who are interested in maintaining or improving their health through what they eat or don’t eat. There are so many benefits in the foods available to us that science is barely beginning to scratch the surface. As exciting as nutrition can be, it can also lead to confusion trying to sift through the importance of discoveries like antioxidants, phytochemicals, probiotics and prebiotics. These foods can be grouped together in what is known as “functional foods.”