How does the sausage become healthier?
Lactic acid bacteria are among the health-promoting germs. They are also found naturally in foods fermented with lactic acid, such as yoghurts or curd milk. So was z. For example, at the beginning of this century the longevity of the Southeast European population was linked to their high consumption of sour milk products.
In the human gastrointestinal tract, the stomach acid and later the bile salts take care of normally killing microorganisms. Because many bacteria are harmful to human health. Probiotic bacterial strains (lactic acid bacteria), which mainly come from the human intestinal flora, can survive the attack of the digestive juices largely undamaged. The metabolic activity of the lactic acid bacteria should promote desired microorganisms in the intestinal tract and inhibit undesired ones. This is particularly important when the composition of the intestinal flora is disturbed, for example after taking antibiotics. In addition, the body's own defense system should be stimulated by probiotics.
According to Prof. Stiebing, the following health effects with probiotics can be regarded as certain today.
- Reducing the frequency and duration of various diarrheal diseases
- Reduction of the concentration of harmful and cancer-promoting substances in the large intestine
- Positive influence on the immune system
- Promote lactose digestion.
For the marketing of food in Germany, neither illness nor prevention may be advertised. Only general, harmless statements about states of mind are allowed. For example, “strengthens the defense ...; .... for more well-being ...., .... a contribution to health ... ". On the other hand, according to Prof. Stiebing, nothing can be said from the point of view of food law or competition law.
"Even though the additional health benefits of probiotics have been proven, they are still no substitute for a balanced diet," emphasizes Prof. Stiebing. Unfortunately, consumers today are increasingly distancing themselves from this: Meals are becoming out of fashion and are being replaced by snacks. Eating alongside is the motto. At the same time, nutritional awareness increases. "Products with additional health benefits come naturally as requested," says Prof. Stiebing.
Obesity and other nutritional problems are usually not the result of bad food, but rather the wrong food selection and preparation. That is why, in his opinion, the question “will probiotics make sausages healthier” is the wrong one. According to him, meat and sausage belong in a healthy, balanced mixed diet, just like milk products and grain products. "Ultimately, every consumer has to decide for himself whether the foods we eat are with or without probiotics," says Prof. Stiebing.
Definitions of terms:
Probiotic. This term is derived from the Greek and means "for life". The opposite term is "antibiotic". Many probiotic effects are based on antibiotic effects, e.g. B. Promotion of health by suppressing pathogenic (i.e. disease-causing) microorganisms (used, for example, in yoghurt, mixed milk products, milk-based drinks, margarine and raw sausage)
Probiotics: Preparations or preparations with living, specially selected microorganisms that have a beneficial effect on the human or animal organism.
Prebiotics: Indigestible substances in food or food ingredients that promote the growth or metabolic activity of desired microorganisms in the intestinal tract. The effect of these substances is also known as the "bifidogenic effect". Examples are short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides, inulin, and lactulose.
(e.g. for yoghurts, mixed milk products, quark, liver sausage, raw sausage, scalded sausage)
Synbiotics: Mixtures of probiotics and prebiotics
Source: Kassel [dlg]
