Promote a Healthy Gut

Your gut is home to 100 trillion different microorganisms, including over 400 different types of bacteria. Many scientists feel that this population of bacteria may have an influence on your health. In both human and animal research, gastrointestinal abnormalities have been linked to illnesses such as asthma and heart disease. Dragon fruit includes prebiotics, which may help to increase the balance of healthy bacteria in your stomach.

Prebiotics are a form of fiber that encourages the growth of beneficial bacteria in your stomach. Your stomach, like other fibers, cannot break them down. The bacteria in your stomach, on the other hand, can digest them. They use the fiber as fuel for growth, and you benefit as a result. Dragon fruit, in particular, encourages the growth of two types of beneficial bacteria: lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria. Consuming prebiotics on a regular basis may lower your chances of digestive tract infection and diarrhea. This is because prebiotics encourages the growth of beneficial bacteria, which experts believe may outcompete harmful bacteria.

Research in travelers, for example, found that individuals who drank prebiotics before and during travel had fewer and less severe bouts of traveler's diarrhea. Prebiotics may also help with the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer, according to some research. Unfortunately, these findings are contradictory. While the majority of the study on prebiotics is positive, the research on dragon fruit's prebiotic effectiveness is restricted to test-tube studies.