World Microbiome Day: Optimizing Children's Implementation Health For Holistic Health

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JAKARTA - The health of your little cerna channel is crucial to support optimal growth and development. Health experts also agree that the cerna channel is the most important organ for your little one in the first 1,000-day period of life (HPK) because along the digestive channel system it is a place for hundreds of trillions of microbiota that can affect the development of your little brain.

This is important to note because microbiota plays an important role in supporting various body functions, ranging from digestion, nutritional absorption, immune systems, to specifically improve brain performance. This is because there is a link between the microbiota in the digestive tract and the central nervous system known as the Gut-Brain Axis (GBA), so that a good digestive system can also affect the little one's intelligence.

It should be understood by mothers about how important the role of the gut microbiota in the digestive tract is in the child's optimal growth and development. Therefore, there are various things that need to be done to improve the development and formation of gut microbiota, one of which is by consuming the right nutritional intake.

Understanding these conditions, Bebelac as the No.1 Digestive Expert continues to be committed to continuously increasing education on digestive health and also the gut microbiota, by participating in commemorating World Microbiome Day, which this year carries the theme "Feeding your gut: How diet shapes your gut microbiome."

Through the commemoration of World Microbiome Day, Bebelac wants to invite parents in Indonesia to pay attention to the food consumed by your little one must also be a good intake for the development of microbiota in the intestines, so that it can maintain the balance of microbiota which will affect the health of your little one as a whole.

Pediatrician-Consultant of Gastrohepatology, Dr Muzal Kadim, SpA(K) said, there are various real benefits of having good digestive channel microbiota in Your Little One, from the smooth defecation habits, being free from diarrhea, to avoiding constipation.

"With balanced microbiota, the child's digestive system functions optimally, so that they can avoid general digestive problems that often interfere with their daily health and comfort. One of the effective ways to achieve this balance is to provide adequate prebiotic intake with the right ratio. Because prebiotics are substances that cannot be digested by the stomach so that they can become the main food for good bacteria in the small one's intestines," he explained, in a written statement, quoted Monday, July 15.

Prebiotics play a role in supporting growth and activity of gut microbiota (good bacteria), which can then provide health benefits for your little one, such as improving digestive health, increasing nutritional absorption, and supporting the immune system.

Prebiotics are widely contained in fiber-rich foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, as well as several types of root vegetables such as tubers and carrots. Apart from natural foods, prebiotics can also be obtained from specially fortified growth milk with the right prebiotic ratio.

Dr. dr. Ray Wagiu Basrowi, MKK., Medical & Scientific Affairs Director of Danone Indonesia said, it is very important to understand the importance of digestive health to support children's optimal growth and development.

"Nutricia Research with more than 100 years of experience in the field of child growth and development nutrition, developing products with clinically tested prebiotics, FOS:GOS 1: 9. With the only most tested prebiotic innovation in the world, with more than 40 scientific studies and 90 international publications in more than 10 countries from Asia to Europe, Nutricia continues to prioritize the best nutritional innovation to support the digestive health of Indonesian children," he explained.

With the support of Nutricia Research, Bebelac, as a Brand that always provides nutritional innovations to support children's digestive health, is committed to continuing to participate and support various researches from professional health workers related to the health of the children's digestive tract. One proof of the fact is the support and participation in the series of national workshops and renovations of 1st Pediatric Gastrohepatology Update Symposium (PEGASUS) with the theme Updates on Pediatric Gastrohepatology Management in Daily Practice on May 31, June 2, 2024 in Surabaya.

In addition to supporting educational activities for professional health workers, Bebelac is also committed to supporting parents through the Bebeclub digital educational platform which is easily accessible anytime and anywhere. Through this platform, Bebelac presents the latest technological innovation, Bebejourney with AI Pool Tracker, which is a digital tool to easily detect and monitor children's digestive condition, simply through photo diapers. These tools can be accessed for free via bit.ly/bebeclub-BebeJourney.

Through this Technological Innovation, Bebelac and Nutricia Research hope that these tools will be a means for parents at home to enrich understanding of children's digestive health. Amazingly, these tools have an accuracy of more than 95 percent and have been validated and recognized in international digestive health scientific forums, such as The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPHAN), and have been published in the well-known journal The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (JPGN) and Acta Paediatric 9.10.

"In the future, we will continue to strive to provide accurate and practical information and tools with the aim that parents can take proactive steps in maintaining children's digestive health, which ultimately supports their growth and intelligence optimally," concluded dr. Ray.