Abstract:Background : The metabolic syndrome (MS) as a collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. One alternative food intake that can reduce the risk of MS by consuming synbiotics, which is a combination of probiotics with prebiotics. Prebiotics in the form of inulin, Fructooligosaccharide (FOS), and resistant starch cannot be digested in the small intestine so that probiotic bacteria will be fermented in the colon and produce Short Chained Fatty Acid (SCFA), so that hypoglycemic effects can o… Show more
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