By Kathleen Felton, Apr 17, 2025
The latest trendy wellness drink you’ve probably seen on supermarket shelves? Prebiotic sodas. “I heard Poppi and Olipop are healthier alternatives and I’ve been really wanting to drink stuff with flavor that’s not super unhealthy,” says BabyCenter Community user Mkgmamaa. These beverages, which are made with prebiotic fibers, are marketed as a better-for-you version of traditional sodas like Coca-Cola and Pepsi. They often claim to boost your health, notes Kecia Gaither, M.D., a double board-certified ob-gyn and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in the Bronx. You might hear that they can improve your gut microbiome, help you feel full, and even build a stronger immune system, she says.
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