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Podcast: Building Your Foundation: A Functional Podcast
Episode: Antibiotics and Gut Health: Rebuilding Your Microbiome
Description: In this episode, we explore how antibiotics, while life-saving, can significantly impact gut health and what you can do to restore balance.Antibiotics have revolutionized modern medicine by effectively treating bacterial infections. However, this powerful tool has trade-offs, particularly for your gut microbiome. Globally, antibiotic use has increased significantly since 2000, often unnecessarily, leading to unintended consequences like disruptions in the delicate ecosystem of your digestive tract.What exactly is this gut microbiome? It's a dynamic community of trillions of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microbes in your digestive system...