Should You Take Probiotics if You Must Take Antibiotics?
They did new studies on the standard advice of taking probiotics after antibiotics, and you won't believe what they found. It throws a monkey wrench into everything you've heard for years.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Research casts doubt on the standard recommendation to reseed your gut with probiotics after taking a course of antibiotics, finding Lactobacillus bacteria actually inhibits the recovery of your gut microbiome
Spore-based probiotics do not contain any live Bacillus strains, only its spores, which means antibiotics cannot kill them. Spore…
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