The gut health doctors: The surprising truth about antibiotics & probiotics

🥑 Make smarter food choices. Become a member at https://zoe.com Get 10% off membership with code PODCAST Get science-based nutrition advice straight to your inbox: https://bit.ly/46BPTYz Antibiotics are one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. Since their inception, they’ve saved countless lives, but these miracle drugs come at a cost. In some cases, they can seriously affect your health or can even be life-threatening. In today’s episode, Jonathan puts himself under the microscope. After an injury forced him to take antibiotics, he shows you the effect they had on his own gut bacteria. Jonathan’s joined by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz and Prof. Tim Spector, who explore the impact of different types of antibiotics, how they affect your bacteria in the short and long term, and how we can reverse the unwanted effect of these drugs. Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 01:10 Quickfire round 02:29 Jonathan’s accident 04:44 Unpacking clindamycin 16:10 Side effects prevention advice 24:08 Jonathan’s gut at 7 days 26:50 Fermented foods 36:31 Tips for building your gut back up 42:11 Benefits vs. risks 48:11 Summary Mentioned in today’s episode: Post-antibiotic gut mucosal microbiome reconstitution is impaired by probiotics and improved by autologous FMT from Cell Link: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31108-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867418311085%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Saccharomyces boulardii: What makes it tick as successful probiotic? From the Journal of Fungi Link: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31108-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867418311085%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Follow ZOE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoe/ Episode transcripts are available here: https://joinzoe.com/learn/category/podcasts Is there a nutrition topic you’d like us to cover? Email us at podcast@joinzoe.com and we’ll do our best to cover it. Vote for ZOE Science and Nutrition in British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting