Health & Fitness
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. Download our FREE guide — Top 10 Tips to Live Healthier: https://zoe.com/freeguide Timecodes:00:00 Intro00:15 Jonathan’s Intro00:50 Quickfire round01:40 Jonathan’s accident 04:00 Unpacking clindamycin11:40 Antibiotic-associated diarrhea 14:45 Side effects prevention advice22:20 Jonathan’s gut at 7 days 27:50 Fermented foods27:00 Tips for building your gut back up41:30 Benefits vs. risks48:00 Summary 51:20 OutroMentioned in today’s episode:Post-antibiotic gut mucosal microbiome reconstitution is impaired by probiotics and improved by autologous FMT from CellSaccharomyces boulardii: What makes it tick as successful probiotic? From the Journal of FungiFollow ZOE on Instagram.Episode transcripts are available here.Is there a nutrition topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@joinzoe.com and we’ll do our best to cover it.