Anti-Viral Gut: Maximize Your Immunity | Dr. Robynne Chutkan Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
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Do I Really Need an Antibiotic?
Kids are sicker they're also highly medicated. No matter how many probiotics you take your microbiome is going to take a hit from antibiotics that's what they're designed to do to kill bacteria so if you're taking an antibiotic you are doing some damage to the microbiome and yes there are things you can do to help mitigate that but the most important thing you can do is to make sure that the antibiotic you're taking is absolutely necessary. You want to be that parent with one eyebrow raised right both for yourself and your kid who is like do I really need that antibiotic? So it definitely it is you know the screen time the lack of exposure to nature the pesticides processed food the stress that
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