Quote: (09-22-2016 10:03 PM)NovaVirtu Wrote:
What is the best way to replenish the gut with healthy, beneficial microbes?
Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is currently the only serious option. In the United States it is only medically available for persistent C. difficile infection victims. A healthy gut microbiome contains hundreds of strains of bacteria, many of which are permanently deleted by antibiotics. Common probiotics and bacteria from fermented dairy (e.g. yogurt, kefir) cannot live in the gut and simply pass through. In principle, a few strains may be recovered from eating home fermented vegetables (e.g. sauerkraut, kim chi, etc.), but this alone is very likely insufficient to recover significantly from antibiotic damage.
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