The Antibiotic Paradox: How Science is Solving Our Gut's Greatest Dilemma (Encore Episode)

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What if your gut isn’t just digesting your food—but shaping your thoughts, emotions, and resilience.

The microbiome is finally stepping into the spotlight, and with it comes an uncomfortable truth: antibiotics don’t just kill harmful bacteria. They erase communities that regulate immunity, mood, and long-term health.

In this episode, we explore the gut as a living ecosystem—an internal democracy thrown into chaos by modern medicine’s blunt tools. We look at how microbiome damage shows up as brain fog, anxiety, depression, autoimmune illness, and vulnerability to future infections—and why this isn’t your imagination.

There’s hope. From fiber-based bacterial survival strategies to precision therapies and personalized gut medicine, the science is advancing fast—even if regulation hasn’t caught up. Until it does, your daily choices matter more than you think.

Reference: The researchers on a quest to protect the gut from antibiotics

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