After Antibiotics

The human gut is normally filled with large numbers of beneficial bacteria, which help us to break down our food and keep us healthy.
Some types of gut bacteria even make essential vitamins for us.
if you have been taking antibiotics for a period of time, this may have disturbed the balance of these beneficial bacteria in your gut - (antibiotics kill bacteria) - and this could allow more dangerous types of bacteria to take over - leading to disease.
In order to help the gut recover quickly after a course of antibiotics, you could try taking Acidophilus capsules.
These capsules put back the beneficial bacteria into the gut and help the gut to return to normal.
They are available at health food stores.
Eating plenty of live bio yoghurts can also help the beneficial bacteria to return to the gut quickly.
Bio yoghurts should be eaten regulary in the diet to keep the gut healthy.

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