Protecting Your Gut Health While Taking Antibiotics

Expert resources help consumers and doctors effectively use probiotics in food and supplements for specific gut and health concerns.

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Two decades ago, the best advice Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic could offer patients using antibiotics was to eat yogurt while taking the drug.

Yogurt typically has naturally occurring probiotics or microbes. Microbes such as these take up residence in the human gastrointestinal tract and contribute to a healthy gut microbiome. A clinical pharmacist, Skokovic-Sunjic believed that yogurt could help offset the side effects of antibiotics.