Probiotics can actually interfere with microbiome recovery after antibiotics, rather than facilitate it. What probiotics can and can’t do. For more on probiotics, see: • Gut Feelings: Probiotics and Mental Health (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/gut feelings probiotics and mental health/) • Preventing and Treating Diarrhea with Probiotics (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing and treating diarrhea with probiotics/) • Preventing the Common Cold with Probiotics? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing the common cold with probiotics/) • Should Probiotics Be Taken Before, During, or After Meals? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/should probiotics be taken before during or after meals/) • Culture Shock: Questioning the Efficacy and Safety of Probiotics (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/culture shock questioning the efficacy and safety of probiotics/) It’s better to feed our gut bugs with prebiotics. Check out Prebiotics: Tending Our Inner Garden (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prebiotics tending our inner garden/) and How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy with Prebiotic Foods (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how to keep your microbiome healthy with prebiotic foods). New subscribers to our e newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the benefits and side effects of probiotic supplements and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the benefits and side effects of probiotic supplements. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence based nutrition revolution! Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: https://nutritionfacts.org/translations info/ https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Books: https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: https://twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org
