• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    15 days ago

    Killing 50% of your gut bacteria is a big nothing.

    These things reproduce on the timescale of hours.

    I kill 90% of my sourdough starter every time I feed it, and it bounces back the same day.

    • Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Yeah, I have been on antibiotics that wiped out most of my gut bacteria. It was easy to upset my stomach for a few months, then I was fine.

      • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
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        15 days ago

        I had the same experience with norovirus this spring.

        Probiotics did the trick, but it was t so much fun.