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Re:Use of antibiotics in farming endangering human immune sy... by canucker2016 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @05:48PM (#35707166)
Perhaps it has to do with Koreans eating kimchi, which are high in probiotics (compared to food in typical western diet)?

Antibiotics would wipe out much of the bacteria in your gut, providing space for deadly bacteria to colonize the gut. But kimchi's probiotics would repopulate the gut bacteria to reduce the chances for deadly bacteria to grow.

Does your wife eat a lot of kimchi?

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Re:Use of antibiotics in farming endangering human immune sy... by decafninja on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:00PM (#35707859)
Of course, we're Korean, so that goes without saying.

However my understanding is that while antibiotics will wipe out your gut bacteria pretty quickly, it takes a much longer time for it to repopulate, probiotics or otherwise.

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