Jeff Explains: "This study recognizes the complexity of interactions within the ecosystem of the digestive tract and how changes brought about by antibiotics can affect the total health of the body and be causative in conditions such as obesity, immune dysfunction, and other diseases. This is a sample of what many other researchers are finding in linking the serious diseases of our age to antibiotic use.
Includes recent research citing the number of species of bacteria in the gut to be in the neighborhood of 15,, different species, as opposed to the outdated data of different species commonly cited by the medical profession. Cites the mutually beneficial role of bacteria and humans.
