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After completing a course of antibiotics for a week should i eat probiotic foods to get good bacteria back quickly or my body will make them itself?

Q: after completing a course of antibiotics for a week should i eat probiotic foods to get good bacteria back quickly or my body will make them itself?

: Taking probiotics can't hurt but eating a diverse diet will repopulate your digestive tract with the "good bacteria". And no, your body does not fabricate the over 400 bacterial species that can be found. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7670/

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Taking probiotics can't hurt but eating a diverse diet will repopulate your digestive tract with the "good bacteria". And no, your body does not fabricate the over 400 bacterial species that can be found. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7670/

Answered 4/17/2021

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After completing a course of antibiotics for a week should i eat probiotic foods to get good bacteria back quickly or my body will make them itself?

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