Dr. Robynne Chutkan: Rewilding Your Microbiome, How to Recover from Antibiotics, & High Octane Poop

These days, many of us pop antibiotics like Tic Tacs.
But did you know that even occasional use of antibiotics, hand sanitizers, and other germ-killers can wreak havoc on your long-term health?
Evidence is mounting that this new germophobic clean craze – our obsession with antibiotics, hand sanitizer and sterile environments – is actually making us sicker.
Why? Because our bodies were perfectly designed to have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and even viruses. When you wipe all of those “bugs” away, your immune system turns on itself.
This week, we’re here with Dr. Robynne Chutkan, a leading expert in the world of gut health and one of the most recognizable gastroenterologists working in America. She has a B.S. from Yale and an M.D. from Columbia, and teaches in the gastroenterology department at Georgetown University Hospital....

...There is this great divide. I was trained at conventional places—Columbia, Mt. Sinai, Georgetown… these are all terrific institutions. Part of the problem is when you’re a doctor being told that the antibiotics you’ve been prescribing are not only unnecessary, but creating real disease—swapping colds for Crohn’s, psoriasis, eczema, and MS—you feel like the villain.... learn more:
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Did you know that even occasional use of antibiotics, hand sanitizers, and other germ-killers can wreak havoc on your long-term health?