Microbiome Friendly

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Can I rebuild my gut? — a woman at her kitchen table late in the evening, the course finished
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Yes, but not all of it: your gut after antibiotics

Twelve healthy men, three last-resort antibiotics, six months of samples: the community came back near baseline in 1.5 months. Nine species did not.

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With food or empty stomach? — a man over his lunch at a canteen table in the middle of the day
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Do probiotics survive acid? That's the wrong question

Stomach acid does kill most swallowed bacteria, and spores and coatings change the odds — but a probiotic that survives the trip may still never settle in you.

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Is a coated tongue bad? — a woman at her bathroom mirror at first light, looking at her own tongue
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What that coating on your tongue is actually made of

A white film on the tongue is mostly your own shed cells and bacteria. What it is made of, why it smells, when it is normal, and what trials show reduces it.

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It helped her. Why not me? — a woman at a café table in the afternoon, a second cup opposite her
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Why the probiotic worked for your friend, not you

Three things differ between you and your friend: the strain (the exact named variety, not the species), the dose and duration, and the gut you started with.

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