Andrew Huberman· PhD
alcohol kills bacteria and it is indiscriminate with respect to which bacteria it kills, so when we ingest alcohol and it goes into our gut, it kills a lot of the healthy gut microbiota.
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
alcohol kills bacteria and it is indiscriminate with respect to which bacteria it kills, so when we ingest alcohol and it goes into our gut, it kills a lot of the healthy gut microbiota.
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studies show that alcohol promotes dysbiosis and bacterial overgrowth studies in animals and humans confirm that alcohol increases intestinal bacteria overgrowth may be stimulated directly by alcohol some studies suggest that it also could be an indirect byproduct of poor digestive and intestinal function caused by alcohol consumption
alcohol is well known to issue to to create issues in the gut it's going to create issues with dysbiosis the wrong types of bacteria overgrowth and permeability at the level of the gut