Early life diet and antibiotic use can set a trajectory for a healthy or unhealthy gut microbiome. — Whalespan
Early life diet and antibiotic use can set a trajectory for a healthy or unhealthy gut microbiome.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“So all these things that happen early in life could really set a child on a trajectory potentially for having potetially very good, healthy, robust microbiota or potentially one that isn't as good. So I think as parents especially of new children, we need to be mindful of the choices that we make early in a child's life because many of these microbes that we have by the time, say, the age of five, many of these microbes would be with us throughout our entire lives so we really want get that community started in the best possible way.”