This Is What Happens to Your Body After Antibiotics

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Dr. Josh Axe

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Antibiotics save lives, but they can also wreck your gut, kill your energy, and leave your immune system struggling. In this episode of The Dr. Josh Axe Show, I’m breaking down the often overlooked side effects of antibiotics, and how to fully recover using time-tested, natural strategies. You’ll learn: How antibiotics disrupt gut health, mitochondria, and immunity The link between antibiotics and chronic issues like fatigue, allergies, and IBD What to eat (and avoid) after a round of antibiotics My top supplements for rebuilding gut health and restoring energy Real stories of recovery from leading experts and patients #antibiotics #healing #drjoshaxe #guthealth ------ Want more of The Dr. Josh Axe Show? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Josh Axe Instagram Twitter Facebook TikTok Website ------ Staying healthy in today's world is an upstream battle. Subscribe to Wellness Weekly, your 5-minute dose of sound health advice to help you grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Every Wednesday, you'll get: Holistic health news & life-hacks from a biblical world view Powerful free resources including classes, Q&As, and guides from Dr. Axe The latest episodes of The Dr. Josh Axe Show Submit your questions via voice memo to be featured on the show → speakpipe.com/drjoshaxe ------ Links: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/antibiotics-can-temporarily-wipe-out-gut-microbiome https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590097824000090 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7523053/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8927122/ https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2019/08/antibiotics-exposure-linked-to-increased-colon-cancer-risk https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(20)30785-0/fulltext https://sph.rutgers.edu/news/frequent-use-antibiotics-infants-and-young-children-may-increase-risk-asthma-allergies-and https://publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/55/4/1902021 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9081870/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-021-01494-7 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9998355/ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1493991/full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26691591/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590097824000090 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8756738/ https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scitranslmed.3006055 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-025-06136-2 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3249743/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4128635/ https://breakingtheviciouscycle.info/ https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/heres-downside-antibiotics-doctor-might-not-tell https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11243043/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1151505 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33471490/ ------ Ads: Get your free wealth protection guide from Preserve Gold. Visit www.preservegold.com/axe or text AXE to 50505 to claim your free guide, and you could receive up to $15,000 in free gold or silver with a qualified purchase or account rollover. Don’t wait – claim your special offers today! At MyBloodwork.com, you can uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism. You’ll also get a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor to help you take action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Antibiotics have saved lives in numerous cases, but they can also wreak havoc on your gut,
0:07.8	your mitochondria, and your immune system.
0:10.5	And if you've ever taken a course of antibiotics and fell off afterwards, maybe you had new food sensitivities,
0:17.3	fatigue, brain fog, or more immune problems or occurring infections. The reality is this,
0:23.2	you weren't imagining those things. In today's episode, I'll be going through antibiotics,
0:29.1	specifically where they're hidden. In fact, most people think, oh, antibiotics, they're only found
0:33.6	in conventional medications and capsules. No, they're found in your food supply, like your dairy, your meat, your produce. They're found in conventional medications and capsules. No, they're found in your food supply, like your
0:38.8	dairy, your meat, your produce. They're found in hand sanitizers and soap. They're found all
0:44.3	over the place. I'll be talking about how to avoid those. And if you've ever taken a prescription
0:49.7	antibiotic, anytime, especially in the last five years, there's been damage done to your gut and to many areas of your body and you want to rebuild and heal those areas. I'll go through how to do that on today's show also three years ago I had antibiotics that helped save my life. However, I had major concerns on what it was going to do to my body. However, I was able to fully heal and recover.
1:13.0	And so if you're a person wanting to know how to fully heal and recover from antibiotics,
1:17.2	if you've ever taken them, even as a kid, I'll be going through how to do that and more on
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1:56.3	So antibiotics have saved millions of lives since they were invented in the 1920s.
2:01.9	But unfortunately, their use comes with major drawbacks.
2:06.7	The reality is this.
2:07.9	Most antibiotics that are prescribed today should not be prescribed at all because of their damaging side effects.
2:15.8	And antibiotics' main job is to kill harmful bacteria that is
2:20.5	threatening your life or that could threaten your life. But here's the thing you need to know.
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