Does Your Body Need a Parasite Purge? Probably Not

Does your body need a parasite purge? Probably not

Science is still figuring out the gut microbiome. It's a breeding ground for misinformation

Following a healthy, balanced diet is the best option for restoring gut microbiota after taking antibiotics, with a higher success rate than fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs), commonly used to correct microbial imbalances, according to researchers…

"Currently there is a lot of emphasis on treating an impoverished microbiome with methods such as fecal transplants, but our study shows that this will not succeed without a healthy diet and, in fact, a healthy diet alone still surpasses it," said the vice president executive of the Simons Foundation's Division of Life Sciences, Joy Bergerson.