Our microbiome coevolves with us, so it is safe to say that the way we treat our bodies definitely affects the many organisms living within us.
Some things we can do to influence changes in our microbial gut community:
Probiotics/Prebiotics: Ingesting microorganisms to influence a healthier gut in either new production or for already existing organisms to produce antimicrobials: beneficial
Antibiotics: can be detrimental by killing/changing the microbial environment
Antimicrobials: beneficial because only gets rid of certain organisms. Doesn’t affect the organisms who produce it
*Health, age, location and diet also all affect our microbial gut environment… I’m going to say these can be both detrimental and/or beneficial due to how one is taking care of themselves. It is seen in the elderly and in obese patients that they have a different environment when compared with a control group…
