Taking Probiotics After Antibiotics

Most of us have used antibiotics to remove a nasty cold that became a secondary bacterial infection, or as a preventive measure after having a surgery or some other injury. We take these powerful drugs because we are told through our health care professionals that we should. Most likely, who would like to risk a serious bacterial infection when it could easily be prevented? Antibiotics are great at what they do; they destroy bacteria. Unfortunately, they cannot discriminate between good bacteria and bad bacteria.

What your doctor has not been telling you

There are more than 100 trillion good bacteria in our bodies that play an important role in our overall health and well-being.

Many of these bacteria killed by antibiotic treatments and therefore must replace quickly. The best way to do this is by consuming probiotics that contain live bacteria that will repopulate the gut.

You will never come across a traditional doctor that even describes this practice when prescribing antibiotics. If however you neglect the good bacteria after consuming antibiotics, you are risking being infected again, as your immune system will likely compromise.

The best practice should begin taking probiotics while taking antibiotics; however, you must wait at least a few hours after your dose of antibiotics to take a dose of probiotics.

Probiotic foods and supplements

Probiotics exist in various food products like yogurt and so are present especially high concentrations in kefir.

For those who have access to raw (unpasteurized) milk, you could make your own kefir yourself with a few kefir grains, which will give an enormous amount of probiotics. For most of us that do not have access to raw milk, commercially made (pasteurized) kefir and yogurt still have a fair amount of probiotics.


There are many probiotic products on the market now; but be sure to buy a reputable brand.

Some of these supplements are worthless because they have no live bacteria. Make sure to check out the label for the numbers of live cultures and look how many of those cultures will remain alive when the product reaches its expiration date.

If the supplement does not have this information, do not buy it.

Natural antibiotics

There are times when taking antibiotics is necessary; but most of times they are used without enough cause and end doing much a lot more damage than good.
Most bacterial infections can be healed naturally.

So the next time you have a chest cold, treat yourself first with these powerful, natural probiotics instead of running to the doctor and seeking a Z-pak.

•   Manuka honey (UMF 15+ or higher)
•   Garlic
•   Andrographis (useful for upper respiratory infections)
•   Goldenseal
•   Echinacea
•   Colloidal silver

You do not have to worry about natural antibiotics destroying the good bacteria in your stomach because they, unlike prescribed antibiotics, can target only the bad bacteria.


You can make use of these natural remedies any time you get sick, as a preventive measure, without any worry of negative side effects.