It's not just what you eat that influences your #gut #microbiome, but also the medication (not just antibiotics).

We now need to be thinking about that more carefully when studying #diet, #prebiotics, #probiotics, #gutbrainaxis and the #microbiota

#Gastroenterology

@gerdosi
"Individuals exposed to multiple drugs, polypharmacy, showed distinct gut microbiome structures harboring significantly more abundant upper gastrointestinal species and several nosocomial pathobionts due to additive drug effects."
"Polypharmacy was also associated with microbial functions, including the reduction of short-chain fatty acid metabolism and increased bacterial stress responses."

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