There’s a hefty price to pay for using antibiotics. They kill pathogens, but they also kill beneficial intestinal bacteria and allow harmful microbes to proliferate. Even one course of antibiotics can alter the unique community of microbes living in your intestines (your “biome”) and do permanent damage. Herbal antimicrobials may be a better choice, but even these have not been proved to be totally benign. But what if you need to take an antibiotic? Are you doomed to suffer the hundreds of diseases that have been associated with a deranged biome? Not if you take the right precautions. Many studies have shown that taking probiotics (beneficial bacteria) along with antibiotics helps to preserve your biome’s integrity. Antibiotics are prescribed to be taken once, twice, or three times daily. A probiotic product, such as Beyond Health’s Probiotic Formula, can be taken 2-3 hours after each antibiotic dose. It is critical that you choose an effective probiotic product—one that deliv…