Long-term antibiotic medication and my diet?

Question

I've been on doxycycline (200mg a day) for 5 or 6 years. does this effect my diet? I mean, i have to work twice as hard as I used to just to loose a d**n pound. is this just 'cause I'm getting older? I'm 20 by the way, i eat healthy and i excerise for at least 2 hours a day.

Answer 1

why are you on an antibiotic for such a long time? some antibiotics are ototoxic. that is toxic to the ear.. u might develop a hearing loss later on.. just check it out.. i have no clue about the diet part though!

Answer 2

I may think so, that it affects your diet

Answer 3

Yes. Part of why they give antibiotics to livestock is because they discovered in giving them to keep disease at bay from the deplorable conditions and crowding that the antibiotics were a growth promoter.

I too had to be on an antibiotic for several months recently and I was shocked by the weight gain which has started to go away now that I'm no longer on it. I also had started having ugly heartburn.

Antibiotics kill the beneficial bacteria/gut flora that helps us digest our food properly

If it's possible, I would suggest you find another course of action that would take the antibiotic out of the equation.