Antibiotics Overdose Can Make People Fat

Using of antibiotics is often done to treat diseases associated with bacteria. But when used to excess, aka overdose, antibiotics not only can cause resistant bacteria (resistant) but also makes people fat.

Recent research by scientists from New York University Langone Medical Center found that overuse of antibiotics can contribute to the obesity crisis.

Antibiotics Overdose not only an effect on bacterial immunity, but also can damage the balance of good bacteria in the gut permanently. As a result, the system would be disturbed metabolism and greater risk of obesity.

Antibiotics Overdose Can Make People Fat

"It can disrupt hormone levels that can make the body feel more hungry. Studies in mice given antiobiotics gained weight more than those not given antibiotics," explains Dr. Martin Blaser, of New York University Langone Medical Center, as reported by Dailymail, Wednesday (02/11/2011).

Dr. Blaser believes that the results of this study is also true in humans, particularly in relation to infection caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori gastric ulcers, associated with gastric or peptic ulcer.

"Although most of these infections are not dangerous, doctors routinely treat patients with antibiotics that can alter the workings of the stomach," Dr. Blaser.

Most of the latest findings contradict long-held belief that says that antibiotics have no long-term medical effects.

"Antibiotics are miraculous. These drugs have changed the health and medicine during the last 70 years. But when doctors prescribe antibiotics, it is based on the belief that there is no long-term effects. We have seen evidence that shows that antibiotics can permanently alter the beneficial bacteria in the our bodies, "explains Dr. Blaser.