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In a study published by Nature, the combination of high-sugar foods and broad-spectrum antibiotics appeared to multiply injury to the microbiome, leading to a substantial 24% drop in bacterial diversity for every 100-gram increase in sweets (equivalent in sugar content to a large milkshake). “No matter how we analyzed the data, the same strong signal kept appearing,” said co-senior author Marcel van den Brink, M.D., Ph.D., president of City of Hope Los Angeles and City of Hope chief physician executive. “The patients who consumed more sweets while taking antibiotics were more likely to experience a loss of microbiome diversity as aggressive microbes crowded out other strains of bacteria.”
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