Antibiotic Use May Be Associated With Risk For T2D.

reports that a “similar study of United Kingdom citizens published in” March in the European Journal of Endocrinology “found that repeated exposure to one of five popular antibiotic types (including penicillin) predicted an increase of ‘diabetic risk,’ after adjustment for known risk factors,” such as smoking, cardiovascular artery disease history, and body mass index. In both studies, researchers “theorized that antibiotics may exacerbate the development of diabetes by disturbing the microbial communities inside our bodies (specifically the gut microbiota) which influence our metabolism and weight.” Obesity is a “risk factor” for T2D. http://time.com/4013398/antibiotics-diabetes/