Antibiotics and Palmistry

Last year, I felt so crushed by life that my heart opened up to getting an opinion from a palmist.

The first thing he told me was that I had lost much of my sixth sense, having been given antibiotics early in life that destroyed my gut microflora.

That came as a punch right in my face - with my PhD in molecular biology.

How could he tell?

I had a flood of emotions - I felt as if I didn’t know anything about life.

Coming back to antibiotics: now even the doctors who prescribe antibiotics have become hesitant and restrictive about them. Awareness is rising about the ill effects of rampant antibiotic use.

With modern scientific investigation methods, you can characterise and quantify the effects of antibiotics. But the scientific mind has not come as far as to wonder how these affect the quality of life…