Pamela has started to take antibiotics, which kills most of the helpful and harmful bacteria in her body. Her doctor suggested she eat yogurt containing helpful bacteria to reestablish the bacteria in her digestive tract. Why is this important?

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The helpful bacteria in the digestive tract break down our food for us. If we didn't have them, we wouldn't be able to digest as much food as we used to.

Answer: Yogurt contains good bacteria.

Explanation: Taking antibiotics for a longer duration of time kills the good bacteria present in the the gut of the human being. The gut of the human being consists of good bacteria as well as bad bacteria.

The good bacteria present in the gut of the human beings helps in the digestion of the food. Yogurt is a good source of good bacteria as it contains lactobacillus which is known as good bacteria that keeps the gut healthy.