{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#52 Bacteria and antibiotics \u2013 who\u2019s the bad guy?","description":"Martin Blaser, professor of medicine and microbiology at New York University, has a theory about why humanity is getting fatter. He believes that some of our modern medical practices are to blame. The main culprit? Antibiotics \u2013 or rather, the way we have&amp;nbsp;abused these antibacterial drugs over the last 70 years. Each one of us hosts a collection of good bacteria, known as the microbiome, that keep us healthy by training our immune system, helping us digest food and making essential vitamins for us. In this episode, Martin Blaser explains how this useful alliance is perturbed when we take antibiotics. Who would have guessed that the same \u2018miracle drugs\u2019 that cure us from horrible, deadly infections would \u2013 in some ways \u2013 make us sicker? ","author_name":"RadioScience","author_url":"http:\/\/www.radioscience.se","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5282813\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87a93a\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/5282813"}