Will antibiotics make you fat?

Taking too many antibiotics will not actually make you fat. People often confuse the concepts of antibiotics and hormones. In fact, antibiotics are a type of drug that inhibits the growth of bacteria. However, if too much antibiotics are taken, the body will produce antibodies against this type of antibiotics, which will cause harm to the body, but it will not make people fat. Taking hormones will make people gain weight, and the fat will accumulate quickly in the face, abdomen and other places.

Antibiotics are similar to anti-inflammatory drugs in that they inhibit the growth of certain bacteria. For example, if no treatment is taken after a viral infection, the bacteria will grow and cause disease, and antibiotics are a way to inhibit the growth of viruses.

The large-scale use of antibiotics will cause the virus to develop resistance to the drugs, just like the first time the antibiotics defeated the virus with excessive numbers. However, at this time, you have already developed a certain immunity to the virus, so the next time you get infected, you must use more drugs. Over time, a tolerant physique will be formed.

Once a tolerance is formed, drugs will not be effective when a serious illness occurs. It causes damage to the body, which can be life-threatening in severe cases, but it does not make people fat.

It is hormones that make people fat, but they only cause weight gain when used in excess. Long-term use of hormones can cause fat accumulation in the head, neck, and trunk (especially the abdomen), increasing body fat and leading to obesity.

There are many ways to produce antibiotics, depending on their type. For example, penicillin is biosynthesized by microbial fermentation, while sulfonamides, quinolones, etc. can be produced by chemical synthesis. There are also semi-synthetic antibiotics, which are various derivatives made by modifying the molecular structure of antibiotics produced by biosynthesis using chemical, biological or biochemical methods. According to the chemical structure, they can be divided into: quinolone antibiotics, β-lactam antibiotics, macrolides, aminoglycoside antibiotics, etc.; according to the use, they can be divided into antibacterial antibiotics, antifungal antibiotics, antitumor antibiotics, antiviral antibiotics, veterinary antibiotics, agricultural antibiotics and other microbial drugs (such as pharmacologically active ergotamines produced by ergot, which have the effect of contracting the uterus), etc.