In The Truth About Antibiotics, Maïté Matterne shares the latest insights from functional medicine, gut microbiology, and orthomolecular therapy. She clearly explains what exactly the microbiome is and how our bacteria influence our health, fertility, sleep, weight, and even our mood.​The book not only offers a critical look at the current medical approach, but also a hopeful and practical perspective on a way out of the globally growing problem of antibiotic resistance.​You will discover how this problem was created and what logical, scientifically based solution is possible by optimizing the gut microbiome at the right time/ preferably before or during pregnancy so the use of antibiotics -which is incredibly high during the first thousand days can be avoided. days- can be avoided.​A must-read for healthcare providers, future parents, and anyone who wants to understand more about the unprecedented power of our invisible but vitally important ecosystem—and certainly also for policymakers, to whom she want to give, with this book, a clear and forward-looking direction in their decisions on health and antibiotics.With love for our children, by Maïté.​