But before we delve into this role, we had a few questions to ask Dr. Pelton about his newest book. Children are at risk in a couple of different categories. Children receive a lot of antibiotics. Over the course of their childhood, so many kids can experience multiple antibiotics. Antibiotics can cause nutrient depletions by several different mechanisms.
Children are at risk because of that.
A common side effect for children is diarrhea during or after a course of antibiotics, which can be debilitating. Men are not immune at all. One of the reasons I cite women is the number of women taking estrogen. In 1998, Premarin was the number-one prescribed drug in the United States, with 46,759,000 prescriptions filled. What we're trying to publicize is the fact that many medications deplete nutrients.