I understand it kills the good and the bad, but we also eat a lot of probiotics around here including home-made pickles and water kefir. @corinnestokes keeps me fed with a lot of healthy real food. I also recognize there's a difference between getting bronchitis/pneumonia and not getting it, so sometimes the risk is worth it. I'm going on vacation in a week or so and really don't want to be sick for that, so I figured I'd take the risk in this case in hopes of wiping it out before it got worse.
I have some friends who are doctors and though I agree the amount we know is probably much less than the amount we don't know, but I wouldn't go so far as to say they don't know anything or that all of what they know is wrong. It's a complicated field with a lot of history. It's easy for those who know the least about a topic to think they know more than they do (I'm raising my hand as I say this, since I think we all do this).
What do you normally do when you get sick?
Good to hear that you are using probiotics! It's probably very important, especially after antibiotics.
I'm a biohacker, I don't get sick. :P
Not very often, at least. If I have a cold or fever, just resting for a couple of days is enough. Maybe a little bit extra vitamin D3 and zinc.