IF and antibiotics

[Anonymous]

I’m taking an antibiotic that recommends taking with food. Because of the timing (2x/day) I take the meds @ 7 am & 7pm, thus breaking my am fast earlier than I normally do (around noon). Do I just suck it up for these 7 days? Or how do you handle this?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think antibiotics break the fast. I would just take a week off or take the medication as prescribed and eat like I usually do depending on how well my stomach was tolerating the meds.

Some antibiotics this would not matter for me, others really upset my stomach and I would just eat and get back on track in a week.

Not sure how far you are into IF but for me this is a full lifestyle change. I eat on my IF schedule every day and have for years. But I also abandon it on vacation or if I’m ill. Since it is just s as part of my life it has never been a problem to just slide right back into the routine.

For me it works because I’m both militant about it but also very much not militant about it. I hardly ever skip but if I think to myself “you should eat breakfast today” I almost always listen to that voice because it means something is going on!

Anyway early If me would have stressed about this question but from a long time faster don’t stress about a week. It’s a marathon not a sprint!

[Anonymous]

I cannot take antibiotics or vitamins on an empty stomach. I'm guaranteed to get sick. I'd just suck it up for this time, and get back to IF once you are finished.

[Anonymous]

Thus far, I'm just eating the antibiotics with yogurt and moving on. It's just gotta happen I guess. Thanks for the responses!!