The Happy Pear twins have apologised after receiving backlash following antibiotic comments made by a guest on their podcast.
Siblings Steve and Dave Flynn, who are known for their veganism campaign work, welcomed American doctor Zach Bush to the most recent episode of their podcast. But the episode proved controversial after Dr Bush repeatedly linked the use of antibiotics to mental health difficulties and listed several statistics which suggested that antibiotic consumption increases the chances of a depression diagnosis or anxiety disorders.
Dr Bush claimed that "one course of antibiotics" would lead to the "risk of major depression in the next 12 months" increasing by 24 per cent. He added: "Two courses of antibiotics in a year, my chance of getting major depression just went up by 45 per cent or 52 per cent. Of that, is a 45 per cent increase in anxiety disorders, 52 per cent in depression.
