Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reveals surprising health battle and how he fought back (Jun 2025) "digestive issues linked to prior courses of antibiotics" Article

[Michael Harrop]

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Interesting article with some important info and some pseudoscience.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has revealed a long-hidden health battle that disrupted his life for years, as he shared for the first time that he had been silently suffering from a digestive condition commonly referred to as "leaky gut."

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The results revealed that The Fast and Furious actor's digestive issues were linked to prior courses of antibiotics that had severely disrupted his gut microbiome by wiping out a vital bacteria known as Akkermansia.

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The first part is alarmingly common, and a major root cause of the chronic disease crisis. The latter part ("by wiping out Akkermansia") sounds like BS his functional medicine practitioner made up, or someone misunderstood something along the way.

It plays an essential role in maintaining the intestinal lining and regulating inflammation and its absence had left Johnson vulnerable to gut permeability-a condition often labelled as "leaky gut."

"I was just getting ready to launch into what would become a nine-month workload for me - nonstop work," Johnson said. "And I was thinking, 'Holy s**t, how am I going to get through this with my gut issues?'"

He managed to power on through his packed 2024 schedule, that included promoting Moana 2, filming The Smashing Machine biopic, and continued WWE appearances, with a personalized treatment plan and the help of Dr. Hyman.

He was put on targeted probiotics, anti-inflammatory plant compounds such as cranberry and green tea extracts, and a specialized shake designed to support intestinal healing, and it worked a success.

"We basically rehabbed your gut," Dr. Hyman explained, during the episode. "And now you're thriving."

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I'd like to get a genuine report from Dwayne Johnson, because "probiotics, anti-inflammatory plant compounds such as cranberry and green tea extracts, and a specialized shake" are not supported to reverse antibiotic damage and restore the host-native microbes that were killed off.