In recent years, misuse and overuse of antibiotics has come to the forefront in many health circles, as more and more "superbugs" have emerged. Superbugs are created when an antibiotic is used but does not kill all of the bacteria it was supposed to target. The bacteria that survive multiply and evolve greater and greater resistance to the antibiotic, until eventually, they are basically immune to the effects of the antibiotic.
Ever stronger antibiotics have been created to try to deal this problem, but eventually some fear that most or all antibiotics - even the strongest ones - will be ineffective against these superbugs, and we will be back where we started - before the discovery of antibiotics completely changed modern medicine and eliminated many of the diseases that then plagued humankind. And some experts fear that it is already too late...
According to the CDC, nearly 3 million people in the U.S. are infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria every year, and over 35,000 die. Worldwide, the problem is even worse, with the WHO reporting that 700,000 people die annually from drug-resistant infections.
However, even with the prevalence of superbugs, antibiotics continue to often be prescribed indiscriminately, and they are still routinely fed to livestock - which compounds the problem. Here to talk about this issue in depth - and offer some ideas of what we can do about this dangerous issue, is Marjorie Wildcraft from The Grow Network.
Ever stronger antibiotics have been created to try to deal this problem, but eventually some fear that most or all antibiotics - even the strongest ones - will be ineffective against these superbugs, and we will be back where we started - before the discovery of antibiotics completely changed modern medicine and eliminated many of the diseases that then plagued humankind. And some experts fear that it is already too late...
According to the CDC, nearly 3 million people in the U.S. are infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria every year, and over 35,000 die. Worldwide, the problem is even worse, with the WHO reporting that 700,000 people die annually from drug-resistant infections.
However, even with the prevalence of superbugs, antibiotics continue to often be prescribed indiscriminately, and they are still routinely fed to livestock - which compounds the problem. Here to talk about this issue in depth - and offer some ideas of what we can do about this dangerous issue, is Marjorie Wildcraft from The Grow Network.
Marjory Wildcraft is the founder of The Grow Network, one of our favorite sources for down-to-earth information about self-sufficiency, growing your own food, and taking responsibility for your own health. Marjorie is passionate about exposing the truth about why commercial agriculture and conventional medicine are so destructive to our health and well-being as a species, and she specializes in helping others learn to grow and make our own food and medicine at home.
On this Wellness Mama podcast episode, she discusses the following issues:
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On this Wellness Mama podcast episode, she discusses the following issues:
- A big problem with the current thinking on germs
- The link between penicillin and MRSA
- Factors contributing to the rise in superbugs
- Why antibiotic overuse is so dangerous and what to do about it
- A very important reason to choose only organic and grass-fed meat without antibiotics
- Why superbugs could mean the end of modern medicine as we know it
- When antibiotics are actually needed for ear infections
- Why superbugs may mean that one day there will be no such thing as a minor surgery
- What we can all do individually to help stop the spread of superbugs
- And much more!
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