As reported in an Aug. 25, 2013, article from NaturalNews.com, antibiotic-resistant superbugs have spread to virtually every state in the country, and in the first half of 2012, nearly 200 hospitals and long-term acute care facilities nationwide reported treating at least one superbug-infected patient. (To read the article, click Links > Drugs and vaccines > Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections continue to rise: Just how inept is the conventional medical industry?.)
Overuse of antibiotics promotes antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Bacteria are designed to go into mutation mode when exposed to antibiotics. When a mutation occurs that cripples the metabolic pathway attacked by the antibiotic, the surviving bacterium transfers the mutation via plasmid to other bacteria. As long as the antibiotic is present, the mutants survive and the normal bacteria die. When the antibiotic is not present, the mutants, which are less fit to survive, die out.
You can get antibiotic-free beef at Earth Fare, Kroger, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Market, and local farmers markets.
Overuse of antibiotics promotes antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Bacteria are designed to go into mutation mode when exposed to antibiotics. When a mutation occurs that cripples the metabolic pathway attacked by the antibiotic, the surviving bacterium transfers the mutation via plasmid to other bacteria. As long as the antibiotic is present, the mutants survive and the normal bacteria die. When the antibiotic is not present, the mutants, which are less fit to survive, die out.
You can get antibiotic-free beef at Earth Fare, Kroger, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Market, and local farmers markets.