Most supermarket meat today comes from operations that routinely feed animals low doses of antibiotics. This constant contact with drugs helps bacteria learn how to outsmart the meds, creating dangerous strains of hard-to-kill superbugs.
Shopping tip: Instead of tossing supermarket meat into your cart every shopping trip, plan some meatless meals that include organic dried beans or these vegetarian protein sources. When you do eat meat, be sure to practice proper food-safety measures, no matter how the meat was produced. We're creating mutations or superbugs.
Superbug: We may already be feeling the effects of antibiotic overuse. Food borne illnesses, says Pew, are becoming more difficult to treat due to the decreased effectiveness of antibiotics. And some scientists voiced concern when the H1N1 virus, a.k.a. the swine flu, broke out in Mexico near a factory farm partially owned by Smithfield Meats. They said conditions there were a perfect breeding ground for drug-resistant pathogens to mutate into more dangerous forms. The good news is that it’s not too late to break the antibiotic habit. It all will sell more vaccines this winter. What store chain buy from Mexico...think!
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| With chemicals, hormones, and antibiotic chickens not fit for consumption. How far down the food chain of antibiotic are we? |
SOURCE:
http://www.rodale.com/human-antibiotics-meat-production
http://www.rodale.com/vegetarian-protein-sources
**Harvard scientists recently completed a study finding that eating a single serving of red meat each day increases your risk of early death, and factory-farmed chicken, often touted as a healthier alternative to beef, can be contaminated with e. coli bacteria that can give you urinary tract infections.
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