Originally, the use of antibiotics in farm animals was to be delivered under the prescription of a veterinarian for treatment of diseases. Unfortunately, modern livestock industries feed their farms with antibiotics haphazardly due to commercial interests. Antibiotics are mixed with the feed of livestock to make them grow bigger and faster. According to the Food and Drug Administration, 75% of antibiotics given to animals are not fully digested. This makes human prone to Antibiotic -Resistant infections when we consume meat.
Antibiotic-Resistant is a worldwide public disease that
occurs when strains of bacteria in the human body become resistant to
antibiotics due to improper use of it. The two common types of bacteria that
can easily become resistant to antibiotics are “Staphylococcus”and “Enterococcus”
which affect the skin and intestine respectively.
How often do you
take meat? The tendency of an individual being infected by this disease
depends on his consumption rate. The higher a person consumes meat, the higher
the risk and the lower the consumption rate; the lower the risk of being
affected. Few people have personal meat farms they eat from, thus majority of
the citizens who eat meat purchase from these industries are at a greater risk.
Symptoms of this disease are hardly identified. People can
live with it for years without knowing. The best way for an individual to
identify his/her status is by verifying from a hospital. Currently, the United
States Of America, the Centre For Disease Control (CDC) carried a research and
revealed that 23,000 people are killed by Antibiotics _ Resistant Infections, yearly.
Your world tomorrow can be determined by what you consume
today. Antibiotic _Resistant Infections is real and killing many so from today,
beware of the meat you eat. Do not allow society to influence you into thinking
that the intake of plenty meat signifies good living. If you can’t stop taking
meat, just cut down the rate of consumption. Be wise and save your life!
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