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from ReadyNutrition Website
Antibiotics are one of modern day's greatest discoveries, but it's failing us.
By our own hand, we have abused this medical achievement by using it as a "fix-all", and it has caused antibiotic resistance issues that spans across the globe.
In fact, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest health threats of the 21st century Superbugs. ...are increasing throughout the world and have the capacity to cause worldwide health issues.
Moreover, no one wants to even walk into a hospital for fear of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, that have been reported at hospitals around the country.
According to the CDC, each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections.
Last year, Keiji Fukuda, Director-General for Health Health Security at WHO warned,
In a recent article on the subject, Fukuda once again stressed to the world:
The Reality of it All - No One is Safe
The most important factor to keep in mind is when drug resistance develops in one part of the world, it quickly spreads to other areas.
To that end - no one is safe. Folks, the not-so-distant future of a post-antibiotic world is already here.
In fact, an epidemic is quietly raging in parts of India where an epidemic of antibiotic resistant "superbugs" are killing the country's newborns by the tens of thousands:
This is the beginning of a new era - an antibiotic-free era.
This is a doomsday scenario that means that our current medical safety nets will be much smaller. In the future, even the smallest cuts could pose a danger to our health.
Moreover, we won't be able to treat cancer or diabetes, people will die earlier, and there won't be elective surgeries or organ transplants. As well, the cost of medical care will sharply increase and dealing with infections will be a very serious process.
You should also consider the reality that our food sources will also be affected. Most of the food we eat in the industrialized world:
...are raised with the routine use of antibiotics.
Raising these food sources without the dependence on antibiotics would become much more expensive and may cause exacerbated illnesses in animals, or farmers would have to change their raising practices, spending more money when their margins are already spread thin.
Last Ditch Efforts Are Being Made By the Medical Community
Doctors are beginning to make preparations for a time when the world is no longer using antibiotics.
Consequently, the situation has become so dire that representatives from 194 countries are meeting at the WHO's annual meeting in Geneva and have approved a new global plan to counter antimicrobial resistance.
Plans are being made for every country to have a monitoring system in place by 2017 for drug resistance.
This system will also make a last ditch attempt to reduce the use and misuse of antibiotics in health care settings and agriculture, as well as invest in new drugs. Regrettably, these new, stronger antibiotics could cause more harm to the body and have the potential to attack more than just the offending bacterial cells.
Scientists are also exploring the possibility of fighting fire with fire by turning to viruses to kill off bacteria.
Natural Body Defenses
Our bodies are equipped to fight infection on their own, yet most of us no longer trust in natural ways of achieving this - especially in the Western world.
Giving our bodies a chance to fight the infection before resorting to taking a course of antibiotics is a good start. If we don't expose the bacteria to the antibiotics, they can't develop resistance.
Instead, we can take steps to develop and maintain our body's natural defenses by,
The following are ten foods you should make a habit of eating in order to build up your body's immune system:
Modern day antibiotics are failing us and we must open our eyes to the fact we are in the beginnings of a post-antibiotic world. The signs are there, the superbugs are raging on and we are losing the fight.
The world has a choice:
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