M6.6 Use of Antibiotics

Well, the first pdf was disheartening. I am disappointed to learn that ground turkey had the most AR bacteria in the meat. I thought I was doing good by eating less red meat (which still may be true) but overall turkey is the worst for AR bacterial ingestion and absorption for humans. The red meat was the best! So, I just don't know anymore. The only thing that seems save is organic naturally grown veggies and fruits from the dirt. I'm sure we'll learn something bad about organic soon though. Ha.

MRSA is a serious issue that has been around for many, many years. I started hearing about it in hospitals about a decade ago when we saw patients becoming resistant to antibiotics. This is an alarming issue that we need to figure out. The fact that animals are now having MRSA and resistance is not good.

The antimicrobial soaps, lotions, and hospital furniture can be summed up in one sentence, I think. Why are we using chemicals to kill off normal flora on our hands and bodies? This flora, our own bacteria, is there for a reason and help us fight infection. These over the counter soaps and coated furniture do nothing but weaken our immune system, kill our own bacteria, and weaken our overall health. There are times when you need to really clean your hands due to blood or something, but overall normal soap or none at all with good scrubbing can get your hands clean. However, I do see where a hospital is coming from. How can they possibly keep people healthy that visit without proper cleaning of equipment. They can't clean it all so having furniture with this defense certainly helps.




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  1. Sandy TanOctober 5, 2018 at 11:04 AM

    Hi Dan,
    I think advertisements from companies made me believe I really needed antimicrobial soap and sanitizer. They advertise it as killing 99% bacteria and that convinced me that I always need to wash my hands and use hand sanitizer. Now that I learned that it is not healthy to use these kinds of products, I want to tell others about this too.

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  2. UnknownOctober 10, 2018 at 8:19 PM

    Hi Dan,
    I had the same disheartening feeling as you when I found out about how ground turkey meat is not as good as I once thought. I figured it probably is still better to eat than red meats, but it will definitely make me think twice when I make my choices in meat!

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