Meat, antibiotics and you

Meat,Antibiotics

& You

80%of antibiotics are

given to food animalshttp://www.realclearscience.com/2010/12/28/farm_animals_get_80_of_antibiotics_sold_in_us_239051.html

80%of antibiotics are

given to food animals

Why should itmatter to you?

Antibiotics can get into animal flesh

Antibiotics from agriculture can

get into your drinking water

supply

Bacteria can become immune to antibiotics

after exposure

The more antibiotics in our environment, the more bacteria are resistant to

them

Next time you’re sickwill the antibiotics work?

Why give antibiotics to

animals?

If you want to continue to eat meat then...

Animals are raised in

CAFOs

Concentrated

Animal

Feeding

Operations

where they remain in their manure.

This allows harmful bacteria to grow, requiring antibiotics to keep the animals alive..

CAFOs cause huge environmental damage, leaking

waste into the water table.

Any reduction in demand for CAFO products is good.

What should youdo about it?

Go vegetarian

It’s better for your overall health

There are no trace amounts of antibiotics in

vegetables

If you want to continue to eat meat then...

Only eat grass-fed animals...

“Treat meat as a flavouring or special-

occasion food”Michael Pollan

Clean meat is expensive, so eat less, and less often.

You’ll be healthier.

Live your life the way your body evolved to

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