The Yogurt Solution to Antibiotic Abuse
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We have a love/hate relationship with antibiotics. Are they a necessary evil or an unnecessary risk?
Antibiotics are natural microorganisms that do battle with potentially deadly other microorganisms. There are some really dangerous bacteria in our environment such as Staphylococcus aureus, which can cause pneumonia and toxic shock syndrome.
The use of antibiotics (or mold) for treating infections goes all the way back to ancient Egyptians and has been used for centuries in many cultures.
When Something So Good Goes So Bad
Like many good things, too much can be bad and that is where Western medicine went wrong in the use of antibiotics. That use became abuse as antibiotics started being prescribed for ailments it was never intended to treat.
Just four years after mass-production of penicillin started in 1943, bad microorganisms became resistant. The highly resistant MRSA organism is believed to be the result of over usage of antibiotics.
To Take Antibiotics or Not to Take Antibiotics
Only your doctor can help you make this all important decision but have that discussion armed with knowledge and a super healthy immune system. Here are some things to know before talking to your medical provider:
- Antibiotics only kill bacteria not viruses. They have no effect in treating the common cold or other viral infections.
- Antibiotics kill bad and good microbes.
- One in 1000 users are seriously allergic to antibiotics.
- Many more users are allergic enough to suffer mild to severe rashes.
- Antibiotics don't treat pain and will not help you feel better.
- The more often you take antibiotics, the more likely you will become antibiotic-resistant.
- Antibiotics can dangerously interfere with other medications.
- Antibiotics can unbalance your intestinal flora and cause gastrointestinal distress.
- Over time, antibiotics can cause a weakened immune response leaving you vulnerable to diseases.
Your Best Antibiotic Solution
Do yourself a favor and pump up your immune system with homemade yogurt. Your doctor may decide that antibiotics are necessary so be prepared with an abundance of probiotics.
By killing beneficial bacteria, antibiotics may in effect promote harmful bacteria growth and cause other symptoms including diarrhea. The good bacteria in yogurt can prevent this proliferation and keep a healthy balanced ratio of disease fighting intestinal flora.
An ounce of prevention is truly worth a pound of antibiotic cure. If your daily diet does not include yogurt in some form, you prevention power is seriously lacking.
You can take that preventative a step further by making fresh and preservative and additive free yogurt at home. It's easy with an electric yogurt maker. Get yours today.
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