It's crazy when you think about all the different kinds of foods we eat.

We just swallow and hope it all works out for the best.

Well, as it turns out, there are better ways to think about keeping our bodies

humming healthfully along.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

How does eating meat or poultry contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance?

Here's our first story with Nutrition Vaccine Research Scientist, Dr. Christine Dennis.

According to the World Health Organization, more antibiotics are fed to farm animals to prevent

disease and fatten them faster than are used to treat sick people. This can foster the growth

of antibiotic-resistant superbugs that can then get transmitted to humans. As the UK's chief

medical officer once put it, every inappropriate or unnecessary use in animals or agriculture is

potentially signing a death warrant for a future patient. So what are they? Miracle

drugs or pig food? Here's how Dr. Greger framed the issue in a debate he had with

industry representatives including from the National Pork Producers Council. To ask if there's a question between human drug resistance and livestock

antibiotics is like asking if there's human induced climate change or if there's a link between smoking and lung camps there are a few

dissenting industry scientists on one side but then basically every other

scientist on the other both opposing camps have scientists on their side but only one

really has science on their side and one could just look look at who's on the signs of this debate.

In one corner, you have the World Health Organization,

the American Medical Association,

American Academy of PBM, it's American Public Health Association,

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