# @seed on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BhpAUInFnOD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34247982-seed-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-04-16T18:03:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

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#Antibiotics (first discovered, quite accidentally, by Alexander #Fleming in 1928) are a #revolution of #modern #science. It goes without saying they have saved many lives and treated many #diseases (like #tuberculosis). However, our hyperdependence on ‘#wonder drugs’ has its consequences.⠀
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Each day, hundreds of thousands of people walk into a doctor’s office and are prescribed antibiotics, ‘just in case’. 🤷🏻‍♀️ In fact, the cdcgov estimates that of the 154 million antibiotic #prescriptions written #nationwide, a shocking 30% are unnecessary—with the majority being for infections that are not even #bacterial. In other words, 47 million prescriptions in cases where antibiotics don't even work. Process that for a second. 🤯😳⠀
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Most people already understand the implications of increased antibiotic overuse—pathogenic #bacteria mutating and developing #resistance. This could lead to a world where we are powerless against harmful bacteria, and minor infections and injuries become deadly.⠀
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But more recent revelations show us the effect antibiotics have on the existing bacteria in our bodies. See, antibiotics don't discriminate between the good and the bad bacteria. They carpet-bomb your gut #microbiome, killing target species but also wiping out many others, sending your inner #world into #dysbiosis.⠀

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modern, dysbiosis, revolution, resistance, diseases, bacterial, fleming, tuberculosis, bacteria, science, prescriptions, microbiome, nationwide, wonder, antibiotics, world

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