Extensive Antibiotic Over-use

Our immune systems are overworked and overwhelmed. They do their best to defend our bodies from viral and bacterial infections and unwanted parasites, yet are often overcome. We turn to antibiotics which help in the short term, but leave our bodies weak, stripped of healthy flora, out of balance, and more susceptible to additional infections, and harmful yeast overgrowth. For example, Candida Albicans is yeast that is commonly found in our gastrointestinal tract. Under normal conditions it is harmless, but after repeated rounds of antibiotic use (antibiotics destroy bad bacteria, but also destroy the good, healthy bacteria and flora needed for optimal health) Candida can multiply out of control, wreaking havoc on our immune systems and releasing large amounts of toxins into our bloodstream. Candida is an extremely hard condition to overcome, and can be responsible for dozens of mild to very severe health problems. It is a very real side effect of antibiotic over-use.