87% of the meat that you eat contains anti-biotic resistant bacteria!

(If you only have a quick second, skip to the bottom for some shocking and important facts.... they are highlighted in orange)

Let me paint you a lovely picture real quick.  Close your eyes.... K wait, open your eyes so you can read... but start to imagine........

Our  cow friend lives his entire life standing in his own poop, breathing in the toxic fumes from the immeasurable amounts of feces produced by the thousands of cows that are surrounding him.  They are crammed into an area with each other that definitely doesn't allow for "roaming" and the cement underneath the piles and piles of poop isn't easy on the hooves.  Our OMNIVORE cow that is genetically structured to eat GRASS... is fed:

*  Genetically Modified Cornfeed that is virtually void of all nutrition
*  Ground up dead animal carcasses (the protein in these ground up carcasses aids in unnaturally fast growth in the livestock!  Awesome!!)  So Remember, Omnivore cow + ground up dead animal carcasses.... Can I get a "WHAT WHAT" for Mad Cow Disease!!!
*  Lots of growth hormones that have repeatedly been proven to be toxic for human consumption and toxic to the cow.   (bovine somatotropin (bST) and recombant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are the ones most commonly used)
*  ....And some yummy antibiotics

After that well rounded meal that our cow friend has just consumed, he is 
showered with insecticides; Insecticides that are toxic.  ALL over him and his cow friends.

  Is your mouth salivating for some juicy sickly toxic steak right now?

   

So back to the subject of Anti-biotics... 
80% of the antibiotics used in this country are used on livestock! 

80%!!!  

Antibiotics are used to stimulate rapid growth in animals, as well as treat disease caused by the incredibly unsanitary conditions of feedlots and factory farms.

Because of this revolting overuse of antibiotics, bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics.  The conventional meat industry is not only supplying you with "meat" for your dinner table, but they are also serving you up with a steamy dose of bacteria that you cannot kill.

The EWG analyzed a study by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System.  Here are a few of their findings:

"Rates of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella, which causes acute illness and can lead to chronic arthritis, have increased from 48 percent in 2002 to 76 percent in 2011. Amounts of "superbug Salmonella" found on turkey have jumped from 62 to 78 percent during that same time period."

"Another super-bacterium, campylobacter, can be even more damaging. Campylobacter is the most common cause of diarrheal disease in the U.S. and, left untreated, it can trigger Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disease that can result in paralysis. Yet, 100 percent of the campylobacter found on turkey was resistant to antibiotics."

"Sixty-nine and 55 percent of pork and beef samples, respectively, tested positive for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but turkey and chicken pose much greater problems, as far as these "superbugs" are concerned. By far the most contaminated meat was turkey: 81 percent of turkey samples tested positive for antibiotic-resistant microbes, while just 39 

percent of chicken samples did."

If you are going to buy meat, try your best to buy organic, local, grass fed meat.  Check your classifieds.  Ask around.  Check your neighborhood grocery stores.  Your efforts will be worth it!!!  Our society on average eats WAY too much meat... so try and cut down on your meat intake as well.  Even if it is organic and local, you still should not be eating a lot of it.  

source: http://www.rodale.com/antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-and-supermarket-meat?cm_mmc=TheDailyFixNL-_-1266960-_-04172013-_-How_Dirty_is_The_Meat_You_Eat_title