Several types of E. coli exist as a normal part of the human intestinal tract, and some even have many beneficial functions, such as the production of vitamin K2. Some strands of E. Coli go as far as preventing the pathogenic bacteria, or harmful bacteria, from setting up shop in the intestine.
But what about the other strands? You know, the sickening food poisoning strands that cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, fatigue and abdominal pain? Or how about he new strand that is cause from 75 to 95 percent of all urinary tract infections? Where do these come from?
E. COLI RESEARCH
Recent studies done by Iowa State University has confirmed that such occurrences are linked to factory farms that use antibiotics.
The findings support a study previously completed by scientists from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and George Washington University that shows a strain of antibiotic-resistant E. coli called ExPEC, an extra-intestinal pathogen, was genetically traceable to factory-farmed animals receiving certain antibiotics.
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System reports that 75 percent of chicken and turkey, 59 percent of ground beef and 40 percent of pork meats tested were contaminated with E. coli, and that the strains were predominantly multi-drug resistant.
Sounds to me like natural selection is taking control here and this bacteria is evolving; changing it's own DNA to ensure it's survival.
This makes me wonder just how many other strands of viruses and bacteria have begun their evolution process to overcome the mighty man-made pharmaceutical warfare that's been going on for generations.
I will definitely be paying closer attention to where my food is coming from and how it is handled.
Free-Range!!!
Let's go get some Chipotle! :)
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