OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » bacterial colonies http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Rise in Antibiotic Use Linked to Diabetes and Obesity http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/rise-in-antibiotic-use-linked-to-rise-in-diabetes-and-obesity/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/rise-in-antibiotic-use-linked-to-rise-in-diabetes-and-obesity/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:00:32 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=9894 Pills

Americans are exposed to anywhere from 10 to 20 different types of antibiotics during childhood, which can reduce our resistance to the medications and decrease our ability to fight off certain antibiotic-resistant infections. This overexposure may also lead to our concurrent rise in obesity, diabetes, allergies and asthma according to new research published in the journal Nature.

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