Denise LaguaDr. BauzonBIO 2025-01May 19, 2014The Overuse of AntibioticsIn npr.com's Fresh Air, Terry Gross speaks with Dr. Martin Blaser about the use of antibiotics. Our gut microbes are extremely vulnerable to antibiotics. Our microbiome is defined as all the microorganisms present in our body. Some microorganisms are useful in our body. However, there are others that are not helpful, but rather harmful. Antibiotics are responsible for killing bacteria. However, they modify the composition of our body. Dr. Blaser says food allergies, asthma, celiac disease, intestinal disease, and juvenile diabetes (Type I diabetes) have emerged over the past 50 to 70 years due to changes in our microbiome. Throughout the podcast, Dr. Blaser argued that the overuse of antibiotics damages the human microbiome. Blaser also explained how antibiotics contribute to obesity. He used cattle as an example. He described how farmers have been feeding their livestock antibiotics for almost 70 years. They feed them antibiotics because ...