#86 Antibiotics, Animals & Armageddon: Why Resistance is Rising (and What It Has to Do with Your Dinner)

In this jaw-dropping episode of The Keto Vegan Podcast, Rachel uncovers the hidden global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — and guess what? It's not just about your GP handing out antibiotics like sweets. 🧁 Modern medicine relies on antibiotics – for surgery, infections, C-sections, even acne – yet we're on the brink of losing them. Why? Because of how we farm animals, not just how we treat humans. 🐖🐔💉 Using insights from Professor Devi Sridhar’s powerful article (link below), along with deep research into how colistin resistance spread from Chinese pig farms to UK hospitals, Rachel delivers a vital, eye-opening, and 100% vegan perspective on a crisis that affects everyone.   🔑 Key Talking Points ✅ What is AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance)? → And no, it’s not you becoming resistant to antibiotics – it’s the bacteria evolving to outsmart them! 🦠⚔️ ✅ The shocking stat: Up to 80% of all antibiotics are given to animals – not people! → Livestock farming in middle-income countries is a major driver of global resistance. 🐄📈 ✅ Colistin: The ‘last resort’ drug 💣 → Learn how a 2018 study traced colistin-resistant bacteria from Chinese pig farms to London hospitals – via air travel and global trade. ✈️🌍 ✅ Why you can’t just “make new antibiotics” → Drug development is slow, expensive, and barely keeping up. Only 2 new classes of antibiotics have been approved since 2017. 🧪⏳ ✅ Why the UK is doing better than you think 🇬🇧 → Thanks to people like Dame Sally Davies, we’re actually one of the top 3 countries globally tackling AMR. But we’re still at risk if others don’t catch up. ✅ The vegan angle 💚 → If you needed one more reason to ditch meat, this is it: industrial farming is cooking up the next pandemic-level threat in its feed troughs. #KetoVegan #VeganPodcast #AntibioticsCrisis #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR #VeganHealth #KetoHealth #PlantBasedKeto #VeganScience #ColistinResistance #VeganAwareness #PublicHealth #FarmNotPharma #VeganKetoPodcast #KetoVeganLife #VeganFuture #RachelTheKetoVegan   📚 Article by Professor Devi Sridhar https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/02/antibiotics-stop-working-prescription-gp-animal-farming?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other   Valuable Resources For an extensive list of foods with their carb, fat and protein count, go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how For a keto-vegan start-up menu and shopping list go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how   Host Bio Rachel, a once morbidly obese individual, experienced a remarkable body transformation through the keto diet. Later, she embraced veganism and now shares her extensive knowledge and obsession with carbs in vegan proteins on The Keto Vegan podcast. Her goal is to demonstrate the simplicity of combining the keto diet with a vegan lifestyle. Resources: https://theketovegan.life Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKetoVegan/podcasts Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/821471059206067 Email: [email protected]