10. Antibiotic Alternatives

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The overuse of antibiotics has created problems with “superbugs” that have gradually developed resistance to drugs we have used to cure infection for decades. Some experts worry that we are on the verge of a new age of “superbugs” that could claim many lives due to our inability to combat them. Beyond the dangers of overuse, antibiotics also come with other unintended consequences such as their inability to separate the good bugs from the bad bugs, which results in the destruction of beneficial bacteria along with harmful bacteria. Essential oils may be a viable alternative to antibiotics for some infections. Research on lab animals has shown that ear infections were eliminated 81 percent of the time when treated with essential oils.