Does antibiotics only kills bacteria in our body?!
Question: I am just wondering
1) Does antibiotics only kills bacteria in our body?
I have a question if I have negative-grams bacteria in my food, 2) what do I need to do if I cannot boil or freeze it before I eat?
3) Can I use alcohol to kill the negative-grams bacteria?
Thank you very much.
Answers: I am just wondering
1) Does antibiotics only kills bacteria in our body?
I have a question if I have negative-grams bacteria in my food, 2) what do I need to do if I cannot boil or freeze it before I eat?
3) Can I use alcohol to kill the negative-grams bacteria?
Thank you very much.
1. Yes, they kill bacteria in your body, but also where ever there is bacteria. On agar plates (used to grow bacteria) antibiotics will kill them if the bacteria are not resistant to them. On oranges when they mold, bacteria will be killed where the mold is (think penicillin). I want you to know though, that the problems today that we have with resistant bacteria stem from the fact that we use too many antibiotics. Antibiotics are overused in today's society making the conditions right for superbugs like MRSA to grow and divide without competition from other bacteria.
2. You do not want bacteria in your food to grow to a level that makes the food spoil, so you must either keep it cold or cooked so that the bacteria is slow in growing or killed. Even when you cook food, new bacteria get on it and begin dividing so any food should be kept cold after a certain point to make sure that the bacterial growth doesn't exceed a certain point. You should either keep the food that is perishable cold or the non perishable bagged up so that it doesn't go bad.
3. Not sure which alcohol you're talking about here, but 70% Alcohol or rubbing alcohol will generally kill bacteria on surfaces and skin, but it cannot be used in food since it first of all, evaporates when cooking and secondly it induces throwing up. The alcohol we drink cannot be used to kill bacteria on food because it evaporates quickly when cooked and also since food doesn't taste that good with, let's say vodka, in it. Unless it's an oyster shot or bloody mary, of course! :) But seriously, the amount of alcohol in alcoholic beverages is too low to be significant in killing bacteria.
I hope that helps.
There shouldn't be any need for you to treat yourself, or your food, with antibiotics unless you have been diagnosed with a bacterial infection. It can actually do more harm than good, in that your body could build a resitance to them and they might be less effective than desired when/if you actually need them to kill an infection.
The cooking process itself should kill pretty much anything that might be living in foods, provided you cook foods to the recommended temperatures. If this isn't satisfactory, you could purchase food grade hydrogen peroxide and soak your foods in a solution of water and the hydrogen peroxide prior to cooking. I stress, however, that you should purchase food grade hydrogen peroxide from a health food store... not the stuff you buy at the pharmacy.