Those eating plant-based have a reduced load of antibiotic resistance genes in their gut. There are nearly one million Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in children 10 years and younger each year in the United States alone. Some of these infections are severe, causing meningitis and death, and requiring treatment with antibiotics. However, there’s an increasing problem of antibiotic resistance among these bugs that threatens our ability to treat them. Part of the issue is that the same life-saving, miracle-drug antibiotics are being squandered in animals raised for food for things like g...