Last winter I came down with a nasty cough, high fever, no appetite and the feeling that something was really wrong with me. Luckily, the right diagnosis (pneumonia) and a round of effective antibiotic treatment put me back on track. The outcome would probably not have been as lucky if this had happened before Alexander Fleming’s discovery of antibiotics. And if you can believe the Director-General of the World Health Organization, we might soon be in a similar position again, as the world is facing “an end to modern medicine as we know it”. Why this gloominess, one might ask. Here is what we found out about the use of antibiotics, how it can lead to drug-resistant bacteria and what we can do about it. Come and cook with us! Continue reading →