Glyphosate and Your Health

The herbicide glyphosate, Roundup, has been used since the 1970’s, under the guise that side effects were minimal. However, recently, concerns have increased worldwide about the harmful direct and indirect health effects on health  
Today’s discussion: What it is, how prevalent it is in our country, its harms to human health, and what we can do about it. 

What is it? - It is a chemical that inhibits certain enzymes in the plant, so that they are unable to make proteins, and then they die.   

Round-up Ready crops:   
In 1996, they started making GMO crops in the US and now 90% of corn, 90% of cotton and 95% of soybean crops in the US are designed to “tolerate” Roundup.  Meaning that it does not kill them, and they are resistant.  What that means is that they spray EVEN MORE of this nasty chemical on the crops, and they will be fine.   
 
Estimates suggest that one pound of glyphosate is applied in the U.S. every year for every man, woman and child, in America.  
Many non-GMO items have been shown to have some of the highest levels of glyphosate. Non-GMO foods such as: Oats, wheat, barley and legumes like chickpeas and lentils tend to be very high in glyphosate because these crops are sprayed with glyphosate right before harvest as a desiccant to speed the drying process. 
 
In 2015, the World Health Organization reclassified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. 
Last year, after thousands of lawsuits from cancer patients or their estates, Bayer, the chemical maker is settling current and future lawsuits for more than $10 billion. Bayer said the settlement agreements “contain no admission of liability or wrongdoing.” They will continue selling the weed killer because it stands by previous assertions that it’s “safe when used as directed”. 
 
21 countries have banned or restricted use in them, while the US continues to use it freely and without caution 
 
So, why is it so dangerous to our health? 
Creates “gluten sensitivity” – Stephanie Seneff, MD Senior researcher at MIT– will put links to her references in comments. Acts as an “antibiotic” and causes issues with the gur flora, and can make the person sensitive to many things. Many people eat gluten in other banned countries and are just fine.   
Can cause cancer such as lymphoma 
Endocrine disruptor, affecting fertility and reproduction 
Causes Liver and Kidney disease 
Disrupts the gut microbiome causing SIBO  
Increased cause of ALS – (Lou Gerrics Disease) 
Can further the toxicity of vaccines because it binds to the aluminum in them 
Has been found in the brain, possible link to Autism 
Can disrupt the collagen and cause weakness in bones/joints.  Increase in Ehlers Danlos is recent years (connective tissue disorder) and joint replacements 
For more information: Check out the book “Toxic Legacy” by Stephanie Seneff.  She gets in depth about Glyphosate 
 
So what can you do about this? 
DO NOT use Roundup on your lawns or in your own gardens 
Buy organic and NON GMO products as much as possible.  Not only fruits/vegetables because of direct spray on the crops, but wheat and corn products too.   
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If you are concerned about your toxic load of glyphosate in your body, we have binders and homeopathic supplements that are designed to clean these (and other) chemicals from your body.  We would love to help!