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Hashimoto’s Health Tip: Glyphosates and Gluten
Yet Another Reason Gluten Is Not Your Friend
A recent study published in the the Journal of Interdisciplinary Toxicology (Vol. 6(4): 159–184. by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff looks at the health impact on glyphosates, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s marquee product Roundup.
This is a popular herbicide used for many purposes including domination of the world’s seed supply.
Here what they found.
This stuff is everywhere and it is used by farmers on wheat crops 2-3 days before harvesting to dry everything out and make it easier to harvest.
Wheat Is Soaked With This Chemical
Why let it dry in the sun when you can spray it with toxic chemicals?
This is now also used on all grain crops, rice, seeds, dried beans and peas, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, and sugar beets.
It is also used on genetically modified crops like corn and soy, extensively.
Well, it turns out that glyphosate is a known endocrine disruptor, not good news for all us thyroid hormone fans and it has a lot of other really bad effects on our bodies.
Samsel & Seneff have carefully researched the known (published) effects of glyphosate along with the known (published) pathologies associated with celiac disease, gluten intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome.
They have identified chemical and biological pathways where glyphosate can be the cause.
Roundup Has Been Linked to Many Health Problems
These are: disruption of the gut bacteria; breakdown in the junctions of the intestinal wall; depletion of vital minerals, vitamins and nutrients; and impairment of cytochrome enzymes that aid the liver in detoxifying environmental toxins, thus multiplying the negative effect of other environmental toxins to which we are exposed in increasing amounts.
Translation: Glyphosate may lead to leaky gut, which allows glyphosate soaked gluten to get into your blood stream and your brain, where it does major damage.
This begs the question, is the problem gluten or Roundup?
The answer for you and me?
It doesn’t matter, because they are now one in the same. Go 100% gluten free people.
It’s just not worth the damage it causes.
http://sustainablepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Glyphosate_II_Samsel-Seneff.pdf
About the Author Marc Ryan
So now, not only is it my profession, it’s my passion, and it’s personal. I’ve been joking with people lately saying it’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I really get it, and a curse because I really got it! ?
