The Real Reason Wheat is Toxic (it may not be the gluten)
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Why do so many people have allergies to gluten in the USA today? Why am I, a former Pastry Chef, no longer able to eat anything that contains gluten? I am talking about a significant number of people who suffer after eating gluten containing grains, from symptoms ranging from bloating, gas, diarrhea, abdominal pain, hives, rashes, swelling of the face, eyes, lips, scaly flaky skin and at worst, seizures.
The answer may be the fact that grains, like wheat, barley and rye, other than containing gluten, have also been treated with significant amounts of a weedkiller during growth and right before harvest. That weedkiller being the notoriously debated and Monsanto's very own ROUNDUP. This pesticide contains GLYPHOSATE. "Wheat harvest protocol in the United States is to drench the wheat fields with Roundup several days before the combine harvesters work through the fields as withered, dead wheat plants are less taxing on the farm equipment and allows for an earlier, easier and bigger harvest Pre-harvest application of the herbicide Roundup or other herbicides containing the deadly active ingredient glyphosate to wheat and barley as a desiccant was suggested as early as 1980. It has since become routine over the past 15 years and is used as a drying agent 7-10 days before harvest within the conventional farming community." Sarah, the Healthy Home Economist So what does this weedkiller to to us humans? Roundup significantly disrupts the functioning of beneficial bacteria in the gut and contributes to permeability of the intestinal wall and consequent expression of autoimmune disease symptoms, or as allergic responses. In other words, when glyphosate is ingested by humans, it has significant negative effects on our gut bacteria, enough to make us sick. What’s worse is that the negative impact of glyphosate exposure is slow and insidious over months and years as inflammation gradually gains a foothold in the cellular systems of the body. The consequences of this systemic inflammation are most of the diseases and conditions associated with the Western lifestyle: -Gastrointestinal disorders -Obesity -Diabetes -Heart Disease -Depression -Autism -Infertility -Cancer -Multiple Sclerosis -Alzheimer’s disease -And the list goes on and on and on … Below is a brilliant exert from the author of The Healthy Home Economist explaining her research and findings on the subject. Please read more. The Real Reason Wheat is Toxic (it’s not the gluten) by Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist While the herbicide industry maintains that glyphosate is minimally toxic to humans, research published in the Journal Entropy strongly argues otherwise by shedding light on exactly how glyphosate disrupts mammalian physiology. Authored by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff of MIT, the paper investigates glyphosate’s inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, an overlooked component of lethal toxicity to mammals. The active ingredient in Roundup lethally disrupts the all important shikimate pathway found in beneficial gut microbes which is responsible for synthesis of critical amino acids. Friendly gut bacteria, also called probiotics, play a critical role in human health. Gut bacteria aid digestion, prevent permeability of the gastointestinal tract (which discourages the development of autoimmune disease), synthesize vitamins and provide the foundation for robust immunity. In essence: Roundup significantly disrupts the functioning of beneficial bacteria in the gut and contributes to permeability of the intestinal wall and consequent expression of autoimmune disease symptoms. In synergy with disruption of the biosynthesis of important amino acids via the shikimate pathway, glyphosate inhibits the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes produced by the gut microbiome. CYP enzymes are critical to human biology because they detoxify the multitude of foreign chemical compounds, xenobiotics, that we are exposed to in our modern environment today. As a result, humans exposed to glyphosate through use of Roundup in their community or through ingestion of its residues on industrialized food products become even more vulnerable to the damaging effects of other chemicals and environmental toxins they encounter! In a nutshell, Dr. Seneff’s study of Roundup’s ghastly glyphosate which the wheat crop in the United States is doused with just days before harvest uncovers the manner in which this lethal toxin harms the human body by decimating beneficial gut microbes with the tragic end result of disease, degeneration, and widespread suffering. You Must Avoid Toxic Wheat No Matter What The bottom line is that avoidance of conventional wheat in the United States is absolutely imperative even if you don’t currently have a gluten allergy or wheat sensitivity. The increase in the amount of glyphosate applied to wheat closely correlates with the rise of celiac disease and gluten intolerance. Dr. Seneff points out that the increases in these diseases are not just genetic in nature, but also have an environmental cause as not all patient symptoms are alleviated by eliminating gluten from the diet. The effects of deadly glyphosate on your biology are so insidious that lack of symptoms today means literally nothing. If you don’t have problems with wheat now, you will in the future if you keep eating conventionally produced, toxic wheat! |
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