35: GMOs & How to Test for Glyphosate

In this episode Leah Segedie of Mamavation.com and I talk about motherhood, problems in our food supply, GMOs and how to test for glyphosate.GMOs & How to Test for GlyphosateLeah Segedie is the founder of the Mamavation website, a highly passionate online community of moms. She started this community after she lost 100 pounds and learning the true meaning of health.She now teaches “digital moms” healthy living practices to combat disease in their home. Her Mamavation community members have lost over 3,500 lbs collectively. Leah is a very passionate food activist and she regularly organizes petitions, twitter parties and blogging efforts to support her real food activism.Leah was named as Mom of the Year by Shape Magazine and has received various other awards for her blogging and activism.In this Episode, You’ll LearnThe true power of moms that many of us don’t even realizeHow we (as moms) control trillions of dollars each yearThe real way to affect long term changeAbout Leah’s 100 pound weight loss and how she accomplished it with baby stepsHer advice for anyone looking to lose weightThe real issue when it comes to GMO labelingWhy GMOs are such a problemsThe difference between true GMOs and selective hybridsThe chemical that Columbia recently stopped using on its crops (including cocaine) that is still approved and used in the USThe most likely and dangerous GMO foodsHow to test your urine, water or breastmilk for glyphosateResources We MentionMamavation.comShift Con Social Media ConferenceFeed the WorldJustLabelIt.orgBookieboo.comLeah on TwitterThanks for Listening!Thank you so much for joining me this week. Please leave any comments or feedback in the comments section below.Read TranscriptKatie: Welcome to the “Wellness Mama” podcast. I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com. A random fact for your day, did you know that the average fast-food patron consumes 12 pubic hairs per year? I don’t know or want to know how they got that statistic, but sadly that may not even be the most disgusting thing found in fast food. Today’s guest and I will be talking about food additives and so much more.Leah Segedie is the founder of Mamavation community and ShiftCon Social Media Conference. She has highly passionate online community of moms, and she started this community after losing 100 pounds herself and learning the true meaning of health. Through her community, she teaches digital moms healthy living practices to combat disease in their home. Her Mamavation community members have lost over 3,500 pounds collectively. Leah is a very passionate food activist and she’s worked through organizing petitions and Twitter parties and blogging efforts to support this activism. And she was named as “Mom of the Year” by “Shape Magazine” and has received various other awards for her