S1E2 The Poisoning Of a Planet: A Weed Killer Changing How We Think About Food

It's in our food, our water, our air and our clothes. Glyphosate, the active chemical in the herbicide Round-Up, came on the market in the 1970's and has been increasingly changing our planet ever since. Is it as benign as Monsanto-Bayer claims? The EPA certainly appears to believe so. In this episode Michelle Adams shares what she has learned about the pesticide since beginning her intentional eating journey. In the last twenty years chronic disease has skyrocketed, and so has our exposure to chemicals like Glyphosate. The weed killer has been linked to cancer, autoimmune disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, neurologic disease, hormone disruption and gut dysbiosis. Even though Monsanto claimed that Glyphosate affects a metabolic pathway in plant cells that human cells do not possess, our gut microbes do possess the shikimate pathway. Most of our health stems from our gut and thus, the inflammatory response to constant pesticide exposure is now causing what some call a public health crisis. We'll examine what Glyphosate is and the diseases linked to it, along with the verdicts obtained by plaintiffs who filed lawsuits against Monsanto-Bayer. Moreover, we'll talk about the food laced with Glyphosate, the food in our homes and on our plates every single day. Resources from this episode include: Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate is Destroying Our Health and the Environment by Stephanie Seneff, PhD  https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/epa-withdraws-glyphosate-interim-decision. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9145961/ https://foodstoic.com/the-case-for-organic-produce/ Find Michelle on social media at: Instagram: @thefoodstoic Facebook: @foodstoic Sign up for the Five for Food Weekly Newsletter at: www.foodstoic.com. Write to her at [email protected]