By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

December 22, 2021

One of the most dangerous chemicals sprayed on our food crops every year is an herbicide called glyphosate – commonly found in Roundup. Perhaps you’ve used Roundup in your own vegetable garden to keep the weeds at bay.

Monsanto, who originally produced Roundup, initially claimed the chemical was “safer than table salt.”

The EPA would have you believe there is a safe level of glyphosate that causes “no risks of concern to human health.”

Bayer, who bought Roundup from Monsanto in 2018, takes the EPA’s view. Of course they want you to think it’s safe. On their website, they compare it to apple seeds, pears, potatoes and zucchini. “Yes,” they say! These foods all contain chemicals that could be toxic to humans if consumed in great quantities.

Well, the evidence is against them. Bayer recently agreed to pay more than $10 billion in settlements. This money went to tens of thousands of people who claimed Roundup led to their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer.

The fact is, safe levels of glyphosate exposure in humans have never even been tested. In reality, no amount of glyphosate in the human body is safe.

Among the various health concerns with this chemical, the glyphosate found in Roundup can:

• Wreak havoc with your gut microbiome. It kills off the “good bacteria” you need and allows pathogens to thrive.
• Interrupt how your body uses important minerals like iron, cobalt, and manganese.
• Interfere with the creation of amino acids your body needs.
• Contribute to the formation of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a dangerous form of cancer.
• Damage DNA and act as an endocrine (hormone) disruptor in human cells.
• Even low levels of exposure can cause liver and kidney damage

It also disrupts your body’s ability to detoxify itself. This means it can cause the toxic load in your body to build up over time. Eventually, the accumulation of toxins may reach a tipping point. That’s when disease sets in.

I think the issue with glyphosate is that we believe the government – just like we believed them when we were told DDT, mercury, lead and PCBs were all safe at low enough doses.

Years later we discovered none of these were safe. They build up in the body and people were getting sick. They were developing neurodegenerative diseases. They were dying.

So no. Glyphosate is not safe. It’s another one of these monumental mistakes that destroys human lives.

The question is, how do you get rid of the toxic load that’s already in your body?

Slash Your Glyphosate Levels in 6 Days

Not long ago, four American families took part in a very revealing experiment. The families were from Atlanta, Baltimore, Minneapolis and Oakland, and each had two or three children.

For the first five days, the families ate their normal, conventional diets. Then, for the next six days, the families ate only certified organic foods.

Urine samples taken throughout both diet periods revealed that glyphosate levels were about 70% lower after only six days of eating organic foods!

Not only that, but an earlier phase of the research found that levels of other pesticides fell by somewhere around 60% and 90%. This includes several neurotoxic pesticide chemicals such as chlorpyrifos, clothianidin and malathion.

This shows what a huge difference eating organic can have on your body.

Keeping Your Body Clear of Pesticides

If you’re serious about avoiding chemical-laden foods, you really want to watch out for foods that are processed. They’re the worst. More than 75% of them contain GMO crop ingredients that were grown using liberal amounts or Roundup.

Glyphosate is also a pre-harvest drying agent for certain food crops, like oats, wheat and barley. So your breakfast cereals and other grain-based products might still contain a lot of glyphosate even though they aren’t GMO foods.

Your best bet is to stick with safe, all-natural foods that are certified organic.

Each year the Environmental Working Group (EWG) group analyzes the amount of pesticide residue on the fruits and vegetables you buy at the supermarket. Then they release a report called “The Dirty Dozen™.” It’s a list of commercial produce that contain the highest levels of pesticide residue and should ALWAYS be purchased organic.

But there are some fruits and veggies EWG says is safe to buy commercially grown. They call them the “Clean Fifteen™” and they are least likely to contain pesticide residue. This means you can safely purchase non-organic versions as long as you wash them prior to eating.

The Dirty Dozen	The Clean 15
ALWAYS BUY ORGANIC	WASH BEFORE EATING
Strawberries	Avocados
Spinach	Sweet Corn
Greens (kale, collard, etc.)	Pineapples
Nectarines	Onions
Apples	Papayas
Grapes	Frozen Sweet Peas
Cherries	Eggplant
Peaches	Asparagus
Pears	Broccoli
Celery	Cabbage
Tomato	Kiwi
Bell and hot peppers	Cauliflower
	Mushrooms
	Honeydew Melon
	Cantaloupe

When you think of organic, just remember. That’s what we used to call regular food. It wasn’t until all of these chemicals came into our food supply that it became something “special.”

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