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• Impairs the serum sulfate transport system in your
body. Consequences of glyphosate interfering with CYP
enzymes and impairing sulfate transport include GI
disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression,
autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
• Destroys the tight junctions in the cell membranes in
your gut, thereby leading to “leaky” gut and absorption of
undigested foods you were never designed to absorb.
• Makes the gliadin in wheat highly indigestible.
Moreover, by attaching to gliadin, glyphosate may
promote immune reactions.
Alarming Levels of Glyphosate Found in Popular
Foods
According to independent testing by The Detox Project,
glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s bestselling herbicide Roundup) is present at “alarming levels”
in many popular processed foods.8
Scientists have found glyphosate can alter gene function
in the livers and kidneys of rats at levels as low as 0.05
parts per billion (ppb).
Meanwhile, Cheerios was found to contain more than
1,125 ppb of glyphosate, Doritos more than 481 ppb and
Ritz crackers more than 270 ppb. According to Dave
Murphy, executive director of Food Democracy Now!:
“It’s time for regulators at the EPA [Environmental
Protection Agency] and the White House to stop playing
politics with our food and start putting the wellbeing
of the American public above the profits of chemical
companies like Monsanto.”
Protect Your Health by Avoiding GMOs
As noted by Digestive Medical Solution:16
“The first and more important step you can take to protect
yourself from damages that may be caused by GMOs is to
change your diet. Non-GMO, free-range and otherwise
organic foods should replace any GMOs you regularly
consume. It also helps to avoid the most common food
allergens, such as gluten and sugar products …
However, the damage caused may be long-lasting.
GMOs may make you allergic to non-GM foods. Since
the genetic material in GM soy transfers to the bacteria

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living in the intestines, it continues to function and spew
proteins continuously. Clearing the body of these harmful
substances is no easy task.”
The most commonly consumed GMO crops (which
includes both herbicide-resistant and Bt varieties)
are:17,18,19
• Corn (found in most processed foods in the form of
corn meal, corn syrup, corn starch, corn flour and so on)
• Soy (which can hide under descriptions such as lecithin
and starch, among others)
• Canola (rapeseed oil)
• Sugar beets
You may also be exposed to Bt toxin via meat from
animals fed Bt corn, and glyphosate via herbicideresistant GE grain feed such as corn and soy, all of which
are common staples in concentrated animal feeding
operations (CAFOs). This is one of several good reasons
for making sure your meats come from organically raised
grass-fed animals.
For Optimal Health, Opt for Organic Food
A large number of studies have shown that organic
foods:23,24,25,26,27,28
• Are less likely to be contaminated with pesticide
residues. (Synthetic chemicals are not permitted in
organic agriculture, yet can occur due to contamination
from nearby conventional farms.)
• Contain fewer heavy metals (on average 48 percent
lower levels of cadmium,29 for example).
• Contain anywhere from 18 to 69 percent more
antioxidants than conventionally grown varieties.
• May in some cases be more nutrient-dense. For example,
one 2010 study,30 which was partially funded by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), found that organic
strawberries were more nutrient-rich than non-organic
strawberries.
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