The stories became far too frequent to ignore. Emails from folks with allergic or digestive issues to wheat in the United States experienced no symptoms whatsoever when they tried eating pasta on vacation in Italy.
Confused parents wondering why wheat consumption sometimes triggered autoimmune reactions in their children but not at other times.
In my own home, I’ve long pondered why my husband can eat the wheat I prepare at home, but he experiences negative digestive effects eating even a single roll in a restaurant.
There is clearly something going on with wheat that is not well known by the general public. It goes far and beyond organic versus nonorganic, gluten or hybridization because even conventional wheat triggers no symptoms for some who eat wheat in other parts of the world.
What indeed is going on with wheat?
For quite some time, I secretly harbored the notion that wheat in the United States must, in fact, be genetically modified. GMO wheat secretly invading the North American food supply seemed the only thing that made sense and could account for the varied experiences I was hearing about.
I reasoned that it couldn’t be the gluten or wheat hybridization. Gluten and wheat hybrids have been consumed for thousands of years. It just didn’t make sense that this could be the reason for so many people suddenly having problems with wheat and gluten in general in the past 5-10 years.
Finally, the answer came over dinner a couple of months ago with a friend who was well versed in the wheat production process. I started researching the issue for myself, and was, quite frankly, horrified at what I discovered.
The good news is that the reason wheat has become so toxic in the United States is not that it is secretly GMO as I had feared (thank goodness!).
The bad news is that the problem lies with the manner in which wheat is grown and harvested by conventional wheat farmers.
You’re going to want to sit down for this one. I’ve had some folks burst into tears in horror when I passed along this information before.
Common 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 the practice 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.
According to Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT who has studied the issue in-depth and who I recently saw present on the subject at a nutritional conference in Indianapolis, desiccating non-organic wheat crops with glyphosate just before harvest came into vogue late in the 1990s with the result that most of the non-organic wheat in the United States is now contaminated with it. Seneff explains that when you expose wheat to a toxic chemical like glyphosate, it actually releases more seeds resulting in a slightly greater yield: “It ‘goes to seed’ as it dies. At its last gasp, it releases the seed” says Dr. Seneff.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, as of 2012, 99% of durum wheat, 97% of spring wheat, and 61% of winter wheat have been treated with herbicides. This is an increase from 88% for durum wheat, 91% for spring wheat and 47% for winter wheat since 1998. Note that bulgur is commonly made from durum.
Here’s what wheat farmer Keith Lewis has to say about the practice:
I have been a wheat farmer for 50 yrs and one wheat production practice that is very common is applying the herbicide Roundup (glyposate) just prior to harvest. Roundup is licensed for preharvest weed control. Monsanto, the manufacturer of Roundup claims that application to plants at over 30% kernel moisture result in roundup uptake by the plant into the kernels. Farmers like this practice because Roundup kills the wheat plant allowing an earlier harvest.
A wheat field often ripens unevenly, thus applying Roundup preharvest evens up the greener parts of the field with the more mature. The result is on the less mature areas Roundup is translocated into the kernels and eventually harvested as such.
This practice is not licensed. Farmers mistakenly call it “desiccation.” Consumers eating products made from wheat flour are undoubtedly consuming minute amounts of Roundup. An interesting aside, malt barley which is made into beer is not acceptable in the marketplace if it has been sprayed with preharvest Roundup. Lentils and peas are not accepted in the market place if it was sprayed with preharvest roundup….. but wheat is ok.. This farming practice greatly concerns me and it should further concern consumers of wheat products.
Here’s what wheat farmer Seth Woodland of Woodland and Wheat in Idaho had to say about the practice of using herbicides for wheat dry down:
That practice is bad . I have fellow farmers around me that do it and it is sad. Lucky for you not all of us farm that way. Being the farmer and also the president of a business, we are proud to say that we do not use round up on our wheat ever!
This practice is not just widespread in the United States either. The Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom reports that the use of Roundup as a wheat desiccant results in glyphosate residues regularly showing up in bread samples. Other European countries are waking up to the danger, however. In the Netherlands, the use of Roundup is completely banned with France likely soon to follow.
Using Roundup on wheat crops throughout the entire growing season and even as a desiccant just prior to harvest may save the farmer money and increase profits, but it is devastating to the health of the consumer who ultimately consumes the glyphosate residue laden wheat kernels.
The chart below of skyrocketing applications of glyphosate to US wheat crops since 1990 and the incidence of celiac disease is from a December 2013 study published in the Journal Interdisciplinary Toxicology examining glyphosate pathways to autoimmune disease. Remember that wheat is not currently GMO or “Roundup Ready” meaning it is not resistant to its withering effects like GMO corn or GMO soy, so the application of glyphosate to wheat would actually kill it.
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 currently accepted view is that ghyphosate is not harmful to humans or any mammals. This flawed view is so pervasive in the conventional farming community that Roundup salesmen have been known to foolishly drink it during presentations!
However, just because Roundup doesn’t kill you immediately doesn’t make it nontoxic. In fact, the active ingredient in Roundup lethally disrupts the all important shikimate pathway found in beneficial gut microbes which is responsible for the 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 gastrointestinal 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 the use of Roundup in their community or through the ingestion of its residues on industrialized food products become even more vulnerable to the damaging effects of other chemicals and environmental toxins they encounter!
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 …
In a nutshell, Dr. Seneff’s study of Roundup’s ghastly glyphosate, which much of the wheat crop in the United States is doused with annually, 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.
Got the picture yet?
Even if you think you have no trouble digesting wheat, it is still very wise to avoid conventional wheat as much as possible in your diet!
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. This includes bypassing food products made with it such as the popular meat substitute seitan also called vital wheat gluten. 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!
How to Eat Wheat Safely
Obviously, if you’ve already developed a sensitivity or allergy to wheat, you must avoid it. Period.
But, if you aren’t celiac or gluten sensitive and would like to consume this ancestral food safely, you can do what we do in our home. We source organic, naturally low in gluten, unhybridized Einkorn wheat for breadmaking, pancakes, cookies, etc. Please note that einkorn is not to be confused with the more general term farro, which includes emmer and spelt, which are both hybridized. You can learn more about the scientific research on the “good” gluten in einkorn in this article.
When we eat out or are purchasing food from the store, conventional wheat products are rejected without exception. This despite the fact that we have no gluten allergies whatsoever in our home – yet.
I am firmly convinced that if we did nothing, our entire family at some point would develop sensitivity to wheat or autoimmune disease in some form due to the toxic manner in which it is processed and the glyphosate residues that are contained in conventional wheat products.
What Are You Going to Do About Toxic Wheat?
How did you react to the news that US wheat farmers are using Roundup, not just to kill weeds, but to dry out the wheat plants to allow for an earlier, easier and bigger harvest and that such a practice causes absorption of toxic glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and other herbicides, right into the wheat kernels themselves?
Did you feel outraged and violated as I did? How will you implement a conventional wheat-avoidance strategy going forward even if you haven’t yet developed a problem with gluten or wheat sensitivity?
What about other crops where Roundup is used as a pre-harvest desiccant such as barley, sugar cane, rice, seeds, dried beans and peas, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, and sugar beets? Will you only be buying these crops in organic form from now on to avoid this modern, man-made scourge?
UPDATE: The Soil Association in July 2015 called for an immediate ban on the use of glyphosate for wheat ripening and desiccation purposes. The nonprofit reports that glyphosate residues are widely found in nonorganic wheat samples and the use of the herbicide on wheat crops has increased 400% in the past two decades.
Dr. Robin Mesnage of the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at Kings College in London, revealed new data analysis showing Roundup, the most common brand of Glyphosate based herbicides, is 1,000 times more toxic than genotoxic glyphosate alone due to the inclusion of other toxic chemicals in its mix.
Peter Melchett, Soil Association policy director said; “If Glyphosate ends up in bread it’s impossible for people to avoid it unless they are eating organic. On the other hand, farmers could easily choose not to use Glyphosate as a spray on wheat crops – just before they are harvested. This is why the Soil Association is calling for the immediate ending of the use of Glyphosate sprays on wheat destined for use in bread.”
References
Glyphosate now commonly found in human urine
Study: Glyphosate, Celiac and Gluten Intolerance
The Glyphosate, Celiac Disease Connection
Pre-harvest Application of Glyphosate to Wheat
Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases
Yield and quality of wheat seeds as a function of desiccation stages and herbicides
Wheat farmer weighs in on the use of Roundup as a wheat desiccant
More Information
Roundup: Quick Death for Weeds, Slow and Painful Death for You
Hybrid Wheat is Not the Same as GMO Wheat
The Dutch Ban Roundup, France and Brazil to Follow
How to Mix and Use Gluten Free Flour
Can Celiacs Eat Sourdough Bread?
The Dirty Little Secret About Gluten-Free
I knew it! I will be sharing this often. Thank you.
I know this is happening…it did not used to happen when I was a farm kid in the 1970’s. Almost no chemials were used then. But now in the same area in east central MN where I grew up, to my chagrin, I saw wheat being sprayed about a week to 10 days before combining. There was no swathing before the ombines came, just spraying with RoundUp. The goal was to kill the grasses, weeds or other plants that were not dead as well so that it could be more easily combined. The wheat was mature and the weeds were green. Would I ever want to eat this wheat, no. So maybe some farmers do not do this, but it appears its far more widespread than its not. I found this very disturbing.
Well Brian it seems you don’t know a lot about farming even though you say you were bought up on a farm. No farmer would combine weeds or other plants to his crop of wheat. You see it would be downgraded to cattle feed which you get less than a third of the money for.
Secondly Round Up is perfectly safe, you could actually drink a glass of it and have no ill effects. I’d probably put a few tablespoons of sugar in it as it tastes pretty terrible.
How Round Up kills is by not allowing the plant to assimilate the enzyme EPSPS. This in turns makes the plant go into a feeding frenzy which kills it.
The commercially important enzyme that glyphosate inhibits, EPSPS, is found only in plants and micro-organisms. EPSPS is not present in animals, which instead obtain aromatic amino acids from their diet.
So in short line up those shooters. All is good.
OH my….Paul, what company do you work for and why are you trying to force feed people that chemicals are ok? Go ahead, drink a glass, it’s your health, but it’s YOUR choice. For those of us who are uninformed, we would like to make our own choices. I am not a radical in any sense, I just see patterns, and this pattern hasn’t been here very long. It doesn’t take someone with a PhD to see the slippery slope happening here.
First and foremost, chemicals should stay out of our food, regardless. The food will grow without them and if the government didn’t put so many regulations on growing food, people could all grow their own, and the local farmers could come back. People need to see that GMO’s and any other synthetically made product put on food is bad. Using chemicals for a higher yield is NO different than a GMO. And RoundUp is manufactured by a Monsanto Company? That should answer everything.
Now, I am not one of those to go crazy over organic vs non-organic. I am not a big health nut. I eat normal food just as most people. Though, I try to make better choices. I work in the health field and I see people with digestion issues, what look like allergies and hormone issues (but yet tests don’t show it), weight issues even when they eat reasonably healthy and are not sedentary, etc. These are things that were not issues in the 1980’s and prior, as mentioned in a previous comment. Our food has changed so dramatically….as well as our pharmaceuticals, that they are slowly eating away at us. I cannot believe how complacent our country has become in regards to letting our goverments take over and dictate as much as they do. I keep wondering how much more it will take before we break.
he’s not saying combining the wheat with other things… he’s saying COM-bining, you know, with a combine – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_harvester (for an easy explanation). and I invite you to drink round up all you wish! Enjoy!
Didn’t take long for a Monsanto shill to show up.
I am a farmer and you are full of BS because every real farmer knows that if you even get a whiff of round up your going to be feeling sick for days… period. As well I know many peiople who have sprayed to close to farm yards and the families felt sick. You sir are a paid shill and an outright liar.
If these chemicals and other great inventions are so great why do you have to loo for the protection of the government. Why would not be nesasary to lable foods comtaining your products what are you hiding
Paul, I’d love you to drink a glass of this stuff and call me in the morning – if you’;re still alive.
Paul, you are a straight up LAIR. My daughter got ahold of roundup and drank some of it and the Poison Control Center Called ME back to make sure she was still alive and doing OK. My step-daughter, who has Asperger’s was in the cabinet getting out a product and forgot to lock (a natural Aspie Mistake). We let our little on run the homestead, she found it, and took a swig. I came up on her as she did it. We had to lock everything here because our youngest was a chemical drinker: Perfumes, cleaning supplies, lotions, chap stick, and round up. I began making my own homemade EVERYTHING. I found out that thieves oil, Tea Tree Oil, and Oregano oil are the best Antibacterial and Antibiotic products you can use. SO if you can drink round like a glass of water. Why was Poison Control in such a panic……and then called us back to check on our daughter. Call Backs are NOT in their protocol. I live in a commercial farming area. My neighbors are corn, soy beans, Milo, and Wheat. Some farmers around here say off comments like…..we put the food in your mouths. Not around here they don’t. It is made into feed, ethanol, and the closest it gets to our food supply is the High Fructose corn syrup (not food). One of our farming neighbors thinks his leukemia is do to his commercial farming. He bets his life on it. In the last two year, my daughter had a friend who is a farmer, had his dad die 2 years ago, then his grandfather 6 months later, and his uncle died last week. Wow, so close together. And a lot to take in for a 24 year old boy. Now he is controlling the farms. Wonder when he will join then. They were are young. Even the grandfather.
Paul, you say that Round-up targets the enzyme EPSPS and EPSPS is found only in plants and micro-organisms. It is the micro-organisms that are the problem. Human guts are populated by trillions of micro-organisms, known collectively as our biome. Our biome plays a significant role in our health. When the biome becomes unbalanced, the person may experience any number of health problems including celiac disease, asthma, allergies, and so on. There are a number of well researched resources out there that explain in depth how this happens. One you might want to check out is the book Missing Microbes by Martin Blaser. I doubt that Monsanto studied the safety of drinking Round-up. And I doubt that they tested its impact on the human biome. Just how did they conclude that Round-up is safe for humans?
Paul, obviously you’re speaking from a position of ignorance on this subject. Combine refers to the process of cutting the wheat and has nothing to do with adding weeds to it, etc. A “combine” is a piece of machinery used for harvesting. Please stop making uninformed, tiresome “conspiracy” comments in what has otherwise been a relatively enlightening forum. Your statements end up having the opposite effect and don’t really make much of an educated defense for the practices in question. Perhaps we’re witnessing the mental effects of Round Up ingestion in action?
thank you for your observation. I wondered about our area.
Informative article and I took the time to review your bibliography, which is ok. My approach to reading a quasi scientific article is to see at least see a fair amount of scientific peer reviewed journal entries.. Although the articles you pulled from may link us to such peer reviewed journals, I find it time consuming to follow the links you provided (some with lots of pop-ups) that may lead us to the good science. I would rather have the direct link to pubmed and at least read the abstract. In your next article, partner with a scientific writer and expand on glyphosate, which is very important to know about.
Second, the American farmer has been the back bone of our country and many Ma and Pa farms appear to indicate that they do not practice this method, and have never heard of it (and I believe them). I would like to see an official stat of the percentage of farmers who practice this application, Unfortunately consumers, the Round Up wheat and non Round Up wheat ends up in the same food supply that we eat, unless it is certified organic. This should enrage farmers who do not apply these chemicals to their wheat prior to harvest.
Farmers and consumers that read your article and offer a counter point should not be viewed as “kool aid drinkers”, but as those who can strengthen the follow up article you should write. This information can lead to an overhaul in the ethics of large corporate farming and their bedfellows (Monsanto and the FDA) . It’s another mirror of big pharma.
I am not keen on Roundup and the wide spread applications of chemicals on our food source. I grew up on a farm and remember watching the crop dusters spray the fields next to our house and didn’t think twice about the cool mist of the spray covering my skin as a child. Who knows what chemical damage has been done to me or what type of cancer I am now prone to. My wife’s father ( a career onion farmer ) developed skin cancer and chemical banned many yours ago still existed in his body when they did a tox test. Our careless approach in thinking “gee, look at me, I feel fine” after being exposed to toxins (or drinking them to prove a point) reminds me of the stories I read about the pioneers of xray thinking the same thing. If they didn’t suffer from severe burns initially, they certainly suffered years later.
This article is a great segue into the ills of glyphosate. Supply us with more direct empirical information.
wow. I have nothing to add to the conversation at large as I have not done my own research. This is just a complementary reply to Tim. This is on of the best comments I’ve ever seen on the internet in my entire life. While you are not “sold” on the article, you give credit where credit is due, ask for better information where it is needed and never resort to name calling or idiocy. While you give anecdotal examples you don’t expect us to accept them as evidence (it seemed you were simply making the point of short term vs long term effects) and you are explicit to the author as to how they should improve on their article without flaming or otherwise being “a jerk”. This is literally the first time I’ve gotten “involved” in the comments of an internet article. I have often wanted to weigh in on some “jerk” who is clearly irrational and yet I found myself most compelled to reply to your comment simply because it is neutral, inquisitive, and productive. Thank you.
Like Jerod, I really enjoyed your remarks, Tim. I am concerned with the number of GI maladies that occur now than ever before, and the article’s possible link to Roundup is intriguing, but lacks far too much to make any conclusions, in my humble opinion. Especially, making the jump from Roundup treatments affecting the intestinal microbes without any empirical data to support it. Statements like, “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”, without any studies to show that tend to make me tune out. Interesting notions but I need to see more data, personally.
@Todd. The evidence you’re looking for was mentioned in the article. It was Dr. Seneffs work at MIT. Glyphosate causes disruptions in cytochrome p450 enzyme pathways., shikamate pathway etc… Look up her work. Cheers
I remember when Alar was a “bad” pesticide and apple growing orchards suffered. Later it was found not to be “bad”
Just wondering where your information came from? I shared this post on Facebook and boy am I and others getting the flack. Someone even shared this post with me from Snope’s. http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/roundupwheat.asp
Thank you so much. I personally liked your blog.
Hurray! This blog made SNOPES. One of my life goals! Must be making the industrial food complex a little too uncomfortable if it had to resort to SNOPES to do its discrediting dirty work. Too bad I can’t be considered for quackwatch too. That would be a real honor.
Yeah, apparently Snopes considers worldwide reports of gluten intolerance that ‘magically’ resolves when outside the US to be anecdotal and not scientifically valid. But the comments section of an internet article is relevant when discrediting the content of said article? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Just so you know, as a diagnosed coeliac I find this tripe offensive. The causal link between gliadin (the triggering protein component of gluten) and coeliac has been established with great confidence, and a GF diet (with gluten-free grains produced in precisely the same way) is 100% effective. The link between gluten and coeliac was discovered in the 1940s, which further undermines your nonsensical conspiracist claims.
As to what causes the many self-diagnosed or quack-diagnosed cases of “gluten intolerance”, that would be what’s known as the nocebo effect. Yes, you’re part of the cause. Well done.
The best answer to pesticide use is of course GM strains that are resistant, and it’s quite likely that a combination of currently-experimental vaccines and again genetic modification might benefit coeliacs the future. Those of us in the reality-based community rather enjoy that irony.
reference/source on GF grains produced in the same way with Roundup in a GF diet being effective 100%?
I recently was directed by a friend to a Snopes article claiming to debunk this article. I have often relied on Snopes as a fact-checking site and at first, I was ready to dismiss the claims made here on the basis of Snopes confident “probably false” rating:
http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/roundupwheat.asp#UzVJGJxVyFPYKu0x.99”’
But I decided to gamble a google search just in case and what I discovered has caused me to lose my faith in Snopes as an impartial and honest source.
In brief the main counter-claim Snopes makes is that Roundup is not commonly used as a pre-harvest desiccant. Snopes quotes a number of supposed farmers who say things like “Round Up is not used as a desiccant. It’s preposterous.” I’m not going to quote all of your article. This is sufficiently succinct and representative.
When I googled “roundup desiccant” the first search result I got was a guide from Monsanto on pre-harvest application of Roundup as a desiccant “http://roundup.ca/_uploads/documents/MON-Preharvest%20Staging%20Guide.pdf.
The guide advises farmers to apply Roundup in exactly the manner and for exactly the reasons given in the article: “…typically 3 to 5 days before you would normally
swath….” “…will result in greater harvest management benefits, such as more uniform maturity and earlier harvest.” On Page 36, Monsanot summarizes the benefits:
HARVEST MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Growers who use Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides for a
preharvest application report excellent control of thistles and other
perennial weeds in addition to significant harvest management benefits*
.
The 3 main harvest management benefits include:
Earlier Harvest
Spraying a Roundup® brand agricultural herbicide allows for uniform crop maturity which gives you the option to straight cut harvest.
More Uniform Maturity
The maturation process of the crop occurs simultaneously.
Increased Combine Efficiency
Spraying a Roundup® brand agricultural herbicide for your preharvest application allows you to straight cut harvest versus swathing and pickup.
Quite clearly, the suggestion that Roundup isn’t used for such purposes is the “preposterous” thing and Snopes could have got that right with a minute or two of mild effort.
I can’t say that Snopes is a compromised site, publishing lies for cash–or anything like that; but I find it at the very least totally irresponsible to have published what they did. It seems like brand-suicide for a fact-checking site to publish things that are so clearly not fact-checked.
It’s funny how people think that Snopes is the be-all-end-all of truth, when in reality they’re just a mom and pop duo who “research” info on the internet and then post their opinion like it’s gospel truth. Snopes merely states “truth’ for the highest bidder. I have seen enough falsehoods they’ve claimed as truth on their website to know that they are not correct 100% of the time.
SARAH,
What about corn? I have a big problem with corn.
Please email me if you can, comments are so long! Rosinaphoto @ gmail
You may want to check out “Grain Brain” by Dr. David Perlmutter. He addresses what consuming corn does to the brain and body and it isn’t good.
Related info from NutritionFacts.org:
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-monsantos-roundup-pesticide-glyphosate-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-monsantos-roundup-pesticide-glyphosate-safe&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-monsantos-roundup-pesticide-glyphosate-safe&utm_source=NutritionFacts.org&utm_campaign=9236ebf7c9-RSS_VIDEO_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_40f9e497d1-9236ebf7c9-21934385
How can you call it unlicensed practice if it is a legal application?
Good point!
I have been a wheat farmer in the Pacific Northwest for 40 years and have never used RoundUp or glyphosate as a dessicant on my crop. Some of the grain I produce is exported to Italy where you say the wheat is safe. This Dr. Seneff you quote is greatly mistaken when she says that wheat produces more seeds as it dies. The seed is produced and yield is largely established much earlier in the plants lifespan when an application of Roundup would kill it entirely. I believe this dissemination of false and inflammatory information is more damaging to peoples well being than the wheat is. Over consumption of carbohydrates can lead to weight gain but I believe grains are blamed for health problems that they do not cause. Farmers are not pouring on the chemicals as some proclaim.
Paul, the list of problems that are listed are a list of general issues of “western lifestyle”. So the fallacy here is that of correlation versus causation. I’m not sure that the author is actually saying or believing that wheat “causes” all of those issues so much as to illustrate the types of things that it *could* cause or exacerbate. To say that wheat consumption is the root or even major cause of that list would require MUCH more evidence than is presented in this article. I don’t think that it is a leap to assume that some farmers are using more chemicals than are necessary. The effects of such chemicals is the important question. Sadly, too many people hear words like “chemicals”, “radiation”, “artificial”, and become adamant about rejecting whatever those words are being applied to.