● For foods you are unfamiliar with plus tips on how to pick fresh vegetables see food subs.
● Glyphosate is a mixture of two salt compounds (isopropylamine salt and potassium salt). Salt is an effective non-toxic herbicide. Salt kills weeds, as well as all other plants.
GM crops are resistant to glyphosate. Glyphosate is used to kill Non-GM plant growth like weeds and grasses that compete with GM crops. It is also used as a desiccant (drying agent), just prior to harvest on cereal crops.
Salt compounds also have strong metal binding properties. This makes glyphosate an excellent vehicle for delivering and infusing toxic heavy metals into our food chain.
Glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup, have been shown to contain heavy metals such as arsenic. For this reason, it is the most toxic herbicide in the world and shockingly the most widely used.
Toxic heavy metals are endocrine disrupting elements. Our endocrine system is a complex network of glands that produce and secrete hormones. Hormones are chemical substances produced in the body to control metabolism, energy level, reproduction, growth, development, and response to injury, stress, and mood.
In addition to heavy metals, it also contain surfactants (aka emulsion stabilizers). This is why glyphosate is a possible cause of intestinal inflammation.
Polyethoxylated (POE-tallowamine) surfactants are additives in glyphosate. They are used to help herbicides stick to plants. Thus, increasing the adsorption rate of sodium and the highly toxic metals in glyphosate when it’s sprayed on crops.
There is no morally justifiable reason why toxic heavy metals and surfactants are needed in glyphosate. For more on toxic heavy metals in glyphosate.
● Probiotics are bacteria that can metabolize (break down) toxic substances like LSI drugs, cosmetics, agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, food additives and microplastics. They can also bind with toxic heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury etc… By doing so, probiotics alter their chemical structure, thereby preventing them from entering your body.
Probiotics also contribute to detoxification of toxic substances by strengthening the intestinal lining. Whereas detoxication is a preventive action that involves avoiding the use of toxic substances in the first place. While both terms mean to detoxify, detoxification is a temporary fix and detoxication is a lifestyle change.
The process of detoxification is enhanced by bacteria such as Lactobacilli in our gut microbiome. For more on probiotics.
● The American Heart Association (AHA) recommended daily dietary sodium intake is 1500 mg. The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) is 2300 mg. IMO, the minimum daily amount of dietary sodium that you need to poison your body is between 1500 mg and 2300 mg. Go figure!
It doesn’t matter if you eat unrefined salt – such as Celtic sea salt. But, for the record, Celtic sea salt is a lot better than any refined salt. That said, too much is still never good.
Studies indicate the human body only requires about 500 mg of dietary sodium daily to function properly. Try to limit the intake of sodium to around 300mg per meal. Food that doesn’t have any added sodium, put 1/8 teaspoon of salt (which is a little less than 300mg) in the palm of your hand and then sprinkle on the food in a few pinches.
In the case of a minimally processed food, such as a snack that contains multiple servings per package. Try and limit the number of servings you eat to a total of around 300mg of sodium. Eating roughly 1200mg daily is adequate.
A high sodium diet can trigger the immune system to initiate an inflammatory response. Even when there is actually no damage or infection present. Chronic inflammation will eventually develop if a high sodium diet remains constant.
Bacteria is sensitive to dietary sodium because it can cause dysbiosis, which is scientific jargon for – disruption to the delicate balance of our microbiome. The human microbiome is home to trillions of microorganisms that live on and inside our bodies. Our microbiome is composed of both good and bad bacteria that create a healthy balance in the body.