Glyphosate’s Endocrine Disrupting Additives
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.
Genetically modified (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 have been shown to contain heavy metals such as arsenic.
In addition to heavy metals, glyphosate contains surfactants (aka emulsion stabilizers), which are also endocrine disruptors that can cause intestinal inflammation. Polyethoxylated (POE-tallowamine) surfactants are the 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. Toxic heavy metals and surfactants 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, weight regulation, reproduction, growth and response to injury, stress, and mood. For this reason, it is the most toxic herbicide in the world and shockingly the most widely used. In light of this, glyphosate still remains the most widely used toxic herbicide in the United States.
There is no morally justifiable reason for including toxic heavy metals and surfactants in glyphosate. The only safeguard against the growing ubiquity of glyphosate is organic food. Organic food exposes you to very low levels of toxic agrochemicals like glyphosate, which is commonly found at much higher concentrations in non-organic food. For more on glyphosate.
High Sodium Low Microbiome Diversity
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.
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 salt is still never good. Try not to confuse salt with sodium. Salt is made up of 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride.
Studies indicate the human body only requires about 500 mg of dietary sodium daily to function properly. IMO, eating between 700 and 1200mg of sodium daily is adequate, with intakes of sodium limited to around 300mg per meal. In the case of a minimally processed food, such as a snack that contains multiple servings per package.
Try and limit the total number of servings you eat to around 300mg of sodium. Minimally processed food is sodium-free or low sodium. If the need arises, you can put 1/8 teaspoon (0.63ml) of salt (which contains a little less than 300mg of sodium) in the palm of your hand and then sprinkle on the food in a few pinches.
Bacteria is sensitive to dietary sodium because it can cause dysbiosis. 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.
The gut’s microbiome can metabolize (break down) toxic substances like LSI drugs, cosmetics, agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, food additives and microplastics. The bacteria in your microbiome can also bind with toxic heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury, to name a few. By doing so, the probiotics alter their chemical structure, thereby preventing them from entering your body.
A high-sodium diet reduces the diversity of the body’s microbial communities. At high levels, it can disrupt your intestinal microbiome and cause intestinal permeability (aka a leaky gut). A leaky gut releases toxins into the bloodstream. As a result, triggering chronic inflammation which may have a negative effect on your blood pressure. Chronic inflammation can initiate and sustain high blood pressure if left unchecked.