There is some evidence which shows that gluten might not be the thing people need to be worried about, but the real culprit tends to be much worse.
Let us see how the protocol for wheat harvesting in the USA goes.
The wheat field is first being drenched with an herbicide named Roundup for couple of days before the harvesters work through the fields. This is so because the dead what plants are much easier on the firm equipment, allowing it an easier and bigger harvest. This and other herbicides contain active ingredients which are deadly to barley and wheat and they are they are known as glyphosates. It has become a routine drying agent 7-10 days before the harvest since 1980.
The issue in-depth has been studied by Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT. She presented her findings at nutrition conferences as she discovered that desiccating non-organic wheat crops with glyphosate before harvest was very popular by the 90s and most of the non-organic what in the USA became contaminated with it. When you expose what to toxic chemicals like glyphosate, it releases more seeds, resulting in a slightly greater yield.
As of 2012 99% of durum wheat, 97% of spring wheat, and 61% of winter wheat are treated with herbicides according to the US Department of Agriculture. That is a dramatic increase over the past two decades. There was an increase of 88% for durum wheat, 91% increase of spring wheat, and 47% of winter what since 1998.
Roundup is used to kill wheat plants, allowing an earlier and more plentiful harvest. However, this practice is not licensed. While consumers eat products that are made from what flour which contains traces of Roundup. Other countries practice this, but there are some who start seeing the dangers, thus the Netherlands completely banned it.
Farmers profit – consumer’s health suffers
Even though the herbicide industry affirms that glyphosate is minimally toxic to people, a research published in the journal Entropy showed how this chemical disrupts physiology. So, the active ingredients in Roundup disrupts lethally the important pathway which is found in the beneficial gut microbes. It is responsible for the synthesis of critical amino acids. The friendly gut bacteria, or the probiotics, play a great role in keeping the body healthy, aiding digestion, synthesizing vitamins, and strengthening the immune system. According to the research, Roundup disrupts this process.
Glyphosate inhibits the enzymes that are produced by the gut microbiome and they are critical in detoxifying the chemical compounds to which the body is exposed to. Those who are exposed to this chemical through Roundup use can become even more vulnerable to its damaging effects and to all other chemicals and environmental toxins that they may encounter.
Over months and years of exposure, glyphosate causes inflammation and this can lead to gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, depression, infertility, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease. Even though you might think that you do not have issues digesting wheat, keeping the conventional wheat in your diet can harm your body, leading to illnesses and diseases. Although you are not sensitive to what, or you are not allergic to it, then you should better stick to organic, and low gluten.
