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- senior Research Scientist at MIT
- published over 170 refereed articles on themes of food and health
- with Anthony Samsel, published article in the peer-reviewed journal Entropy showing how the active ingredient in Roundup -- glyophosate, now almost ubiquitous in air and drinking water -- may be far more damaging than is commonly recognized. (see note below)
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- Glyphosate chemistry
- disrupts shikimate metabolic pathway
- found only in plants, so "harmless" -- but gut bacteria are plants and are disrupted
- disrupts production of aromatic amino acids -- e.g. tryptophan, tyrosine
- creates instead toxic phenols -- e.g. p-Cresol (C.diff)
- in liver, blocks cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes
- detoxifiers
- Vitamin D activation
- cholesterol homeostasis
- aromatase
- endothelial nitric oxide synthase (joins cholesterol and sulfate)
- chelates +2 minerals (Ca, Mn, Mg, Zn, Fe, Co), unavailable as co-enzymes
- damaged sulfate production and transport creates sulfate metabolite imbalance (shrinks cells; damages extra-cellular glucose storage capability, threatening high-energy-use cells in brain and muscle)
- damages gut-bacteria Tryptophan production
- Macrophages attacking gut pathogens use what Tryptophan is left for protection
- less Tryptophan for serotonin production
- preferentially disrupts beneficial gut bacteria, leaving pathogens
- pathogens -> toxins -> inflammation -> leaky gut -> toxins via blood throughout body
- bacteria that break down glyphosate create ammonia
- Formaldehyde -- high levels in Roundup Ready corn
- Potential contribution to health consequences
- brain / gut-bacteria connection
- gastrointestinal problems (Crohns, colitis, IBS) -- leaky gut, damaged beneficial bacteria
- autism -- gut ailments, sulfate disruption, high levels of ammonia, aromatase deficiency, zinc deficiency
- heart disease -- role of cholesterol, sulfate, and homocysteine: see transcript pp 24-27)
- obesity, diabetes -- see transcript pp 27-30)
- Alzheimer's -- low sulfatide (sulfur) to ceramide ratio
- anxiety, depression, aggression/irrationality, livestock cannabalism/irritability -- low serotonin (all reversed when off GMO food)
- Parkinson's -- low tyrosing -> low dopamine
- reproductive issues from Roundup (glyphosate + adjuvants) -- birth defects, damage to placental tissue
- cancer -- Seralini's mammary tumor creation, toxic phenols
- multiple sclerosis -- myelin damage from sulfate/cholesterol/cobalamin disruption
- cachexia (muscle wasting) -- low cholesterol and sulfate
- Roundup presence in food
- great increase in spraying
- absorbed by plants (can't wash off)
- Widespread anecdotal experience
- Sudden recovery from wide variety of serious conditions resulting from GMO-food cessation
- Radical difference in GMO-vs-non-GMO slaughtered animals (e.g. can't use U.S. guts for sausage casing)
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