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While most are focusing on glyphosate's debated status as a carcinogen, it was approved by the FDA as as an herbicide, in part, because it does not interact wit
by sharrington 4y ago
While most are focusing on glyphosate's debated status as a carcinogen, it was approved by the FDA as as an herbicide, in part, because it does not interact with any human metabolic pathways. We may be missing the forest for the trees talking about cancer when we could be exploring glyphosates negative impact on gut microbiome and bacterial/fungal metabolic pathway inhibition.
Anecdotally, I know a lot of folks who have GI-distress from eating wheat (99% of which is sprayed with RoundUp to allow for faster harvesting time), but are fine when eating a non-commoditized grain like Farro. Notably, both contain plenty of gluten, however, Farro is harvested without RoundUp (fact-check required...) in a much less efficient way (hence the higher price tag).
- kmbfjr 4y agoI live in a very rural area, and have never seen winter wheat sprayed with Roundup to speed up harvest time. I have seen it sprayed in the early spring, but never when kernels are on the plant. Given that a majority of wheat is winter wheat harvested in the heat of summer, I just can’t see how spraying it with Roundup speeds up anything. Soybeans? That gets blasted with Roundup. Frequently.