Glyphosate Blocks P450 Cytochrome

Legitimate Science Reveals Glyphosate Leads to Disease

The anti-GMO movement and multinational chemical companies argue that there is no science to back up the dangers of Roundup.  This is incorrect.  There is a great deal of science on this subject but it is covered up and all but ignored by the mainstream press.  It is not a conspiracy theory - it is all too true.   See the Roundup tab at the top of this page for more information.

Roundup Glyphosate blocks the P450 cytochrome system in our bodies.  This is the same system that works to eliminate toxins from our bodies. 

Glyphosate inhibits cytochrome P450 enzymes, a large and diverse group of enzymes (the CYP enzymes) that manage glutathione production as well as detoxify street and prescription drugs, pesticides and carcinogens. Scientific studies continue to discover glyphosate’s effects on the human body and it is responsible for triggering health problems like gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, autism, infertility, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s disease and other neuro-degenerative diseases. Glyphosate has also been shown to cross the placental barrier and damage developing human life in mothers' wombs.

Glyphosate is prevalent in our food, soil and water and your exposure in one form or another is guaranteed. Glyphosate will alter the chemistry of your body. 

Humans that have been exposed to glyphosate have a drop in the amino acid tryptophan, which leads to a decrease in activation of the neurotransmitter serotonin.  Lack of active serotonin is associated with weight gain, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and many other medical problems. 

Kidney disease and dialysis treatment are on the rise.  Since the kidneys filter the blood, including poisons and toxins, it is no wonder they are overworked and damaged.

 Glyphosate causes many known and unknown health problems and big pharma is raking in millions of dollars to create medicines that will alleviate symptoms of these diseases.  Most of these are mere band aids – and expensive ones at that. We need a cure that addresses the root cause of such diseases and health problems.

Good nutrition, healthy non-GMO foods and natural holistic supplements hold the answers.  In the meantime, we must do all we can to ban Monsanto's glyphosate and GE food crops.  It is simple - do not buy or use their products.

Sources

Paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Entropy by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Entropy 2013, 15, 1416-1463;doi:10.3390/e15041416

ISSN 1099-4300

www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy

Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases

Anthony Samsel 1 and Stephanie Seneff 2,*

1 Independent Scientist and Consultant, Deerfield, NH 03037, USA;

Received: 15 January 2013; in revised form: 10 April 2013 / Accepted: 10 April 2013 /

Published: 18 April 2013

Abstract: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, is the most popular herbicide

Dr. Mercola Roundup Information

Pesticide News Story: EPA Releases Report Containing Latest Estimates of Pesticide Use in the United States

For Release: February 17, 2011  http://epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2011/sales-usage06-07.html

EPA's report, Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage: 2006 and 2007 Market Estimates, is now available at http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/pestsales/. This report contains the latest estimates of agricultural and nonagricultural pesticide use in the United States. It illustrates graphically historical trends and levels of use over the last 20 years. Also included are data on imports, exports, and pesticide producers and users. The report contains statistics on pesticide sales and usage based on available information taken from Agency records of registrations, USDA surveys of pesticide use, and other public and proprietary sources. Highlights include:

In the United States, pesticide sales were approximately $12.5 billion at the user level, which accounted for 32% of the nearly $40 billion world market in 2007. Pesticide use in the United States was 1.1 billion pounds in 2007, or 22% of the world estimate of 5.2 billion pounds of pesticide use.

Total pounds of U.S. pesticide use decreased by approximately 8% from 1.2 to 1.1 billion pounds from 2000 to 2007.

Use of conventional pesticides decreased about 3% from 2002 to 2007 and 11% from 1997 to 2007.

Approximately 857 million pounds of conventional pesticide active ingredient were applied in 2007.

Organophosphate insecticide use decreased about 44% from 2002 to 2007, 63% from 2000 to 2007, and 55% from 1997 to 2007.

About 33 million pounds of organophosphate insecticides were applied in 2007.

Eighty percent of all U.S. pesticide use was in agriculture.

Herbicides remained the most widely used type of pesticide in the agricultural market sector.

Among the top 10 pesticides used in terms of pounds applied in the agricultural market were the herbicides glyphosate, atrazine, metolachlor-s, acetochlor, 2,4-D, and pendimethalin, and the fumigants metam sodium, dichloropropene, methyl bromide, and chloropicrin.

Herbicides were also the most widely used type of pesticide in the home and garden and industrial, commercial, and governmental market sectors, and the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate were the most widely used active ingredients.

The last report on pesticides industry sales and usage was published in 2001. Previous reports are also available at http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/pestsales/.

These figures are debatable and glyphosate use may be under reported.   The last official figures I could find were in 2007.  The pounds of glyphosate used by farmers and homeowners have no doubt increased.