Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are good for your health, especially your digestive system. We usually think of bacteria as something that causes diseases, but your body is full of bacteria, both good and bad. Probiotics are often called “good” bacteria because they help keep you healthy. But that’s just the tip of the ice-burg when it comes to Probiotics. There is so much more you need to know and understand as just simply taking probiotics and not doing other things is a waste of your time and money. Learn all on the Next Page.
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Marc Piscaer
Jun 01. 2016
Whoever makes blanket statements that “GMOs are safe” are either corrupt or quacks. Hypothetically, if you engineer a crop to produce more vitamins, it can be healthier. If you engineer a crop to produce cyanide, it can be deadly. Saying GMOs are safe is as dumb as saying chemistry is safe. It depends what you do with it. Such a statement should set off alarm bells. Now onto what Monsanto is doing with it as it concerns the western market: Glysophate in GMO foods kill bacteria/fungi. These 10s of trillions of bacteria/fungi that live in and on us form what is called the micro-biome. We are made up of more bacteria than human cells. They are essential for our health. These thousands of different strains in a healthy person should weigh slightly more than our brain (avg 4.4 lb) – which is ironic seeing that it produces 90% of our serotonin (the “happy” neurotransmitter) (1) and functions with the same importance as an organ. An unhealthy gut microbiome may lead to obesity, chronic inflammation (which can lead to things like cancer and arteriosclerosis: heart attacks/strokes) (2) , autism (in animal studies) (3), depression (4), anxiety (5), obsessive compulsive disorder (6), stress (7), nutrient deficiencies (8), leaky gut (which may causes slow digesting proteins like gluten and milk casein to pass into the blood partly undigested – triggering an immune response) (9) and numerous other problems. Many of these problems have been on a steep rise since GMOs have been introduced in the mid 90s (10).
The microbiome’s importance to our health is not in debate. The fact that glyphosate kills bacteria through the Shikamate Pathway is not in debate either. All conducted in vitros studies show that Glyphosate is more toxic to friendly bacteria than pathogenic ones (11), potentially causing a negative change to the micro-biome overtime. Due to legal bribery and a revolving door paradigm between Monsanto and the regulatory agencies (i.e Michael Taylor – Monsanto VP now Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA) “Roundup” GMOs now are allowed to have far more GLYSOPHATE THAN IS TYPICAL FOR VITAMINS (40mg/kg) because it has been deemed safe. But tests have mainly used short term acute toxicity measurements like LD50 or animals with short life spans. Industry often points out that the acute toxicity of Glyphosate is less than caffeine. However, that should only be a small part of the safety assessment. For instance, the acute toxicity of Lead is also less than caffeine. Would you chose to drink lead water every day over a cup of coffee? The truth is that there are too many unknowns here. Glyphosate ready GMOs offer no benefit to the consumer. Until long term, independent studies are conducted directly on human microbiomes – which until now have yet been done, despite industry using 650,000 tons a year, why take the risk with our health, and in particular the health of our children? Please watch this excellent TED talk on the microbiome by a leader in the field, Prof Eissen of UC Davis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27lMmdmy-b8
Sources:
(1) http://www.caltech.edu/news/microbes-help-produce-serotonin-gut-46495
http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(15)00248-2
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432814004768
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25078296
(2) http://www.nature.com/articles/nature05414.epdf?referrer_access_token=xT2UDQTK2UNuKeWj2_HAvtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0P_gm4ZxZUZ6NodVj5RFo8V2DLr1fQS5v6HcfIbRyE1hJC_CPvpTjibvwr1bOkbOCbLbOShpwd4xFf8oOopcNLkZbn3kxc1B1CfYtKNJfWVgOriAnF8X3__afkDVb_ese4pXtfUjoy6YrAFzA3YwdVpcdJZFM1cCHBi0D7uyzLcQNB20G1WZyK_JPYAcwYJ2Ns%3D&tracking_referrer=www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4112373/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4112188/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487407/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.12476/ful
(3)
“I think there is now sufficient proof of concept where people can start to look at probiotic bacteria to improve brain function in humans,” says gastroenterologist Stephen Collins of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada”
http://www.nature.com/news/bacterium-can-reverse-autism-like-behaviour-in-mice-1.14308
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-bacteria-may-play-a-role-in-autism/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564498/
https://sfari.org/updates-and-events/sfari-news/2016/sfari-launches-spark-an-online-research-initiative-that-aims-to-recruit-50-000-individuals-with-autism
(4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25415497
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mental-health-may-depend-on-creatures-in-the-gut/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/inner-source/201411/the-gut-microbiome-anxiety-and-depression-6-steps-take
http://www.seeker.com/autism-pesticide-link-found-in-calif-study-1768739610.html#news.discovery.com
http://www.nature.com/news/gut-brain-link-grabs-neuroscientists-1.16316
(5) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-014-3810-0
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mental-health-may-depend-on-creatures-in-the-gut/
http://www.nature.com/news/gut-brain-link-grabs-neuroscientists-1.16316
(6) http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/apa-2016-coverage/ocd-and-the-gut-is-there-a-connection/article/496849/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26629974
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24332563
(7) http://www.psyneuen-journal.com/article/S0306-4530(12)00093-5/abstract?cc=y=
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24281320
(8) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601187/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144392/
(9) “We don’t know a lot (about leaky gut) but we know that it exists,” says Linda A. Lee, MD, a gastroenterologist and director of the Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine and Digestive Center.”
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/features/leaky-gut-syndrome
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604320/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.03032.x/full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22109896
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886850/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945755/
(10) Note that Glyphosate was only introduced in the mid 90s, and only grew to significant levels about 10 years later as can be seen on the first graph (which compares it to Autism rates):
https://www.google.ca/search?q=autism+mit+glyphosate&biw=1024&bih=667&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8m5zsyYPNAhVVKFIKHRGxB9gQ_AUICCgC&dpr=1#imgdii=QITw-I95MLUOsM%3A%3BQITw-I95MLUOsM%3A%3BirclAs22dkIVQM%3A&imgrc=QITw-I95MLUOsM%3A
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/about-niddk/strategic-plans-reports/Pages/burden-digestive-diseases-in-united-states-report.aspx
https://www.google.ca/search?q=digestive+problems+rate+us&biw=1024&bih=667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI_PiizIPNAhVDEVIKHXxyDeIQ_AUIBygB#imgrc=u4FKiTQUS-uP9M%3A
(11) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23224412
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075996413000188
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC213615/
https://nas-sites.org/ge-crops/2015/03/20/webinar-april-6-microbiome/
*How Glyphosate ready GMO soy differs from conventional and organic soy:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814613019201
How Glyphosate GMOs contain less micronutrients (several factors) and why there are likely no yield increases :
http://www.growersmineral.com/crops/indepth-articles/glyphosate-and-micronutrients
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