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To: 9YearLurker
I don't want to go to either extreme. I am avoiding food and liquids that I know were produced with Glyphosate (although it's difficult to be sure). Maybe I have an unjustified phobia, but I don't think it hurts to be careful. Biology is insanely complex.

I remember a doctor in Mexico who advised parents that kids eating dirt is healthy because it builds resistance. I would not go that far, especially with pigs roaming free.

The article I posted claims that Glyphosate may be a factor in the collapse of some bee colonies, but some bees' microbiota is resistant to the chemical than others.

56 posted on 09/25/2018 2:30:27 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
I don't want to go to either extreme. I am avoiding food and liquids that I know were produced with Glyphosate (although it's difficult to be sure).

Not really that difficult. 84% of corn is grown on glyphosate treated acres. 71% of soybeans. Percentage of both is probably going up each year, since it is more economical to grow using it.

So start looking at the labels of the food you eat. If the ingredients include soy, or corn, or corn oil, or corn syrup, or high fructose corn syrup, you're not avoiding glyphosate residue. Also, chicken and pork and beef and dairy are produced with glyphosate treated crops.

Not a bad idea to reduce your consumption of those exotic chemicals, but even if you manage to eliminate glyphosate-produced crops from your diet, you'll still be consuming plenty of harmful compounds which have been added to your store-bought food. Or do you think those preservatives and food colorings are all benign?

Grow as much as you can of your own food. Best way to avoid all those chemicals, with the added benefit of having more nutrient-dense food. The minerals and vitamins in the food do more to keep you healthy than the calories do.

57 posted on 09/25/2018 3:05:48 PM PDT by Wissa ("Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult." - Michael Corleone)
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