Dear Subscriber,
First, some good news. My second podcast is now complete and posted on Rumble. It is on ozone and oxidation therapies. I know that so many of you have been waiting for this. I cover the gamut! Please enjoy. More will be coming over time. Thank you.
Now for the bad news. We’ve discussed chemicals on this page, and my “favorite” to address is glyphosate, aka Roundup. Great name, so beguiling. Round up those weeds just by spraying them, don’t bother some hand labor to pull them out.
Glyphosate is now connected, or associated with depression and cognitive function decline in adults. Let’s consider a few things important here. Glyphosate was originally patented as an antibiotic. That means it wipes out bacteria. Why might that be important here?
Two reasons jump out at me just based on this property.
First, we know that your brain is intimately connected to your gut, through trasmissions of bad stuff through the gut wall, and also direct conduction of bacteria/toxins/really nasty stuff directly into your brain right up the vagus nerve. Alter the composition of your bacteria (your tropical rain forest) and you’ll alter everything in your body, and your brain may the most sensitive.
Next, glyphosate is antibacterial. One thing that most all doctors ignore is that our cellular energy furnaces, mitochondria, are vestiges of bacteria that entered cells eons ago in mutual cooperation. They can be severely damaged by antibacterial chemicals. We can see that especially in those who get “floxed” with fluroquinolone antibiotics. Glyphosate is similar to a needed amino acid named glycine.
Here, we see original research proving out that glyphosate is taken up in the brain directly:
Glyphosate, a non-selective systemic biocide with broad-spectrum activity, is the most widely used herbicide in the world. It can persist in the environment for days or months, and its intensive and large-scale use can constitute a major environmental and health problem. In this systematic review, we investigate the current state of our knowledge related to the effects of this pesticide on the nervous system of various animal species and humans. The information provided indicates that exposure to glyphosate or its commercial formulations induces several neurotoxic effects. It has been shown that exposure to this pesticide during the early stages of life can seriously affect normal cell development by deregulating some of the signaling pathways involved in this process, leading to alterations in differentiation, neuronal growth, and myelination. Glyphosate also seems to exert a significant toxic effect on neurotransmission and to induce oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction, processes that lead to neuronal death due to autophagy, necrosis, or apoptosis, as well as the appearance of behavioral and motor disorders. The doses of glyphosate that produce these neurotoxic effects vary widely but are lower than the limits set by regulatory agencies. Although there are important discrepancies between the analyzed findings, it is unequivocal that exposure to glyphosate produces important alterations in the structure and function of the nervous system of humans, rodents, fish, and invertebrates.
Please note that mitochondria are affected, exactly as I suggested. If mitochondria produce less energy, then all of the above terrible effects will be enhanced. Less energy, less neurotransmitters. More depression.
So now, the clinical outcomes of the basic science:
Abstract
Glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide globally, has been linked to neurological impairments in some occupational studies. However, the potential neurotoxic effects of glyphosate exposure in the general population are still not fully understood. We conducted analyses on existing data collected from 1532 adults of the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to explore the possible relationship between glyphosate exposure and cognitive function, depressive symptoms, disability, and neurological medical conditions. Our results showed a significant negative association between urinary glyphosate levels and the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease Word List Memory Test (CERAD-WLT) trial 3 recall and delayed recall scores in both models, with ß coefficients of −0.288 (S.E. = 0.111, P = 0.021) and −0.426 (S.E. = 0.148, P = 0.011), respectively. Furthermore, the odds ratio did not show a significant increase with the severity of depressive symptoms with a one-unit increase in ln-glyphosate levels. However, the odds ratio for severe depressive symptoms was significantly higher than for no symptoms (odds ratio = 4.148 (95% CI = 1.009–17.133), P = 0.049). Notably, the odds ratio showed a significant increase for individuals with serious hearing difficulty (odds ratio = 1.354 (95% CI = 1.018–1.800), P = 0.039) with a one-unit increase in ln-glyphosate levels, but not for other neurological medical conditions. In conclusion, our findings provide the first evidence that glyphosate exposure may be associated with neurological health outcomes in the US adult population. Additional investigation is necessary to understand the potential mechanisms and clinical significance of these correlations.
Discussion
Our study used a cohort representative of the U.S. adult general population and found a significant negative correlation between urinary glyphosate levels and cognitive function test scores. Additionally, our findings suggest that the odds of having severe depressive symptoms were significantly higher than having no symptoms in individuals with higher glyphosate levels, as measured by the PHQ-9. We also observed an increased odds ratio for individuals reporting serious hearing difficulty with
Conclusions
In conclusion, our study provides important evidence of an association between urinary glyphosate levels and adverse neurological outcomes in a representative cohort of U.S. adult population. Specifically, we observed lower cognitive function scores, greater odds of severe depressive symptoms, and increased risk of serious hearing difficulty in individuals with higher glyphosate exposure. While the directionality and clinical significance of these associations require further investigation, our…
My comment:
Pesticides are bad enough. One cannot hire enough workers to pick off parasitizing insects. On the other hand, weeds CAN be hand pulled. Yes indeed, it will be more expensive. But what price is Alzheimer’s, major depression, gut destruction, and more from a monstrous chemical about which we were lied to by [corporate] “experts” (of course) telling us this chemical is safe and targets plants only. Well, we are full of plants, FULL. Trillions of them in our gut. They are literally part of us, literally. I plan a more complete report in the Premium section on the microbiome of your intestinal tract as a vital organ (literally) and highly vulnerable to environmental upset, and/or highly boosted by care and tending. All of us have individual resistance or susceptibilities to stressors. But many of us can only take so much before the barrel overflows
Please eat organic. Please ask those running for office to represent your health, your brain, and your interests rather than the interests of the corporate government owners. I see time after time where your interests are burned to a crisp when the corporate lobbyists and money start rolling in to the corrupt, bought out politicians.
To Your Excellent Health,
Robert Jay Rowen, MD
It is rather rapidly eliminated. Any saunas sweats will help. Activated charcoal by mouth may help absorb it in the gut. Key message is avoidance.
Being undiagnosed with Celiac Autoimmune Disease for almost a quarter century, I am so grateful for those speaking up about the monstrosities of Monsanto and Glyphosate, since I have experienced first hand the extreme negative impact of what GMO wheat, heavily doused in glyphosate can do to a human body, and it ain’t pretty!
Fast forward to eating Organic Gluten Free for years now, and fortunately I have worked hard to help my gut biome and organs heal through clean eating, no alcohol, and Ozone modalities to get back the health I deserve in this short life.