I found it interesting, not just because people need to know about this, but also because I have a daughter who cannot eat wheat products without experiencing bloating and abdominal pain.
Here are some highlights from the post:
Confused parents wondering why wheat consumption sometimes triggered autoimmune reactions in their children but not at other times. . . .
Finally, the answer came over dinner a couple of months ago with a friend who was well versed in the wheat production process. I started researching the issue for myself, and was, quite frankly, horrified at what I discovered. . . .
Common wheat harvest protocol in the United States is to drench the wheat fields with Roundup several days before the combine harvesters work through the fields as the practice allows for an earlier, easier and bigger harvest . . .
It has . . . become routine over the past 15 years and is used as a drying agent 7-10 days before harvest within the conventional farming community.
. . .
According to the US Department of Agriculture, as of 2012, 99% of durum wheat, 97% of spring wheat, and 61% of winter wheat has been treated with herbicides. This is an increase from 88% for durum wheat, 91% for spring wheat and 47% for winter wheat since 1998. . . .
Monsanto, the manufacturer of Roundup . . . [Surprised? I wasn't.]
. . .
An interesting aside, malt barley which is made into beer is not acceptable in the marketplace if it has been sprayed with preharvest Roundup. Lentils and peas are not accepted in the market place if it was sprayed with preharvest roundup….. but wheat is ok.. . . .
Here’s what wheat farmer Seth Woodland of Woodland and Wheat in Idaho had to say about the practice of using herbicides for wheat dry down:
That
practice is bad . I have fellow farmers around me that do it and it is
sad. Lucky for you not all of us farm that way. Being the farmer and
also the president of a business, we are proud to say that we do not use
round up on our wheat ever!
. . .
Roundup significantly disrupts the functioning of beneficial bacteria in the gut and contributes to permeability of the intestinal wall and consequent expression of autoimmune disease symptoms . . .
. . . the negative impact of glyphosate exposure is slow and insidious over months and years as inflammation gradually gains a foothold in the cellular systems of the body.
The consequences of this systemic inflammation are most of the diseases and conditions associated with the Western lifestyle:
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
- Depression
- Autism
- Infertility
- Cancer
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Alzheimer’s disease
- And the list goes on and on and on …
What about other crops where Roundup is used as a pre-harvest desiccant such as barley, sugar cane, rice, seeds, dried beans and peas, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, and sugar beets?
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I would seriously recommend that you read the full post. The address is http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/
Truly, there are conspiring men in these days in regards to the food we eat.
Emails
from folks with allergic or digestive issues to wheat in the United
States experienced no symptoms whatsoever when they tried eating pasta
on vacation in Italy. - See more at:
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/#sthash.lwttYclA.C5b9uDMk.dpuf
Emails
from folks with allergic or digestive issues to wheat in the United
States experienced no symptoms whatsoever when they tried eating pasta
on vacation in Italy. - See more at:
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/#sthash.lwttYclA.C5b9uDMk.dpuf
Emails
from folks with allergic or digestive issues to wheat in the United
States experienced no symptoms whatsoever when they tried eating pasta
on vacation in Italy. - See more at:
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/#sthash.lwttYclA.C5b9uDMk.dpuf
Wow! Something I had never considered but makes so much sense. Of course we are being poisoned. Just wow.
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