The Dr. Josh Axe Show - The Shocking Truth About Glyphosate and Your Health & How to DETOX

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Starting point is 00:01:42 Today, we're going to be diving into the topic of glyphosate. Now, glyphosate is the active compound in the herbicide roundup, which has been widely used in agriculture and home gardening for decades. And the reality is it's not just killing weeds. it's killing our bodies and our organ systems, including our gut microbiome. And most of us, even if you're eating natural and organic often, we've still been exposed to it every time we eat out or with any food that's ever not homegrown or certified organic. And because of it, many of us need to detoxify our bodies of this chemical for some of us that's still sitting in our gut and our cells in certain organ systems. And so in this episode, I'm going to cover the latest scientific studies surrounding glyphosate, its potential risks,

Starting point is 00:02:34 and how you can start to heal your body and your loved ones right now from this dangerous chemical. Before I dive in, though, make sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the link to the show notes to also subscribe to my weekly newsletter. Well, you'll get my top tips for natural healing delivered straight into your inbox. Now, here's a reality. The biggest thing that glyphosate impacts is our gut microbiome. And our microbiome is crucial for digestion, for nutrient absorption, for nutrient creation, for immunity, and for your overall health. In recent studies have suggested that glyphosate might disrupt these bacterial communities. A 2018 study published in a major medical journal found that glyphosate damages the gut microbiota of bees. And we find this very same thing in humans where it's also

Starting point is 00:03:25 damaging the gut bacteria of humans, causing inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders, autoimmune diseases. And another study was published in 2013 that found that glyphosate inhibits something called cytochrome P450. This is an enzyme in your gut, which plays a key role in detoxifying chemicals and supporting liver function. And this can lead to an embankyme. balance of amino acids and a higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease. So many, if you look at the statistics around Crohn's, an ulcer of colitis, in IBD, and IBS, and even gas, in bloating, and SIBO, we see all of these digestive diseases on the rise. Leaky gut syndrome, of course, is another one.

Starting point is 00:04:10 And glyphosate is one of the main culprits. Glyphosate is estimated to affect about 54% of gut bacterial species, many of which are essential for amino acid production. So even building muscle, it's important for that. It's important for the health of your skin hair and nails, for tissue recovery, for cell regeneration, for longevity. And so this glyphosate is damaging to everything, but especially our guts. You know, one of the most alarming effects associated with glyphosate is its potential role and also increasing intestinal permeability, also known as leaky gut syndrome. And there was a 2021 study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, and they highlighted that

Starting point is 00:04:55 glyphosate damages the tight junctions of your gut opening it up to where now damaging pathogens, toxins, undigested food particles like gluten and casing and other toxins, now leak into the bloodstream, which then results in autoimmune disease, allergies, and even neurological disorders. And I've seen this over the years, autoimmune disease, allergies, neurological disease, mood disorders continue to increase, and a big part of it is glyphosate. We also see glyphosate is not only damaging our gut, it's also damaging our liver. Chronic low-level exposure to glyphosate has been associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In fact, chronic low-level exposure to glyphosate has been linked to a 20% increased

Starting point is 00:05:42 risk in the incidence of fatty liver disease in animals. Now, this will make you hold body fat, fat, not be able to detoxify as well, leading to neurological disease, brain fog, more common infections, and a host of other disorders. There's also another study found that it increases your risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by 41%. So we see glyphosate impacting the gut negatively, impacting the liver. We also see it impacting our hormonal systems. Listen to this. A 2019 study published in the environmental health perspectives found that perinatal exposure to glyphosate in rats led to delayed puberty and alterations in reproductive organ function. Now we see this where there's boys now having too high of estrogen having more feminine-like qualities. We see women now,

Starting point is 00:06:34 especially young girls, hitting puberty much earlier, hitting their menstrual cycle, sometimes at 11, 12, 13 when it should be closer to at least 14, but if not 15 or 16 years old. So it's so much earlier today due to all of these chemicals and xenostrogens, but also the glyphosate that's found in our food supply. And so the primary systems in the body, the glyphosate is wrecking, is your gut microbiome, our liver, and our hormonal systems. And it's been linked to numerous diseases that we've talked about. And I want to talk, and I do want to say that you might think to yourself, well, you know, I eat a lot of good food. I don't think I've had much glyphosate. Listen, think about every time you eat at a restaurant

Starting point is 00:07:18 that doesn't say on the foods and at the restaurant certified organic. Almost every single food then that is not certified organic has been sprayed with glyphosate in these chemicals and these pesticides. And even for myself, I think about, hey, it was maybe Christmas last year or certain times of the year around certain holidays.

Starting point is 00:07:39 Hey, I went out to eat with family, even at a high-quality restaurant. you know, you're getting Wagyu B for you're getting a lean filet or you're getting, you know, the chicken on there. But if it doesn't say organic or pastured or wild, 99% of the time, it's likely been sprayed with glyphosate in these other chemicals. And so even for myself being aware, maybe there's only a handful of times a year, but still when that happens, what I want to start doing is detoxifying caliphate from

Starting point is 00:08:09 my body. And there is an amazing, amazing type of bacteria that has been shown in clinical studies to detoxify the body. Now, I want to go through all of the supplements and all of the herbs and foods that really help your body detoxify of glyphosate. But the first and most potent is a type of bacteria. It's a soil-based organism called bacillus subtilis. And if you want to get the exact strain, it's known as bacillus subtilus AB-22. And this probiotic strain has been shown promising results in breaking down glyphosate revenues in the gut and even in healing the soil.

Starting point is 00:08:46 A 2021 study published in the environmental science and pollution research found that bacillus subtilis can degrade up to 45% of glyphosate residue in soil within just seven days. So think about this. The earth is polluted. You add in this bacteria and within one week, nearly 50% of the, of all of the Roundup, all of the glyphosate is been destroyed. Hey everyone, Dr. Josh Axe here. Listen, if you're struggling with restless nights and daily stress,

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Starting point is 00:10:36 and rejuvenate. And when used as a supplement, bacillus subtilus AB-22 has been deserved to reduce glyphosate levels in the gut, leading to at least a 15 to 30% improvement in gut microbiota balance among participants exposed to glyphosate. So we're talking about a major, major improvement in people that are using bacillus-subtilis ab-22, the most effective thing you could do in order to detoxify glyphosate from your body. Now, there's other bacterial strains that are also beneficial. Those include lactobacillus romeosis and lactobacillus plantarum. One of those is found primarily in things like fermented coconut or dairy, but a lot of fermented foods.

Starting point is 00:11:20 And then lactobacillus plantarum is found in high doses in sauerkraut and kimchi. Now, both strains of these have shown potential in reducing glyphosate toxicity in animal studies. For example, there was a study and it found that it reduced oxyxia. of stress caused by glyphosate by up to 35% in just a short period of time. So we see that these other bacteria also support detoxification. And in other studies, lactobacillus plantarine was found to improve leaky gut and the health of the gut microbiota. So if you can find a probiotic, specifically, most importantly, a soil-based organism probiotic

Starting point is 00:11:59 that has bacillus, AB-22, and then you can either get it as a supplement or get it in your food supply, get more fermented foods via sauerkraut, kimchi, miso, and then also doing some like coconut yogurt or raw organic kefir or yogurt. These foods, along with the soil-based organism, are the greatest detoxifiers of glyphosate out there. Now, after that, you can do some binders, but these tend to be not ideal long-term, like activated charcoal. Now, there was one study published in the journal of toxicology and they found that activated charcoal can absorb over 60% of ingested glyphosate within an hour when taken an onset of exposure. However, I do want to say doing activated activated daily is not good because it's going to bind the minerals in your body

Starting point is 00:12:49 cause you to be constipated. So it's something you tend to want to do just when you're doing a very short-term detox. But again, it can be beneficial. Now, what's maybe a little bit better than that is clay. I don't recommend clay every day unless you have IBS, uh, I inflammatory bowel disease with diarrhea or you have loose store, or you have too many bowel movements, but doing a little bit of clay regularly, you can do it for longer periods than activated charcoal. So activate, so doing some bentonite liquid clay like a fourth a teaspoon or half a teaspoon, um, for a longer period of time, not every day, but that can also be beneficial for some people as well. Now, something else I really like is humate and folvic acid supplements.

Starting point is 00:13:32 Fulvic acid is a natural compound known for its chelation benefits, and it helps bind to and transport toxins out of the body. There's a study published in the Environmental Research Journal, and it showed that fulvic acid supplementation resulted in a 28% reduction in glyphosate residue in urine samples among agricultural workers. So fulvic and humic acid, they're found in an ancient superfood called Shalajit, which was used oftentimes in Ayurvedic medicine. And it's almost like a top of volcanic soil, very similar to that. But this humate that's found in soil. And you'll see these healthy things are found in soil, clay, right?

Starting point is 00:14:13 Shalajit, the folvic and humid acid. These are all dirt. I wrote a book many years ago. Some of you may have read. It was called Eat Dirt. And I went and I studied some of these tribes in Africa. And what they would do is if they had any form of poisoning. Glyphosate, of course, is a poison.

Starting point is 00:14:29 But other forms of poison, what they would do is they would go go do clay or shalajit, and because those bind to these toxins and pull them out of the body. And so there's an old National Geographic article that was titled, Let Them Eat Dirt. And it talked about these tribes and that one of their forms of medicine for healing, especially if they'd ever been poisoned, was doing clay. or things high in humic and folvic acid. And so we want to embrace those sort of ancient,

Starting point is 00:15:01 that ancient wisdom to help heal our bodies today. So again, if you know you've been exposed to glyphosate, best thing you can do is take a soil-based organism probiotics, specifically with bacillus subtilis AB-22, get some more probiotic foods like sauer, like sauerkraut, like coconut yogurt or raw organic yogurt. Get some shalogyate or humane folvic acid or a little bit of clay, and it's going to help heal your body.

Starting point is 00:15:23 Now, in addition, to support, detoxifying your body, you want to consume foods that help produce glutathione in your body. Now, you can take specific supplements like glutathione itself or an acetylcyne, which helps increase glutathione production in the body. There are herbs that do that as well, I'll mention. But that's important. Also, magnesium and zinc. Studies show that glyphosate interferes with magnesium and zinc absorption.

Starting point is 00:15:52 So if you know you've been exposed, taking magnesium zinc can help, by the way. Did you know that probably two of the top five nutrients most people are deficient in are magnesium and zinc? And I believe a big reason for that is so many people are exposed to glyphosate on a regular basis. And so we want to consume things that are going to support that. Some of those are going to be cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, kale, caul flower, bok choy, Brussels, These are rich in compounds that support liver detoxification and protect your cells from oxidative damage. In fact, one study discovered that cruciferous vegetables enhance phase two liver detox enzymes by up to 30%, which helps break down and excrete glyphosate and other harmful chemicals from your body.

Starting point is 00:16:42 And then my favorite herb for detoxifying glyphosate is milk thistle. Now, milk thistle contains Cillamarin, a common. compound known for its glutathione and superoxide dismutase boosting properties which help detoxify glyphosate from your body. And there was one study found that it can reduce liver enzyme markers by up to 40% due to its detoxification capacity. And if somebody has had their gut or specifically their liver damaged by glyphosate, milk thistle actually helps regenerate liver tissue faster. A few other things that are good for detoxification, Chlorella and spruillina.

Starting point is 00:17:23 These are allergies that can help bind to and remove it from the body. And I also like infrared sauna therapy. A study published in the Alternative Therapies in Health Medicine Journal found that 45 minutes of sauna exposure increased the excretion of pesticides, including glyphosate, by up to 25% in sweat samples. So regular sauna sessions, about two to three days a week can help you gradually reduce glyphosate load in your body.

Starting point is 00:17:53 So if you've been exposed to glyphosate, remember this. Number one, you have to decrease your exposure, okay? Stay away from conventional meat, conventional dairy, conventional produce, and buy organic whenever possible or talk to your local farmer and find one that does not use glyphosate or pesticides. Okay, so that's the number one way to heal is don't consume it in the first. place. After that, eat more vegetables, especially green leafies and cruciferous vegetables, exercise regularly, do some sonatime, and supplementally, remember probiotics, specifically

Starting point is 00:18:28 bacillus, subtilus, getting more probiotic rich foods, doing milk thistle, supporting glutathione levels, and taking things like shilogy or that humic and fulvic acid. Those are the biggest needle movers when it comes to healing your body in reducing the glyphosate within your system. Remember, glyphosate is a chemical that is sprayed on so many foods today, and it should be banned and should be completely outlawed, but still today, due to modern agriculture and its connection to government. It's still legal, though it's destroying the bodies of our kids and many other people today. There are hundreds of millions of people that don't know the reality of how damaging glyphosate is to their bodies, to our environment, to bees, to everything. and there are all natural ways using regenerative agriculture, so it's not necessary.

Starting point is 00:19:23 I want to say thanks so much for tuning in here to the Dr. Josh Yack Show, where each and every week we explore the science and principles of how you can heal in body, in mind, and spirit, take your health and your life the next level. Make sure to subscribe, like, and share. And again, thank you to all of you that are in mission with me. The world needs to know the truth about glyphosate, and every time you share this,

Starting point is 00:19:43 you might be saving and transforming someone's life, Literally, thank you so much. I'll see you on the next episode.

The Dr. Josh Axe Show - The Shocking Truth About Glyphosate and Your Health & How to DETOX

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