The Dangerous Game of Microbiome Roulette by Linda Sechrist
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of families as they overcome a long list of n evening of fascinating dialogue chronic health disorders by eliminating that sheds light on new informaGMOs and pesticides from their diet. tion regarding the link between “The science on GMOs and glyphoglyphosate in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready sate is virtually exploding. We now have herbicide and our gut microbiome is the results of medical research that shows guaranteed when filmmaker and author glyphosate harms the gut microbiome, Jeffrey Smith teams up with neurologist which we depend on for resistance to and author David Perlmutter, M.D., from Jeffrey Dr. David diseases. In April 2015, the World Health 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., March 19, at Shangli-La Perlmutter Smith Organization declared glyphosate as a Springs. A one-hour reception benefiting probable human carcinogen, recognizing that the change in the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) will follow. the microbiome correlates with an increased risk of various Smith’s latest efforts through his IRT research have been types of cancer. Unfortunately, even wheat, a non-GMO aimed at filming an expose of how an individual’s health is food, is toxic now, because farmers are using Roundup as a affected in the long term by genetically modified foods and desiccant to facilitate a rapid drying for a quicker harvest,” glyphosate. “I have surveyed 3,600 people and have readvises Perlmutter, author of Brain Maker. sults showing which diseases and disorders are most likely to improve when GMOs, sprayed with Seminar: Location: Shangri-La Springs, 27750 Old glyphosate, are removed from the diet. The The Medical Impacts of Eating U.S. 41 Rd., Bonita Springs. Cost: $20 anecdotal evidence matches the outGenetically Engineered Foods includes Perlmutter’s video on the microcomes of my interchanges with audience members at more than 125 lectures,” says Saturday, March 19, 3:30-6:30pm biome and Smith’s Genetic Roulette ($50 value). Preregistration required. For more Smith, author of Genetic Roulette: The Shangri-La Springs, Bonita Springs information, call 480-255-0604 or visit Gamble of Our Lives and director of Secret Preregistration required. See ad, page 22. ResponsibleTechnology.org/events. Ingredients. The film highlights the story
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