Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a senior research scientist at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT). She has earned four degrees from MIT including bachelor of science in biophysics, masters, engineers and PhD in electrical engineering and computer science. For 4 decades she has worked at the intersection of human biology and computers. In decades of research at MIT, she has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific research studies. She has spent the last decade studying the harmful effects of the pesticide glyphosate, the active ingredient in RoundUp, and she has published a book recently called Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment which discusses the groundbreaking science behind the harmful effects of glyphosate and its potential role in Autism, Parkinson’s, autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer’s as well as many other chronic diseases.

Toxic Legacy: https://bookshop.org/books/toxic-legacy-how-the-weedkiller-glyphosate-is-destroying-our-health-and-the-environment/9781603589291

Show Notes: 

2:21 – Glyphosate’s use as a pipe cleaner, an antibiotic and now as a ubiquitous pesticide

4:03 – Most pervasive herbicide in the world, highest use in the United States

4:28 – Glyphosate and its role in genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

4:56 & 9:15 – The biochemical pathway that gets altered by glyphosate and its effect on the microbiome

7:20 – Non-GMO wheat with higher glyphosate residue than GMO plants

10:13 – Glyphosate probable carcinogen by World Health Organization

10:39 – Glyphosate affects beneficial microbiome more than pathogen microbes

11:00 – Glyphosate’s role in leaky gut and inflammation in the gut

17:35 – Glyphosate’s potential ability to incorporate into a protein

22:15 – Covid 19 and glyphosate

27:51 – Glyphosate’s role as a chelator causing mineral deficiencies in organisms

30:30 – Autism and glyphosate

35:07 – Infant microbiome and glyphosate

37:55 – Glyphosate ubiquitously found in nearly everyone’s body

41:04 – Glyphosate’s effect on the monarch butterfly and honeybees

43:55 – Glyphosate’s potential effects on autoimmunity

47:47 – How regenerative agriculture can help us move away from this toxic legacy

52:47 – Importance of polyphenols, flavonoids and prebiotics for preventing disease and creating optimal health

54:31 – Importance of sulfur- containing foods

55:34 – Importance of pasture raised and grass-fed poultry and meat

57:24 – Importance of vitamin D from sun instead of supplementation