Don’t Eat Another Vegetable (Until You Read THIS)

The food you’ve been told to eat more of…

That’s “clean”, “safe”, and “healthy”…

Is hiding a secret.

On February 6th, regulators approved (or re-approved) a controversial pesticide—dicamba— to be sprayed over our nation’s crops…

Despite mounting evidence that it carries serious health risks…and the fact that it has been effectively banned twice before in 2000 and 2024.

While many groups worry over dicamba’s harm to the environment…there’s a darker concern…

One that directly affects your risk of getting cancer.

In a study of almost 50,000 agricultural workers, those with the highest lifetime exposure to dicamba had up to an 80% higher risk of liver and bile duct cancer.

So there’s no doubt that dicamba is linked to cancer… and unhealthy for all of us.

The trouble with this specific pesticide is that is doesn’t stay put. After it’s applied it can drift up to 200 feet beyond where it was sprayed.

It’s going to drift into residential areas… and it’s even going to drift all over crops we eat every day, whether they’re sprayed with it or not.

And, believe it or not, this isn’t the first pesticide to get attention recently.

In the fall, two new chemical pesticides — cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram –were approved, causing outrage.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development labels these pesticides as PFAS—so-called “forever chemicals” which don’t break down, don’t wash off easily, and don’t leave your body once they’re inside.

And here’s the problem:

In a small but disturbing human study, researchers examined cerebrospinal fluid—the liquid that washes your brain at the end of the day.

What they found should have stopped the regulatory process cold.

They tested the samples for evidence of 18 different kinds of PFAS.

All 18 different PFAS molecules tested were found in EVERY SINGLE BRAIN SAMPLE.

Even more troubling?

Higher PFAS levels are associated with markers of Alzheimer’s disease.

Once ingested, PFAS can interfere with:

• Brain detox pathways
• Mitochondrial function
• Inflammatory signaling
• Hormone balance
• Insulin sensitivity

And now, evidence suggests they may accumulate in the central nervous system itself.

So when regulators wave these chemicals through, they’re not just making an environmental decision.

They’re making a decision about your health.

So how do I keep myself safe?

It’s nearly impossible to avoid PFAS completely.

But sticking with organic produce and always washing your fruits and vegetables thoroughly is one way to reduce your exposure,

And you can start taking some simple steps to protect your health.

You see, your cells are not defenseless.

They’re equipped with an internal protection network designed specifically to deal with chemical stress.

It’s called Nrf2.

When activated, Nrf2 flips on hundreds of genes involved in:

• Detoxification
• Antioxidant production
• Inflammation control
• Cellular repair

In lab and animal studies, activating the body’s Nrf2 defense system reduced pesticide damage by as much as 60%, while inflammation was cut almost in half.

Think of it as upgrading your internal hazmat response team.

You can do this naturally through diet, exercise, and supplementation.

Pure Thera sells a Nrf2 boosting supplement that’s easy to add to your everyday life. https://purethera.com

We are entering a new era where chemical exposure is assumed, not accidental.

Regulators may argue over definitions. Corporations may argue over safety thresholds.

But your biology doesn’t care about regulatory language.

The real question isn’t whether these chemicals will reach your body.

It’s whether your body is prepared when they do.

To keeping poison off your plate,

Ray Thatcher
Research Director, Health Sciences Institute

Sources:

• Catherine C Lerro, Jonathan N Hofmann, Gabriella Andreotti, Stella Koutros, Christine G Parks, Aaron Blair, Paul S Albert, Jay H Lubin, Dale P Sandler, Laura E Beane Freeman, Dicamba use and cancer incidence in the agricultural health study: an updated analysis, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 49, Issue 4, August 2020, Pages 1326–1337, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa066
• Nicolas Delcourt, Alix-Marie Pouget, Alicia Grivaud, Leonor Nogueira, Frédéric Larvor, Philippe Marchand, Eric Schmidt, Bruno Le Bizec, First Observations of a Potential Association Between Accumulation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Central Nervous System and Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease, The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Volume 79, Issue 3, March 2024, glad208, https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad208
• Lu Chen, Tingting Zhang, Mengying Ge, Yahui Liu, Yuping Xing, Liu Liu, Fengliang Li, Luogen Cheng, The Nrf2-Keap1 pathway: A secret weapon against pesticide persecution in Drosophila Kc cells, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, Volume 164, 2020, Pages 47-57, ISSN 0048-3575, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.12.008.