Glyphosate is the world's most widely used weed killer.

It's found on farms, in parks, and in over 50% of the UK's population urine samples.

And today, you're going to find out more about its impact on human health and why it should be banned from Professor Michael

Antonio.

Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi. I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist. And when I suffered a heart

condition years ago, I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This opened up my

eyes to the world of food as medicine to improve

our health. On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition and lifestyle to improve

your own well-being every day. I speak with expert guests and we lean into the science,

but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible, so you

can take steps to change your life today. Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast.

This week I'm joined by Professor Michael Antoniou. He's a molecular geneticist and gene engineering expert at King's College London,

whose research explores how agricultural chemicals like glyphosate affect our bodies, our microbiome and potentially our long-term health.

So we're going to discuss what glyphosate actually is and how it works

by blocking a crucial enzyme found in plants and in microbes.

That's the big caveat there.

Why it was deemed safe and why the new evidence suggests that we may have underestimated

the risks.

We talked through the latest research

linking glyphosate exposure to gut microbiome disruption, liver disease and cancer. Which foods

carry the highest residues and whether washing, peeling or buying organic actually makes a real

difference and how chronic exposure

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