Posts tagged Monsanto
What's in your breakfast bowl?
What's in your breakfast bowl?

Most people see breakfast cereals as a healthy way to start their own or their kids´ day. And why wouldn’t they? Producers boast health claims like “low-fat, nutrient-dense food with many essential vitamins and minerals”. But the recent news about chemicals found in many breakfast cereals has made people question these claims and think about how healthy these cereals actually are.

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Glyphosate
Glyphosate

Glyphosate is a non-selective herbicide and is applied to the leaves of plants to kill both broadleaf plants and grasses. Since it is non-selective it will kill most plants by preventing them from making certain proteins that are needed for plant growth. Glyphosate stops a specific enzyme pathway, the shikimic acid pathway. The shikimic acid pathway is necessary for plants and some microorganisms. 

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