Nah, that sentence is just total non-sense.
Plants are still “organic tissue”, the microbiome is mostly in the gut, not the stomach (the stomach is full of acid) and it does NOT consist of plants.
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realitista@lemmus.org 2 months ago
Any scientists want to weigh in here? It’s a theory I’ve heard that does sound plausible even though it’s coming from this moron’s mouth.
remon@ani.social 2 months ago
realitista@lemmus.org 2 months ago
I was asking more of whether glyphosphate was responsible for some of the seeming uptake in gut disorders from wheat we see today.
gnutrino@programming.dev 2 months ago
I believe what he was trying to get at is that the shikimate pathway that glyphosate inhibits is also used in the bacteria and fungi that make up the gut microbiome.
Not sure what his overall point was supposed to be (or whether he had one) but that’s the “microbiome is plants” part.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We are increasingly finding out that gut biome affects mood because the majority of serotonin and dopamine are produced in the gut. While I have to see any conclusive research, I would not be the least surprised to see a direct link between glycophosphate and depression discovered in the future.
MattEagle@hexbear.net 2 months ago
I think it’s been posted here because it is funny, as the gut microbiome is in fact not “plants”
fox@hexbear.net 2 months ago
RFK’s entire health policy is oriented around the false belief that all disease is the result of dietary choices, i.e. metabolic disorders that can be treated with supplements. The supplements market is unregulated and larger by far than the pharmacological market, but it doesn’t really get a slice of public health money.
RFK is trying very hard to make it possible for government dollars to subsidize pseudoscience health bullshit and the easiest way to do it is by promoting the idea that the cause of good health is diet and exercise and the cause of bad health is bad diet and no exercise. Which isn’t strictly wrong, but it is a way for him to crowbar in fascist ideas about people with hereditary diseases and the disabled and so on, while cashing in on that sweet unregulated supplement money
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 months ago
no nothing comes from his mouth is plausible, he isnt a scientist in epidemiology, or a biologist, he a pseudoscience quack.
realitista@lemmus.org 2 months ago
Yes, yes, I get it we all hate him.
Well since no one else wanted to weigh in I looked it up. It seems there’s some correlation in animals but nothing conclusive in humans yet. Glyphosate Exposure Found To Modulate Gut Microbiome Composition
chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2 months ago
That’s still quite the stretch to attribute celiac to roundup.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 month ago
his worms command him to obfuscate.
protist@retrofed.com 2 months ago
I’m just here to point out that your stomach microbiome consists of bacteria and fungi, which are not plants.
Jkosmonaut@infosec.pub 2 months ago
In the spirit of the comment we’re replying to - what direct evidence is there? I’ve mostly seen studies providing dubious or weak links between realistic dosages of Glyphosate and any animal harm. I legitimately want to learn more if I’m mistaken.
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 months ago
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11445186/
Jkosmonaut@infosec.pub 2 months ago
A good resource, but it’s indicating that it’s a probable carcinogen, not a known carcinogen. That means that evidence is limited and it’s in the same category as red meat.
realitista@lemmus.org 2 months ago
Yes and in that you are correct.