Gluten: what it is and why it causes problems

Text 1 - Gluten: what it is and why it causes problems Gluten is not a single protein, but a combination of gliadin + glutenin.

Both are naturally difficult to digest because human enzymes cannot completely cleave their specific peptide bonds. What does this mean? 🔹 Stays longer in the gut

→ ferment

→ creates gas, bloating and a feeling of heaviness. 🔹 Gliadin activates zonulin

→ increases the permeability of the epithelium

→ allows contact between undigested peptides and the immune system

→ triggers inflammatory reactions. 🔹 Modern wheat is more problematic than the old

Modern varieties are selected to have:

• higher gluten content

• higher proportion of the most reactive gliadin fractions

• longer and more difficult to break down peptides This makes them significantly more burdensome for digestion and more antigenic for the mucous membrane. Text 2 - Glyphosate: what it does to the body Glyphosate (Roundup) is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world—and one of the most problematic for human health. ✔ Disrupts the microbiome

Blocks an important biochemical pathway in bacteria → suppresses beneficial species (Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus) and allows overgrowth of pathogenic ones. ✔ Increases intestinal permeability

It irritates epithelial cells, disrupts tight junctions and increases zonulin → the so-called "leaky gut". ✔ Mimics symptoms of gluten sensitivity

Swelling, inflammation, fatigue, immune reactivity — very similar to true gluten intolerance. ✔ Carcinogenic potential (IARC: probable carcinogen)

It is associated with oxidative stress, DNA damage and disturbances in the immune balance. ✔ Accumulates in food and water

Especially in cereals, legumes, seeds, products dried after spraying. Glyphosate is not just a "chemical".

It is a gut stressor → disrupts the microbiome ecosystem → weakens the barrier → alters the immune response. Text 3 - The gluten + glyphosate combination: why it's becoming a problem for so many people Gluten is not always to blame.

Glyphosate is not always to blame. The problem comes when they combine. Here's what the cascade looks like: 1️⃣ Glyphosate → kills beneficial bacteria

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2️⃣ Dysbiosis develops + the epithelial barrier weakens

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3️⃣ Gluten (especially modern gluten) remains undegraded

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4️⃣ Gets on exposed and inflamed mucous membrane

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5️⃣ The immune system reacts overactively

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6️⃣ Symptoms: bloating, pain, gas, fatigue, autoimmune triggers, food intolerances

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7️⃣ The cycle closes and deepens ➡️ The combination is the problem:

— hard-to-digest protein (gluten)

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— damaged barrier and dysbiosis from glyphosate Gut and immune overreactivity. This explains why gluten sensitivity has increased dramatically in recent decades.