Editor’s Observe: This text is a reprint. It was initially printed June 23, 2019.
Zen Honeycutt, founding father of Mothers Throughout America, is nothing if not dedicated to motion. On this inspiring interview, we talk about her ebook, “Unstoppable: Reworking Illness and Battle Into Triumph, Empowerment and a Celebration of Neighborhood,” which delves into the state of the world’s meals provide, navigate via the numerous hazards of the usual American weight-reduction plan, and how one can grow to be a robust change agent your self.
Like so many different dad and mom, Honeycutt struggled to determine the roots of her youngsters’s many well being points, which included allergy symptoms, autoimmune issues and signs of autism.
“I used to be utterly confused and baffled,” she says. “Why was this taking place? My youngsters had 19, 20 and 22 meals allergy symptoms [respectively]. My husband and I had none of them. What was happening with the meals provide? Due to Robyn O’Brien, Jeffrey Smith and all of the scientists who began exposing info, I discovered about genetically modified organisms (GMOs).”
She additionally found the disturbing fact about glyphosate, and the way this pernicious weed killer, used on all kinds of meals, whether or not they’re GMO or not, decimates your intestine microbiome and contributes to a number of well being issues, a few of which plagued her personal youngsters.
“The issue is glyphosate’s so prevalent. That is the declared energetic chemical ingredient in Roundup that 80% of GMOs are engineered to face up to. It is sprayed on every kind of crops as a drying agent. It is in most of our meals.
And you then mix that with all the opposite toxins in the environment, in our vaccines, in our pajamas, in our sofas and child bottles and all of that — you have obtained all these chemical compounds and toxins coming at our youngsters. That is only a recipe for catastrophe.
Our children are sick. One out of two youngsters have a persistent sickness; 1 in 2 males and 1 in 3 females are anticipated to get most cancers in America as we speak. That is not OK with me. That was the impetus for me beginning Mothers Throughout America. It was to boost consciousness about GMOs and poisonous chemical compounds in our meals provide.”
Standing As much as Monsanto
On January 30, 2015, Honeycutt was given the chance to talk at a Monsanto shareholders assembly1 as a proxy for the John Harrington Funding Group. You may learn her presentation right here. The referendum she introduced was handed, inflicting Monsanto’s inventory to considerably drop within the aftermath.
“I believe a whole lot of the shareholders in that room most likely had been uncomfortable with proudly owning Monsanto’s inventory after that assembly,” she says. “That was most likely probably the most terrifying and important moments of my life, as a result of I had the chance to talk on behalf of oldsters … with sick youngsters.
I obtained to face up in entrance of the whole shareholders assembly and principally maintain them to account, to say how their merchandise are harming our kids. I obtained to satisfy Hugh Grant … the previous chief govt officer (CEO) of Monsanto.
I regarded him within the eye and stated, ‘You understand, Mr. Grant, it takes a giant man to make a giant and highly effective firm. However it takes a good larger man to acknowledge when one thing’s not working and to go in a brand new path … Mothers Throughout America is trying ahead to the day when Monsanto makes merchandise that now not hurt our kids.’
He stated, ‘We’re at all times trying ahead to have progress. We have science on our aspect.’ I stated, ‘Nicely, we even have science on our aspect too, [and it shows] that your merchandise hurt our kids … Simply think about, what in case you’re incorrect? What are the implications?’ … There’s … international consequence.’
He stated, ‘If you happen to’re incorrect, you are worrying an terrible lot of individuals.’ I stated, ‘But when I am incorrect, the consequence is barely that individuals are consuming natural. There’s nothing incorrect with natural’ …
So many people get involved about … ‘What if trolls come after me? What if I get attacked?’ Individuals are really involved for his or her bodily security on this local weather proper now. However … we can’t be stopped … We have to be unstoppable … We can not let worry intrude with our dedication. We have to take motion … Chemical firms shouldn’t be concerned in our meals provide. That is all there may be to it.”
As famous by Honeycutt, it is necessary to understand that the science Monsanto (now Bayer) claims is on their aspect was purchased and paid for by them. Some research have even been proven to have been ghostwritten by the corporate itself. Such details have come out throughout the discovery means of a few of the lawsuits in opposition to Monsanto, which now quantity nicely over 11,000.
In the meantime, many peer-reviewed, unbiased research have discovered glyphosate-based herbicides to be carcinogenic.2 Glyphosate has additionally been proven to be a DNA mutagen, a chelator of necessary minerals,3 an antibiotic,4 an endocrine disruptor5,6 and extra.7,8,9,10,11
Analysis12 even discovered that amongst youngsters born of girls with excessive publicity to glyphosate throughout being pregnant the speed of autism spectrum dysfunction with mental incapacity was 30% greater than amongst these born of moms who lived farther from highly-sprayed areas. Kids who on prime of that had been uncovered to pesticides throughout their first 12 months had been at 50% elevated threat.
As famous by Honeycutt, whereas the U.S. Environmental Safety Company’s overview13 discovered glyphosate was not a carcinogen, its conclusion was based mostly on industry-funded science, not unbiased science. In truth, in line with a few of the members on the scientific advisory panel convened to judge the energy of the EPA’s choice, the company violated its personal tips by discounting and downplaying knowledge from research linking glyphosate to most cancers.14
Turning Devastation Into Triumph
Most of the time, individuals who stand as much as massive {industry} find yourself paying a excessive value. Many lose their careers within the course of. An identical state of affairs, though not possible to show, occurred to the Honeycutts. Two weeks after Honeycutt attended Monsanto’s shareholders assembly, an outdoor marketing consultant got here into and reorganized her husband’s firm.
“My husband was the one one fired,” Honeycutt says. “Now, I am unable to say that it was positively related to Monsanto, however Monsanto was one in all their shoppers. My husband was within the info expertise (IT) division. He had nothing to do with Monsanto. He had nothing to do with gross sales. I do not even suppose he knew that they had been a consumer for a really very long time, not till I obtained into this.
He misplaced his job. At first we thought it was devastating … However … all the things that appears devastating can really be the most effective factor that ever occurred to you … We made this into the most effective factor that ever occurred to us. My husband obtained search engine marketing coaching. He grew to become a marketing consultant. His firm is known as Natural Outcomes.
He now does consulting for firms that we consider in, to enhance the visitors to their web sites. He is a marketing consultant for Mothers Throughout America. He runs our advertising and marketing. He … helps us with our Well being Options Retailer … He is been an integral a part of Mothers Throughout America, and a part of the explanation why we’re capable of nonetheless keep round.
The cool factor is we get to work collectively day-after-day. He will get to be with our sons who’re 16, 13 and 10 now. They get to have their dad round. It is simply phenomenal. I simply completely love that we get to do what we’re doing.”
Consuming Natural Can Make a World of Distinction
As talked about, all three of Honeycutt’s youngsters struggled with meals allergy symptoms. Her oldest son had a extreme allergic response at 18 months after consuming a nut. On the age of 5, he practically died on Thanksgiving resulting from a pecan within the stuffing.
“At some point, when he was about 8 years previous, he had this rash round his mouth that had been happening and off for about seven months. It might final for about two weeks at a time. We did not know what it was. He checked out me actually forlornly. He stated, ‘Mother, I want all my allergy symptoms would go away.’ I stated, ‘Me too, buddy.’ However in my head, I used to be considering, ‘That is by no means going to occur.’
Then I noticed what I used to be saying in my head. I used to be like, ‘Wait a second. That is not what I am dedicated to. I am dedicated to empowerment. What if there was one thing we might do?’ I remembered my cousin, Sara, who had gone gluten-free for a very long time after which was capable of eat gluten a few 12 months later.
I stated, ‘Ben, would you want to have the ability to eat a slice of pizza or have a bit of birthday cake at a party like a 12 months from now?’ I painted that image; that future. He stated sure. I stated, ‘Nicely then, would you be my associate in your well being? Would you drink inexperienced drinks and go to different medical doctors?’ He stated sure … We made a deal, and he did.
I did the analysis. He took the actions. He drank the inexperienced drinks. We took care of his intestine micro organism. Inside 4 months of going GMO-free, the rash was dramatically higher. You may barely see it. It was a faint pink line underneath his lip if he was uncovered to the allergen, which we discovered was carrageenan, by going to another physician.
After which inside a few 12 months or two of going natural … his allergy symptoms to walnuts and pecans went from a 19 all the way down to 0.2. He now not has a life-threatening meals allergy. The peace of thoughts that I’ve as a mom that my son will not die from meals is priceless. It is huge. Our medical doctors’ payments, by the best way, are dramatically decrease.
We used to spend $12,000 to $15,000 with good medical health insurance. Now it is perhaps a pair hundred. It is nothing. That is only for checkups or no matter. We’ve not needed to go for a sick physician go to in three and a half years. He is dramatically higher.”
Autism Signs Linked to Glyphosate Publicity
Honeycutt’s second baby developed a sudden onset of autism signs. “He was principally like an 8-year-old who was appearing like a 3- or 4-year previous. He was having tantrums. His grades went from As to Ds in math … His habits was very erratic. He was making an attempt to hit us … He was not being himself.” Honeycutt says.
A medical checkup revealed he had intestine dysbiosis brought on by C. difficile. In response to the physician, who specialised in autism, the irritation in his intestine was additionally inflicting irritation in his mind. Glyphosate is thought to do that, which prompted the Honeycutt’s to have him examined for glyphosate publicity.
“My son was the primary one to be examined in America for glyphosate in his urine. We had lastly initiated that. Mothers Throughout America had put out the phrase to everyone. You may get your urine, your faucet water and your breast milk examined for glyphosate.
His ranges had been eight instances greater than was ever present in Europe, when Buddies of the Earth did testing in Europe. I used to be livid that Roundup was in my son. We went 100% natural. Inside six weeks, we retested him. His glyphosate ranges had been now not detectable, and his autism signs had been gone.
All we did was maintain his intestine. We did give him an antifungal. We did not should do a probiotic in there, however we gave him a number of sauerkraut, natural meals. He ate no sugar from Thanksgiving to New Yr’s, so he did not feed the unhealthy intestine micro organism. He recovered. He has not had a single autism symptom [in] 5 years now.”
Glyphosate Present in Vaccines
Now, meals isn’t the one supply of glyphosate publicity. Years in the past, Honeycutt got here throughout a Fb publish itemizing vaccine components. Amongst them: polysorbate 80 — which like glyphosate can break down the blood-brain barrier and let toxins in — aluminum, bovine serum (blood) and egg.
Honeycutt realized a few of these components are probably GMO, or have been fed GMOs, and in that case, they’re probably contaminated with glyphosate since glyphosate can’t be washed off. When an animal eats glyphosate-contaminated feed, their physique elements grow to be contaminated as nicely. Mothers Throughout America despatched 5 childhood vaccines to be examined for glyphosate, and each single one in all them got here again optimistic.
“The measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine got here again 25 instances greater than the opposite vaccines. One other scientist independently examined 14 extra vaccines, and so they additionally got here again and confirmed our outcomes,” Honeycutt says.
“His MMR vaccine got here again 35 instances greater. Everyone knows that the issue across the MMR vaccine is that … it causes intestine dysbiosis. [Andrew Wakefield] did not say it causes autism. He stated it causes intestine dysbiosis. By the way, virtually each baby who has autism has intestine dysbiosis.
This, to me, was large, as a result of what I am considering is, ‘What if glyphosate in vaccines is among the main contributing elements to vaccine harm?’ If you concentrate on it, mercury was in vaccines again in 1929, but it surely wasn’t till the late ’90s when GMOs and glyphosate got here on the scene that there was an enormous spike in autism.
Now, to be truthful, there was additionally an enormous spike within the numbers of vaccines given. Our youngsters at the moment are getting 49 doses by age 12 and 69 doses by age 18. The numbers of vaccines our kids are getting are additionally extraordinarily excessive. However there are kids who get one vaccine and so they’re broken after that. You need to take a look at what modified within the components.”
One other variable that occurred within the late ’90s was the dramatic improve in publicity to wi-fi radiation, and this too could also be a major contributor. There might even be a poisonous synergy between the 2 that’s contributing to the well being deterioration we now see in so many youngsters. The excellent news is that you’ve got the flexibility to make a distinction.
Extra Info
Other than studying Honeycutt’s ebook, “Unstoppable: Reworking Illness and Battle Into Triumph, Empowerment and a Celebration of Neighborhood,” you can even be taught extra by visiting MomsAcrossAmerica.org and signing up for his or her publication. While you enroll, you may obtain a free mini e-book of “Unstoppable.” Underneath the Motion tab, you can even signal as much as volunteer and publish occasions.
“When you have got that occasion, we all know you are critical about getting the phrase out, so we ship you free supplies,” Honeycutt says. “You solely should pay for transport … We have now some nice flyers, ‘Why Eat Natural?’ ‘What’s Happening With Toxins in Our Meals Provide?’ … We do not make it a scary state of affairs. It is simply informative. We at all times carry options …
You give them a stack of 100 flyers and also you say, ‘May you allow this at your faculty? Or your library? Or your group heart?’ … Simply get the phrase out about what’s taking place in our meals provide … That is an effective way to get entangled … You too can be a part of within the 4th of July parades. It prices wherever from nothing to perhaps 30 to 50 {dollars}, if you wish to purchase a banner and likewise go out flyers.
You may have film nights. There are some nice films you may present over an natural potluck. That is my favourite factor to do. We’ll additionally join you with different mothers on our Monday Mothers Join Calls at 5 p.m., Pacific time. If you happen to signal as much as our publication, you may get an invite to that.
We have expanded our mission to ‘We educate and encourage moms and others to remodel the meals {industry} and surroundings, creating wholesome communities collectively.’ By surroundings, we embrace something that is coming at our youngsters. If that is a vaccine, if it is medication, if it is air pollution, if it is EMFs — it doesn’t matter what it’s that is coming at our youngsters that is going to overwhelm them [or] improve the poisonous burden — we’ll deal with that …
To decide out of this poisonous system, we have to not solely eat natural meals or develop our personal natural meals. We have to additionally learn to maintain ourselves via herbs and vegetation and decide out of that entire Massive Pharma system.”
Mothers Throughout America can also be on the lookout for extra advisers, together with mothers who need to assist educate others on these matters. If you happen to’re , please contact them.
Get Concerned!
As famous by Honeycutt, everybody has a second after they determine to take motion. For her, the belief that she had the facility to make a distinction got here early. Her father was an excellent supporter from an early age and when, on the age of 12, Honeycutt got here dwelling saying class president elections had been developing, he urged she ought to run.
“I stated, ‘Me? Why me?’ He stated, ‘Why not?’ I used to be like, ‘Oh. OK. Why not?’ I ran and received,” she says. “If there’s one thing you need to do otherwise you’re concerned with doing, one thing you need to tackle, [ask yourself] why not you? That quote from Lilly Tomlin: ‘I at all times thought somebody ought to do one thing about that, after which I noticed I’m someone’ — that is it.
I would like everyone to consider that they’re someone; that they’re, in reality … superb … My private dedication now’s to empower group leaders to be international sport changers, as a result of that is what it may take …
Mothers who’re watching us proper now … say, ‘You understand what? I am the one who’s going to get Roundup out of my city. I am the one who’s going to cease this vaccine mandate in my metropolis. I am the one who’s going to get my faculty to have GMO-free meals.’
While you do this, you — us, all of us collectively — we alter the sport world wide … So, signal as much as Mothers Throughout America and see the place you can begin taking motion. As a result of while you do, it is extremely fulfilling.”
