It is important for many biological functions, such as immune response, thyroid hormone production, and acts as an antioxidant, helping to
detoxify damaging chemicals in the body,» Ms Ceko says.
Not exact matches
This means that exposures to the numerous
chemicals in food and the environment, such as endocrine disrupting
chemicals and carcinogens, could be causing levels of
damage that would not occur if the body were able to
detoxify them.»
Besides inhibiting cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, which
detoxifies the body of foreign
chemical compounds, glyphosate
damages the gut microbiome, which is responsible for absorbing nutrients.