How You Might Benefit from Eating Organic and Avoiding Glyphosate: Two Important Reasons

If you care about aging gracefully, having healthy joints, radiant skin, and a body that works well as you grow older—this message is for you. One of the most overlooked ways to support your health is by avoiding glyphosate, a chemical that’s snuck its way into our food supply, and choosing organic whenever possible.

Organic doesn’t mean perfect. It just means natural—growing food the way humans have done for millennia: without synthetic chemicals, without altering the genetic code of seeds, and without harming the delicate balance of the soil, the microbes, the bees, and everything else that keeps ecosystems healthy.

Organic is real food, grown the natural way. When we choose it, we’re aligning ourselves with nature, with nourishment, and with healing.

Reason #1: Collagen Destruction

Let’s talk about collagen—the protein that gives structure to your skin, joints, tendons, bones, and gut lining. It’s the scaffolding of your body. As we age, we naturally produce less of it, but what if the real problem is that glyphosate is quietly degrading your collagen faster than your body can build it?

Here’s the science: glyphosate is a synthetic amino acid that mimics glycine, one of the key building blocks of collagen. When you eat food contaminated with glyphosate, your body may accidentally insert glyphosate in place of glycine during protein synthesis—especially in collagen, which is rich in glycine. This weakens the structure of your connective tissue.

What does that look like in real life? Maybe that’s one reason why we’re seeing such a rise in ACL injuries, non-impact sports injuries, and even knee and hip replacements—sometimes in people who are far too young to be needing them. When collagen breaks down or never forms properly, the tissues meant to hold your body together don’t work the way they should. It’s not just cosmetic—this is about function, structure, and resilience at a cellular level.

Reason #2: Mineral Disruption and Loss of Cellular Energy

Glyphosate doesn’t stop at collagen. It also binds to essential minerals like manganese, copper, iron, and magnesium, making them unavailable to your cells. These minerals are tiny keys that turn on enzymes, energy pathways, and detox systems in the body.

For example:

Magnesium is involved in over 300 enzyme reactions, including calming your nervous system and creating ATP (your body’s energy currency).
Copper is critical for collagen cross-linking, melanin production, and regulating iron properly.
Manganese is needed for joint health and bone strength.
Iron needs to be properly regulated by copper or it becomes toxic and inflammatory.

When glyphosate strips the body of these minerals—or blocks their function—it’s like stealing the tools from your body’s repair crew. You can eat a healthy diet and still be mineral-deficient if your food is laced with glyphosate.

What Can You Do? Start with Organic

This doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Start by switching to organic versions of the foods you eat most often. Avoid processed foods and products made from crops like GMO corn, sugarcane, and wheat, which are heavily sprayed with glyphosate.

Choosing organic isn’t just about what you’re avoiding—it’s about what you’re restoring. You’re restoring your mineral balance. You’re protecting your collagen. You’re investing in a future where your body doesn’t fall apart from the inside out.

Let’s Make Glyphosate Uncool

Change starts with us. Remember when smoking used to be cool? Now it’s something we protect our children from. That shift didn’t happen overnight—it happened because people started asking questions and making different choices.

We can do the same with glyphosate.

Every time you choose to buy organic or skip a product with questionable ingredients, you send a signal. Companies want to make money. If enough of us vote with our dollars, they’ll adapt. Farming practices will change. Nature will heal. It’s already happening—but your choices matter more than ever.

In Summary

If you want to support strong joints, glowing skin, flexible tissues, and a body that actually holds up well as you age, going organic is one of the most powerful decisions you can make. Not just because you’re avoiding a harmful chemical—but because you’re saying yes to integrity. In your body. In your food. In the world around you.

With love,

Diana