Heart disease is one of Australia’s biggest killers. In 2022, it caused about 45,000 deaths, around 24% of all deaths. For 2023, ischaemic heart disease remained the leading single cause of death, extremely close to dementia. 2.5 million Australians are using Statins to reduce cholesterol. 34% of Australians have elevated blood pressure. Recent research points to glyhosate being a major contributing factor and Australia still permits its use in our food chain, whilst Europe has banned its use in 2023. Why are we lagging behind with such an important health issue?
Glyphosate exposure and heart disease
A 2025 peer-reviewed analysis (using urinary glyphosate as a marker of exposure) reported that people in the highest exposure group had higher odds of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease compared with the lowest exposure group.
Key statistics from that paper
High vs low glyphosate exposure was associated with
• ASCVD about 105% higher odds (OR 2.05) (PubMed)
• Angina about 184% higher odds (OR 2.84) (PubMed)
• Coronary heart disease about 276% higher odds (OR 3.76) (PubMed)
• Heart attack about 165% higher odds (OR 2.65) (PubMed)
Is glyphosate widely used in Australia?
Glyphosate has been used in Australia for over 40 years and there are around 500 registered glyphosate products. (apvma.gov.au)
Food residues are regulated through maximum residue limits, and Australia runs national monitoring programs. But this does not make it safe, and in humans, like soil, exposure is accumulative. Other research links glyphosate to metabolic syndrome, which is another common driver of heart disease and dementia.
How does glyhosate contribute to heart disease?
Heart disease obviously is multicausal. Diet, exercise, lifestyle, sleep all play a role however, the last thing we need is to compound what many people are already doing wrong.
Research suggests that glyphosate has a role in;
• oxidative stress and inflammatory signalling
• endothelial dysfunction, the blood vessel lining stops behaving normally
• metabolic dysfunction, insulin resistance, weight gain, higher blood pressure, worse lipid handling
Those pathways are also driven by the big modern hitters like ultra-processed foods, poor sleep, inactivity, alcohol, smoking, chronic stress, and micronutrient depletion. So the smart move is to address these foundations while reducing exposure to glyphosate. Easier said than done however, with the widespread use on crops and livestock feed.
Why nitric oxide could be the solution
Nitric oxide is one of the body’s key vascular protection molecules. When NO is low, blood vessels constrict more easily, blood pressure trends up, blood flow is poorer, and the endothelium is more vulnerable. That is the terrain where plaque, inflammation and clot risk can worsen over time.
So the logic is simple
If an environmental stressor is pushing oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction, then improving NO signalling and vascular function is one of the most sensible protective plays.
This is where “Ultimate Cardio” + “Boost 3” can be used as a supportive stack
Ultimate Cardio, directly boosts nitric oxide levels. When nitric oxide levels drop due to poor diet, lifestyle and aging, you leave yourself wide open for heart disease developing. Boosting NO is a hack against heart disease drivers, one of which is glyphosate.
NO supports;
• healthy blood flow and endothelial function
• healthy blood pressure already in the normal range
• exercise capacity and vascular resilience
(Frontiers)
Boost 3, on the other hand addresse it from a different angle of detox and antioxidant capacity support. The key consideration here is load. Exposure to glyphosate is inevitiable. So the smart play is to constantly reduce the load. To do this BOOST 3;
• supports the liver’s normal detoxification pathways
• supports glutathione and antioxidant defences
• supports gut resilience, because the gut barrier is part of your toxin-handling system
Elevated Cholesterol and blood pressure are the key drivers of heart disease yet they are not random. They are often downstream markers of underlying dysfunction.
• blood pressure is a direct mechanical stress on arteries and is strongly linked to risk over time
• cholesterol transport markers often rise when the body is inflamed, insulin-resistant, hypothyroid, overfed, undertrained, or dealing with oxidative stress
• improving nitric oxide signalling, diet quality, movement, sleep and detox capacity can shift those numbers in the right direction for many people.
Summary
Don't wait for heart disease to develop silently. Our diet and lifestyles will always play a role in heart disease. What you can do is;
Support blood flow and endothelial function
Support antioxidant and detox pathways
Fix the foundations that drive cholesterol and blood pressure in the first place
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