GMO awareness guide.
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A Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is something whose genetic material (DNA) has been interfered with in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural breeding.
But DNA is a complex structure and altering it in any way can create new consequences and structures in
But DNA is a complex structure and altering it in any way can create new consequences and structures in
the cell’s composition, as well as its relationship with other cells.
For example, when potatoes were genetically engineered not to show bruising (*).
A side effect of this engineering was an increase in the potato's aminoadipic acid content.
For example, when potatoes were genetically engineered not to show bruising (*).
A side effect of this engineering was an increase in the potato's aminoadipic acid content.
An acid that has been shown to increase the risk of diabetes.
(*)The potato still bruises, it's just that the bruises don't show up because the melanin gene has been suppressed.
(*)The potato still bruises, it's just that the bruises don't show up because the melanin gene has been suppressed.
Genetic engineering also alters the nutritional value of foods which resulted in the GE food containing the same amount of calories with significantly less nutrition and thus high caloric malnutrition which results in many of the metabolic problems that we witenss today.
Americans have been eating GM food for over 20 years and over 80% of their processed food contains GMOs.
GMOs are one of the main reasons why every generation is sicker than the last one.
It is very sad today that avoiding GMOs seems almost impossible.
GMOs are one of the main reasons why every generation is sicker than the last one.
It is very sad today that avoiding GMOs seems almost impossible.
GMOs in reality are an attempt for big food corporations to take total control of our food system (with the help of George W. Bush).
We have also known for decades that GMOs severely damage the immune system in rats.
We have also known for decades that GMOs severely damage the immune system in rats.
In one study the Russian national academy of sciences reported that more than half the babies from mother rats fed GM soy died within three weeks, were smaller (a lot, smaller) and could not reproduce.
Also mice that were fed GM triticale (a grain hybrid) showed enlarged lymph nodes and when goat’s were fed GM soy their milk contained very very small amounts of proteins instead of the typical numbers (from 3-5 gr per 100ml usually depending on the goat).
Since GMOs were introduced into the food supply the rate of chronic health conditions among children in the US increased from 12.8% (in 1994) to 26.6% (in 2006).
(Especially for things like asthma, behavioral and learning problems).
(Especially for things like asthma, behavioral and learning problems).
The majority of GM crops are also “roundup ready” (herbicide resistant) which is glyphosate for the most part, which damages the ecosystems and encourages the development of “super weeds” (weeds that are extremely resistant to glyphosate).
GMOs are one of the reasons allergies are so common nowadays. GE (genetic engineering) can transfer allergens from one food to another.
For example, when a gene from brazil nuts were engineered into soybeans, people allergic to brazil nuts had the same allergy reactions when
For example, when a gene from brazil nuts were engineered into soybeans, people allergic to brazil nuts had the same allergy reactions when
eating this batch of soy products as they would when eating brazil nuts. So GE can “transfer” the allergy you have on a specific food to another food that you consider safe.
GE can also cause new allergic responses since well, you’re consuming something that has never existed
GE can also cause new allergic responses since well, you’re consuming something that has never existed
and your body does not know what to do with it.
GM soy for example can develop 27% higher levels of trypsin-inhibitor (an allergen).
What can you do to avoid GMOs.
#1 Buy local seasonal fruit.
#2 Buy organic if you can afford it.
#3 Look for Non-GMO seal
GM soy for example can develop 27% higher levels of trypsin-inhibitor (an allergen).
What can you do to avoid GMOs.
#1 Buy local seasonal fruit.
#2 Buy organic if you can afford it.
#3 Look for Non-GMO seal
#4 Avoid crops where GE is extremely common ( corn, soybeans, canola, cottonseed, sugar (cane sugar is typically GMO free though), modern grains, bananas and papayas and unfortunately most dairy (*) since they’re likely to be GMO unless they are labeled as No rBGH, rBST, or
artificial hormones).
(*) The term most dairy obviously does not include raw dairy, a few specific types of grass fed cheeses and milk from farms that you know what the animals are fed.
(*) The term most dairy obviously does not include raw dairy, a few specific types of grass fed cheeses and milk from farms that you know what the animals are fed.
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