Genetically modified food

[YouKnowWho]

My wife starts to throw away all the food in my refrigerator which doesn't labeled "Non-GMO". She also stops using microwave oven. Has this became an issue to you?

[-N-]

Hasn't yet.

What are her reasons?

[Jimbo]

I wonder if the proliferation of GM'd foods is in any way responsible for the (seeming) increases in food allergies/sensitivities. When you genetically modify a crop ... take wheat as an example ... eventually it's not the same as what nature intended it to be.

Three years ago, I had to give up eating things with gluten due to a sensitivity. In the past, I never had any problems eating wheat or gluten products. I know some people that can become seriously ill if they ingest even a tiny amount of gluten, and it isn't psychosomatic. I've also heard that a lot of people with gluten problems never experience symptoms, so never realize they are being adversely affected. I'd never even heard about gluten allergies or sensitivity until just over a decade ago. I have known for decades about people having serious peanut and seafood allergies, though.

[YouKnowWho]

Hasn't yet.

What are her reasons?

She worked out very hard but still could not lose weight. She then got online and found out a lot of information.

[YouKnowWho]

94 percent of the US soybean crop was genetically modified in 2011, according to the USDA.

http://action.greenamerica.org/p/sal...Fczm7AodvWEAUQ

9 GMO Ingredients to Avoid

Because of the prevalence of soy and corn in processed foods, about 30,000 genetically modified food products sit on US grocery store shelves.

Here are the top 9 GM ingredients to watch for:

1. SOY
GM since: 1996
How widespread: 94 percent of the US soybean crop was genetically modified in 2011, according to the USDA.
What to watch for: Soybeans show up in many traditional (i.e. not organic) soy products, such as tofu, soy milk, soy sauce, miso, and tempeh, as well as any product containing the emulsifier lecithin (often derived from soybean oil), such as ice cream and candy.

2. COTTONSEED
GM since: 1996
How widespread: 90 percent of the US cotton crop was genetically modified in 2011, according to the USDA.
What to watch for: The cotton plant, genetically modified to be pest-resistant, produces not only fibers for fabric, but also cottonseed oil, available on US shelves as a standalone product, and also commonly used as an ingredient in margarine, in salad dressings, and as a frying oil for potato chips and other snacks.

3. CORN
GM since: 1996
How widespread: 88 percent of the US corn crop was genetically modified in 2011, according to the USDA.
What to watch for: GM corn can make its way into hundreds of products: breakfast cereals, corn-flour products (tortillas, chips, etc.), corn oil products (mayonnaise, shortening, etc.), and literally anything sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, which covers sweetened fruit drinks, processed cookies and other snacks, yogurts, soups, condiments, and many other products.

4. CANOLA OIL
GM since: 1996
How widespread: 90 percent of the US canola crop was genetically modified in 2010, according to the New York Times
What to watch for: Any canola oil made in the USA. This popular cooking oil, originally derived from rapeseed oil by breeders in Canada (the name is a contraction for “Canadian oil, low acid”) comes from a genetically modified plant that is no longer simply cultivated, but grows wild across the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Canada.

5. U.S. PAPAYA
GM since: 1998
How widespread: 80 percent of the US papaya crop was genetically modified in 2010, according to the New York Times.
What to watch for: All papaya grown in the US. Hawaiian papaya was genetically engineered to withstand the ringspot virus in the late 1990s, with the GM version rapidly taking over the industry. In 2009, the USDA rescinded regulations prohibiting GM papaya on the US mainland; they have since been introduced to Florida plantations.

6. ALFALFA
GM since: In 2005, the USDA deregulated GM alfalfa, though cultivation was later halted in 2007, following lawsuits from the Center for Food Safety and others who demanded a full evaluation of the threats to conventional alfalfa plants, and the emergence of herbicide-resistant weeds. Following a new environmental impact study, the USDA in 2011 again deregulated GM alfalfa, which is grown primarily as feed for dairy and sometimes beef cattle.
How widespread: Data on the re-introduction of GM alfalfa in 2011 will be available from the USDA in July. At present, GM alfalfa is used primarily as hay for cattle. The Monsanto Technology Use Agreement for “Roundup Ready” GM alfalfa forbids its use for sprouts.
What to watch for: It’s difficult to tell from a meat or dairy product whether it is from cows fed GM alfalfa. Look for organic dairy products and organic or 100 percent grassfed meat. An even better option is to go vegetarian or vegan.

7. SUGAR BEETS
GM since: 2005
How widespread: 95 percent of the US sugar-beet crop was genetically modified in 2009, according to the USDA. Around half of the sugar produced in the US comes from sugar beets.
What to watch for: If a non-organic bag of sugar or a product containing conventional sugar as an ingredient does not specify “pure cane sugar,” the sugar is likely a combination of cane sugar and GM sugar beets.

8. MILK
GM since: 1994
How widespread: Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) is a GM synthetic hormone injected into dairy cows to boost milk production. 17 percent of US cows were injected with rBGH in 2007 (most recent figure). Milk from rBGH-treated cows contains elevated levels of Insulin Growth Factor-1, a hormone linked to increased risks for certain cancers.
What to watch for: No label is required for milk from rBGH-treated cows, though many brands of non-treated milk label their containers as such.

9. ASPARTAME
Genetically modified since: 1965
How widespread: Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, is derived from GM microorganisms. It is found in over 6,000 products, including diet sodas.
What to watch for: Avoid anything labeled as containing Nutrasweet, Equal, or aspartame.

[mickey]

Greetings,

YKW: Your wife may be overtraining. Doing so inflames the body, causing increases in cortisol production and and can cause weight gain, as well as muscle breakdown. Have her do a search on this.

High fructose deserves to be in a category of its own. It is not natural.



mickey

[crazychang]

My wife starts to throw away all the food in my refrigerator which doesn't labeled "Non-GMO". She also stops using microwave oven. Has this became an issue to you?

Maybe that's because she is becoming a scientologist or an infowars conspiracist!LOL! Tell her to stop listening to ALex Jones.

Just another attempt by the wretched and evil Nazi German/Russian elites to try and divide and conquer the USA!!

I notice that Germany is trying to ban GMO food - an evil attempt to ruin US and British agriculture, in much the same way the carbon-dioxide conspiracies were an attempt to destroy to US oil and coal industries by the big bad Germans.

GMO food is about as bad as vaccination - it isn't a eugenics conspiracy, or a secret agenda to give you cancer!

Don't make the same mistake of Little Red riding hood who mistook the big bad wolf for a little old lady!

[Syn7]

A: Equating Russians and Nazis is disingenuous at best. It shows a complete lack of understanding of the two. Not to mention that, like all places, you can't cram the whole population under one umbrella term. It's nuanced, not black and white.

B: People who don't vaccinate are retards. I find it amazing that one thoroughly discredited "study" has gained so much ground. Even measles are making a come back now because of these disinformed selfish halfwitts.

Just for agruments sake, let's pretend vaccines did cause autism in 1 in every 100 kids like people seem to want to believe(a point I do NOT concede). Do you know what the child mortality rate due to these illnesses was before vaccines?

Critical thinking, it's a good thing.

That is all.

[crazychang]

well I think most people have read about the Nazi war in Russia (not to mention WW1) so its pretty safe to say they are historic enemies. But that's not what I'm talking about. History has never stopped countries from forming strange alliances. Germany is Russia closest ally in the EU.

Henry Kissenger was conspiratorial, the nazi's who took of their uniforms and joined the post-nazi German government/secret service were conspiratorial, an ex KGB leader is bound to be conspiratorial.

Human vaccination would have to be one of the greatest human inventions.

Sadly the environmental/anti-gmo is being infiltrated by scientology.

[Syn7]

Everyone dabbled in "ex" nazis. Who do you think put Americans on the moon.

[crazychang]

Everyone dabbled in "ex" nazis. Who do you think put Americans on the moon.

I've heard of operation paper clip, but that area is sort of apart of nwo order conspiracies. You know, nazis were elite scientists occultists, who basically built america.

I think a lot is owed to Jewish and American scientists even though they (germans) made a contribution. Jewish scienrtists were the avantguard.

The scientific architect behind the Russian launch into space was Russian not German.

At the end of the day, the major technological achievements in war go back to britain: radar, warships, machine guns, missiles, tanks, aircraft carriers, fighter planes.

the nazis made inroads into jet engines, but they had a lot of help from their Jewish brethren!

Jim Marrs (the conspiracy theorist who writes about nazi technology) believes that the moon is a giant rock that was sent into space by humans.

The Us government has admitted that recruiting Nazis officials intelligence after world war 2 was a total disaster for the country.

I don't dislike Germany, I just despise 'European' nationalism.

[crazychang]

more of a concern to the anti-gmo movement, is the conspiracy theorists fringe (not the scientologists but they are connected).

I noticed that the Canadian martial artist Jala merhi is producing a nwo/conspiracy theory show, with an almost pathological hatred for the obama gov!

It has infiltrated heavy metal, rap music, business/gov and now the martial arts world!

[crazychang]

Everyone dabbled in "ex" nazis. Who do you think put Americans on the moon.

I've heard of operation paper clip, but that area is sort of apart of nwo order conspiracies. You know, nazis were elite scientists occultists, who basically built america.

I think a lot is owed to Jewish and American scientists even though they (germans) made a contribution. Jewish scienrtists were the avantguard.

The scientific architect behind the Russian launch into space was Russian not German.

At the end of the day, the major technological achievements in war go back to britain: radar, warships, machine guns, missiles, tanks, aircraft carriers, fighter planes.

the nazis made inroads into jet engines, but they had a lot of help from their Jewish brethren!

Jim Marrs (the conspiracy theorist who writes about nazi technology) believes that the moon is a giant rock that was sent into space by humans.

The Us government has admitted that recruiting Nazis officials intelligence after world war 2 was a total disaster for the country.

I don't dislike Germany, I just despise 'European' nationalism.