More GMO Information

There was a really good article in the July issue of Natural Awakenings Magazine.  This will be excerpts from the article.

Jeffrey Smith is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology.  He is author of Seeds of Deception.  Smith and his organization campaign for healthier eating in America. 

These are basic things you should know about GMO's that Mr. Smith talked about in the article. 
Genetic engineering is different from traditional crossbreeding.  The six major GMO engineered crops are soy, corn, cotton, canola, sugar beets and alfalfa.  Genetic engineering means a gene from a virus or bacteria was forced into the DNA of the plants.  Derivatives such as soy lecithin, soy protein, high-fructose corn syrup and sugar (unless labeled as cane sugar) are in the vast majority of processed foods.

Many U.S. consumers mistakenly believe that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves GMO crops only after careful study. The FDA claimed it wasn't aware of any significant difference from other food crops and declared safety testing unnecessary.

Monsanto portrays Roundup as a benevolent herbicide. This is a lie.  Glyphosate, its active patented ingredient, alters biochemical pathways in the body.  Scientists have linked glyphosate to numerous diseases and disorders; including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, gluten sensitivity, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, depression, autism and reproductive disorders.  In March, the World Health Organization declared it a probable carcinogen.  I was reading an article recently where glyphosate wrecks the body's ability to heal itself by causing toxicity and nutritional deficiencies.  It also disrupts our gut bacteria as well as causing organ damage.

We can avoid GMO products by eating organic foods.  Organic foods are not allowed to contain GM ingredients.  There is now some zucchini, yellow squash and papaya grown in Hawaii or China that is infected with GM. Any packaged grocery product not labeled "Non-GMO or Organic is likely to contain at least one GMO; this includes meat and dairy products from animals that have eaten GM feed. Check out NonGMOShoppingGuide.com is a reliable resource that lists about 30,000 non-GMO products. The picture above is what you want to look for on products that have been verified as non-GMO.   Post Foods Grape Nuts, Target's Simply Balanced brand, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and Chipotle's restaurant menu are GMO free.  General Mills stopped using GMO beet sugar in Cheerios. 

Now after reading this, can you believe that the U.S. senate just passed a bill to stop the labeling of GMO products!!!! My husband just corrected me, he is not sure if it is the house or the senate.  Makes no difference, they are wanting to pass this bill!!! Why would a human being want to pass a bill that will not protect the American people from this danger?  They have been elected to protect and do what is best for the citizens of this country.   Everyone who voted for this needs to have his sorry ass run out of office.  We have been passive for too long.  You need to call your representative and your senator and if he voted for that bill let him have it!!!!!

If you are not willing to do this for yourself think of your children and grandchildren because they are going to get the brunt of this.  I heard a statistic that in three generations humanity will be completely sterile from GMO foods and I would have to add to that, if humanity is still alive from eating GMO's to get sterile.

As you can tell, this has hit my hot button.  Seeds are sacred and they have been given to us by God. Our food is our medicine and that is how God designed it to be.  This has to be stopped!