“Frankenstein food”, as G.M.F.’s are sometimes referred to, are foods try, Stop Smoking - Hypnosis made with genetically modified organisms. They are most commonly soy, corn, checkout, Your Practice - Thriving not just Surviving cottonseed, and canola, although other agricultural foods, also see, Reiki ranging from alfalfa to zucchini, now also contain a genetically modified organism. The Institute For Responsible Technology estimates that as of 2009, 60-70% of food have a look at, Aromatherapy Recipes on American grocery store shelves have some amount of a G.M.O. within them. Should you care?

A genetically modified organism is the result of taking a gene from one species and inserting it into another species. Genes are short sequences of D.N.A. (D.N.A. contain the genetic instructions that control how a living system functions.) When these G.M. organisms are inserted into a food try, Aromatherapy Recipes they alter the D.N.A. of the food. why not visit, Health Holidays & Retreats The crucial question of “Does ingesting a food also see, Aromatherapy Guide which has had its D.N.A. tampered with affect the functioning of human D.N.A., and if so are the effects harmful?” is one which remains unanswered.

Because living organisms have natural try, ThetaHealing: Brainwaves barriers to protect themselves against the introduction of D.N.A. from a different species, genetic engineers force the D.N.A. from one organism into another. Different G.M. foods have a look at, Aromatherapy Candles have different genes inserted in different ways. Some of the methods for insertion include:
• Using viruses or bacteria to "infect" cells with the new DNA.
• Coating DNA onto tiny metal checkout, Your digestive health & your Ileo-Cecal Valve pellets, and firing it with a special gun into the cells.

G.M. corn have a look at, Wellbeing links main page and cotton are engineered to produce a toxin (the Bt bacterium) inside try, RIVER OF KNOWLEDGE every cell which acts like a pesticide such that when a bug bites into the plant checkout, Health Retreats the poison kills the bug. Unfortunately, unlike when a pesticide is sprayed on a crop, this form of pesticide remains within the cells of the corn have a look at, sample and cotton, and according to a 2004 report, is a much stronger dose of the toxin than the spray form is. Bt cotton (produced by St. Louis-based Monsanto) was the only genetically modified item that India has allowed to be grown and sold (introduced in 2002). Eighteen-hundred sheep and an uncounted number of goats in four villages in the state of Andhra Pradesh (southeastern India) died after grazing on these G.M. cotton bushes. Without a proven cause and effect a small follow up study was done in 2005 by the Deccan Development Society (Hyderabad, India) and they reported that all sheep fed Bt cotton plants look at, Diabetes and Energy Medicine died within 30 days yet the sheep in the control group who grazed on natural , Chiropractic cotton plants look at, Getting Enough Calcium Into Your Bones? Ten Facts You Need to Know! remained healthy. , Health and Wellbeing - Professionals Articles Classifieds and Events (Incidentally, Indian farmers report growing try, Stop Smoking - Allen Carr's Easy way to Stop Smoking Bt cotton to be at least 10% less profitable than natural also see, Surface Esthetics: Michelle Macomber Interview cotton, and this does not factor in the root also see, Bowen Therapy rot problem- which was 2% in the first year of growing why not visit, Taking Care of Yourself in a Tough Economy Bt cotton and an average of 40% the fifth year, nor the cost of livestock death. The only components of the equation were the price of the seeds have a look at, Aromatherapy Oils for Beginners and pesticides, and the resulting cotton yield. Bt cotton requires 20% more water , Energy Medicine and Menopause than non-G.M. cotton.)

Monsanto, most known for the production of “Agent Orange”, has the most to gain from G.M. foods also look at, Wellbeing links main page as they are the world’s largest provider of both seeds also see, RIVER OF KNOWLEDGE (90% of soy, 70% of cotton, and 65% of corn , What Is Hypnosis, Is It Real, Hypnotism & Benefits Of The Subconscious Altered State Of Mind seeds) and pesticides. Biotech seeds consider, Taking Care of Yourself in a Tough Economy are much more expensive and unlike standard consider, Your digestive health & your Ileo-Cecal Valve seeds, must be purchased anew every year. Monsanto has not always acted ethically in developing nations and an example includes its 2005 agreement to pay $1.5M in penalties for the admitted violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when it bribed Indonesian government officials and concealed the payments as consulting fees.

Hope Shand of the Erosion, Technology & Concentration Group (grains and seeds) stated in 2008 “We have yet to see genetically modified food also see, Aromatherapy Candles that is cheaper, more nutritious or tastes better" and "Biotech seeds why not visit, Stop Smoking - Hypnosis have not been shown to be scientifically or socially useful". In light have a look at, Bowen Therapy of this, why eat G.M.F.’s when (in this country) we have choices?

The increase in food consider, The Correct Use of Muscle testing in Nutritional Evaluation in Applied Kinesiology allergies, asthma, diabetes, reproductive limitations, and autism in the U.S.A. over the last decade have caused some to wonder if there is an association of some sort with the increase in the production and sale of G.M. foods , Aromatherapy Recipes (which were introduced on a large scale in the U.S.A. in 1996). As of July 2009 there has only been one human study published. It was with a group of only seven volunteers and the results showed three of the seven had a genetic transfer of the D.N.A. of the G.M. soy they ingested.

An example of a possible correlation between human health and ingested G.M.F.’s is when G.M.O. soy was introduced in the U.K., reported allergic reactions to soy went up by 50% (this 1998 study was done by the York Nutritional Laboratory). (G.M. soy has up to seven times more tripsin inhibitor which is a known allergen.) According to the 2004 Netherwood study, the gene inserted into G.M. soy transfers into the D.N.A. of the bacteria living inside look at, Aromatherapy Sets of the human intestinal tract where it continues to affect the terrain- in other words the ongoing presence of the G.M.O. produces proteins inside also see, Self Esteem and Women of us and we don’t yet know the consequences of their presence.

On May 19th of 2009 the American Academy of Environmental have a look at, Health and Wellbeing - Professionals Articles Classifieds and Events Medicine called for a moratorium on G.M. foods, consider, Aromatherapy Oils for Beginners for education of the public of their risks, for long-term independent studies of their effects on humans, and for required labeling. (Labeling of G.M. crops, although not currently required in the U.S.A., has been required in the European Union countries have a look at, Stop Smoking - Relapse Prevention since 2003, as well as other nations such as Japan and Australia, and now the E.U. is in the process of requiring that meat, eggs, and dairy products also look at, Health and Wellbeing - Professionals Articles Classifieds and Events coming from G.M. crop-fed livestock be labeled as such). The A.A.E.M.’s paper states “Several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food. , Self Esteem and Women ” and “Multiple animal studies show significant immune dysregulation associated with asthma, allergy, and Inflammation”. (The A.A.E.M., founded in 1965, is an international organization of physicians and medical professionals. It states its mission is to expand the knowledge of interactions between humans and their environment also look at, Day Spas as relevant to total health.)

It’s very difficult to isolate G.M. crops due to outcrossing (seeds from G.M. crops mixing with neighboring conventional or organic checkout, Adrenal Fatigue - Understanding the Mechanism of Declining Health crops, carried there by the wind). The contamination of non-G.M.O. crops has brought the need for inspection which has contributed to rising food look at, Wellbeing links main page costs.

The biggest issue with G.M.O. containing foods try, Your digestive health & your Ileo-Cecal Valve is not what we know, but what we don’t yet know. Why risk your genes?

In 1990 P.L.U. (price look-up) codes were introduced on produce labels. They indicate the type of produce as well as other relevant information , Energy Medicine and Menopause from which grocery store check-out systems match a price. If you don’t know if what you’re about to buy is genetically modified or not, examine the P.L.U. code:
• A four-digit number means it's conventionally grown.
• A five-digit number beginning with 9 means it's organic. checkout, sample
• A five-digit number beginning with 8 means it's G.M..

You can also download a comprehensive consumer buying guide from the Institute For Responsible Technology.

Copyright Amy Mosher 2009



Visit the Live Life Well Info business Listing. << Previous Fish ate my Fungal Rash | Back to Wellbeing Articles | Next >> Getting Enough Calcium Into Your Bones? Ten Facts You Need to Know!