GMO – Grow More Organic!! BMO Buy More Organic

Genetically modified food SCARES me. The things I have read and blogged about over time really does scare me. Especially SOY and CORN. Let’s talk about Corn first, The scariest part of GM corn is that they use the corn to feed the animals we eat (if you eat meat), and use it to make High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), what I blogged about yesterday. HFCS is in almost every man made food you can buy. Remember, I said to read the label!

“Corn has been modified to create its own insecticide. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)has declared that tons of genetically modified corn has been introduced for human consumption. Monsanto has revealed that half of the US’s sweet corn farms are planted with genetically modified seed. Mice fed with GM corn were discovered to have smaller offspring and fertility problems.

Soy has also been genetically modifiedto resist herbicides. Soy products include soy flour, tofu, soy beverages, soybean oil and other products that may include pastries, baked products and edible oil. Hamsters fed with GM soy were unable to have offspring and suffered a high mortality rate.” (Aurora Geib, naturalnews)

“More than 90 percent of all soybeans grown in the United States are genetically modified (GM) for herbicide resistance and are consequently sprayed with massive quantities of those toxic chemicals. Fully 85 percent of all corn grown in the country is also genetically engineered, either for herbicide resistance or to produce pesticides within its tissues. Since farmers sell their corn and soy to large distributors who mix the product together for processing, this essentially means that 100 percent of non-organic corn and soy products on the US market are GM.

And since soy and corn derivatives are so ubiquitous in packaged food, the Grocery Manufacturers of America has estimated that as much as 80 percent of processed food on US shelvescontains GM ingredients. This includes breakfast cereals and other products labeled “natural” or “all natural..

GM crops are simply unsafe. They expose people to novel and potentially dangerous allergens and to higher levels of pesticides. Animals grazing on GM crops have died from ruptured internal organs. Yet this is the type of food making up 80 percent of packaged food today, and the only way to avoid it is to buy organic food or grow your own.” (by: David Gutierrez, naturalnews)

Again, buying locally, buying organic or growing your own are your best options! GMO, BMO!