What are you REALLY Eating?
I
have to admit that in the beginning I was quite a skeptic when a friend (thank
you Jennifer!) told me to look up www.infowars.com
and check out Alex Jone's information on GMO's. Some of you out there may have
already heard of this before and just glanced over it. So let me tell you what
exactly is a GMO and why I feel it is IMPERATIVE for the world's citizens to
understand it as well. It not only affects you, but the futures of your
children and grandchildren. A GMO stands
for Genetically Modified Organisms. Now what does that entail exactly and how
are YOU affected? GMO's are most frequently utilized for crop plants produced
for human and/or animal consumption. To do so, they are using their latest molecular biology "techniques."
Plants are being modified in a laboratory to increase resistance to herbicides
and to supposedly increase nutritional content. The manufacturers of GMO's
counter that they are actually creating numerous benefits such as pest
resistance, cold tolerance, herbicide and disease resistance, and drought
tolerance. While they are busy painting a lovely picture, their genetic
engineering is causing harm to all human and animal life which consume it.
For
years environmental activists, public interest groups, scientists, government
officials, and even religious groups have been fighting against the
manufacturing of GMO's, They argue that while agribusiness is making a fortune
they are in effect neglecting to inform the public about the potential hazards.
When you enter a organic market and a conventional market purchasing the same
type of apple, you will immediately
notice a size and coloration difference between the two. GMO's produce crops
rapidly in half the time it takes for an organic plantation to produce their
own. I hope I am not too presumptuous in my belief that we can all agree that something isn't
quite right about this "process." To generalize the criticisms
against GMO's we have three categories: environmental hazards, human health
risks, and economic concerns. In the debate with environmental hazards we have
three particular issues: gene transfer to non-target species, the growth of
pesticide resistance and effectiveness, and unintended harm to multiple other
organisms. Gene transfer can easily occur through cross pollination which can
be carried easily by wind, animals, humans, and insects. As an example, corn
from field A is a mass crop produced using GMO's. Insects may cross pollinate
from field A to fields B and C, or even a field K in another county. We all can
distinguish the undesired effects of mutations and/ or invading plant or animal
life. Adversely the "benefit" seen by the opposing side is that of
pesticide resistance. Really? Okay, to break it down to an easily understood
scenario...taking a medicine for a prolonged period subsequently affects the
body in building a natural immunity to it. That way the medicine is no longer
beneficial to the taker. Insects themselves can acquire and build immunities
for these so-called pest-resistant crops. Not to mention the negative effect
these GMO's may have on the insect itself...genetic mutation anyone? Oh, I have
another great one for all you health nuts out there that love your
"healthy" soy products. Soybeans and corn are the top two most widely
grown crops making up 82% of all GM crops harvested. I guess this writing also
pertains to you! Allergies caused by GM foods can also pose a huge threat to
the community because they can produce unknown
reactions. Scientists cannot even start to unravel the chief health effects human
and animal life will endure but they have started the investigations. So far
GMO's have been connected to thousands of toxic and allergic reactions, sick,
sterile, and dead livestock, and virtually there is damage to every vital organ
of all lab/test animals. The FDA is continually covering up the cases in which
humans and animal life are harmed with GM food. Check out this link to an
article depicting that very fact:
http://www.saynotogmos.org/ud2005/usept05.html#deadly
http://www.saynotogmos.org/ud2005/usept05.html#deadly
I'll
make it easier on you and write some of the known
effects of consuming a diet consisting of GM food:
- Major organ and liver disease and
inflammations
- Reproductive failure and high infant
mortality rates
- Severe allergic and/or toxic
reactions
- Sterility in males
- Farmers reporting on livestock death
and sterility rates are climbing
- Irritable bowel syndrome and
numerous gastrointestinal issues
- Lengthy list of headaches, lethargy,
nausea, skin rashes, burning and itchy skin, eczema, acne
- Severe weight gain in some cases
- And my favorite: CANCER
Why is cancer my favorite? Because it has
claimed the lives of my mother, my grandmother, my great-grandmother and the
list continues. My mother was an awesome researcher and writer. She would
present new issues to me on a daily basis including GMO's and injected hormones
and even the ingredients in modern day vaccinations. When I was in the USA for
a period of 9 months, I was active, working, and dieting and yet somehow I
still managed to gain 64 whopping pounds from eating SALADS. Since I left the
country I have lost 70 pounds and I now eat regularly and large
portions in a country which does NOT employ the "amazing" workings of
GM foods. Explain that to me? I was lethargic, sick, gaining weight, dizzy, and
my stomach was not properly digesting anything. I know that the salads I was
eating consistently were produced under the influence of GMO's and my body paid
the price. My question to you is, what are you going to do about it? Why does
everyone ignore this red flag and shove it under the proverbial rug? This is
not just about YOU! It is our community, our parents, children, grandparents,
uncles, aunts, cousins, grand-kids, nieces, and nephews and COUNTRY that is
suffering the effects from GMO's! And
buying ORGANIC is not solving the predicament. We still raise the issue of
cross pollination which can occur any time and not every farm will be exempt
from that possibility. Those health risks are detrimental to living out our daily
lives and possibly even claimed the life of someone you loved. It is time to
seek out the knowledge yourself and start asking questions.
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