Food Discussion : The Hidden Dangers of Genetically Engineered "Frankenfoods!" (GMO FOODS)

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Screw The Activists, We Need A Scientific Approach To Regulating GMOs


Government regulation should be based on science, precedent and maybe even a bit of common sense, but when it comes to the oversight of food, the landscape has become an ideological quagmire. Controversies rage about what qualifies as “natural,” whether foods produced from organisms modified with modern techniques of genetic engineering (sometimes called “genetically modified organisms,” or “GMOs”) should be labeled as such, and more ...

A demonstrator holds a poster during a World March Against Monsanto event in Lisbon Saturday, May 23, 2015. . (AP Photo/Armando Franca)


http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymi...-scientific-approach-to-agbiotech-regulation/


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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Why It Matters That GMO and Organic Foods Share This Secret


... Big Ag and organic companies alike know that an expert seal of approval can help put consumers at ease—or make them all the more wary. That’s why companies from both sides of the aisle are enlisting third-party experts to speak on their behalf, according to public emails between academics and food companies obtained by The New York Times.

These professors and scientists aren’t exactly on the company payroll, but they receive research funding, and they travel all over the country to speak at workshops, science centers, and lobbying events, either championing GMOs or demanding labels ...


http://news.yahoo.com/why-matters-gmo-organic-foods-share-secret-204413065.html

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[Liberty]

Thank you for these diet/nutrition threads. I love them. The more I read, the less I know.

From this thread I caught a link about the problems with soy products. My Aunt had warned me that there was a problem with eating too many soy products, but she didn't know any more than that. We use a lot of Soy Milk in our house. According the article from the link, it's the GMO's in the soy products that are problematic. So I can have my Soy, as long as it is organic.'

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

Thank you for these diet/nutrition threads. I love them. The more I read, the less I know.

From this thread I caught a link about the problems with soy products. My Aunt had warned me that there was a problem with eating too many soy products, but she didn't know any more than that. We use a lot of Soy Milk in our house. According the article from the link, it's the GMO's in the soy products that are problematic. So I can have my Soy, as long as it is organic.'

Not a problem Liberty, no, not at all, yvw. On soy, your Auntie is correct and informed ...

THE DANGERS OF SOY
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If you follow what the government and food industry tells you like a broken record, you probably still believe that soy has some health benefits and that it’s a good idea to consume at least some. After all, what could be bad about the innocent soy milk or tasteless tofu?

Everything is wrong about it and we’ve been fed a bunch of lies. You have to consider the fact that all that you think you know about soy is the result of careful marketing over years and years that worked so well that everybody is now convinced that it’s a super-food that could feed the world and save the environment. If you head over to your local health food store, you’ll find that almost every packaged product is soy based. Most other products there are grain based, which renders those stores a place where vegetarians go to ruin their health, but this is a whole other story.

http://paleoleap.com/dangers-soy/
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[Liberty]

Not a problem Liberty, no, not at all, yvw. On soy, your Auntie is correct and informed ...

THE DANGERS OF SOY
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If you follow what the government and food industry tells you like a broken record, you probably still believe that soy has some health benefits and that it’s a good idea to consume at least some. After all, what could be bad about the innocent soy milk or tasteless tofu?

Everything is wrong about it and we’ve been fed a bunch of lies. You have to consider the fact that all that you think you know about soy is the result of careful marketing over years and years that worked so well that everybody is now convinced that it’s a super-food that could feed the world and save the environment. If you head over to your local health food store, you’ll find that almost every packaged product is soy based. Most other products there are grain based, which renders those stores a place where vegetarians go to ruin their health, but this is a whole other story.

http://paleoleap.com/dangers-soy/
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Yep. Even the word "Super-Food" is nothing but a marketing tool. It has no scientific or medical basis. Every year there is another fruit or that these foods are nutritious... but they are not any more nutritious than other fruits and vegetables.

*hanging my head in shame*

I confess.... I spend a ton of money every week at Whole Paycheck, oh, I mean, Whole Foods.

Just one example... For the Silk Vanilla Soy Milk, Whole Foods charges $2.66 more than Krogers. But, Krogers is limited in their supply of organic foods, and health foods.