There is so much research going on and we are bombarded with healthy eating advice left, right and centre; it’s difficult to know you are making the right decision about what you eat.
Prince Charles is warning of the potential ‘disaster’ of GM farming, but GM foods may be the saviour of the third world. Researchers say organic food has no extra health benefits but it clearly takes less chemicals to produce it. Conventional food production methods offer cheaper choices but may be full of pesticides and chemicals. What on earth are you supposed to choose?
Knowledge is power and you need to know the facts in order to make an educated decision. People have all sorts of ideas as to what is best and why. This video from the International Food Information Council, takes a humorous look at consumer opinion (in the US) about food production methods.
Click here to watch the "What’s for Lunch?" video
Benefits of all methods are apparent (although I will not eat any GM until there’s about 30 years worth of research!), so it may not be a question of either/or, it’s more like a question of how is it produced and is there research to prove it’s harmless to me and the environment?
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MO Food - The Greatest Threat in the History of Western Civilization
Jeff Smith’s book, Seeds of Deception, compiles 20 years of data on the health risks of genetically modified foods from scientists such as Arpad Pusztai and Trudy Netherwood who reported that feeding GMO food to laboratory animals resulted in thousands of sick, sterile and dead laboratory animals. The book also reports on allergic reactions and toxicity in humans from GMO foods.
While American consumers remain oblivious, GMO Foods have been introduced into the US food supply without safety testing or even labeling. Already 70% of our US food supply is GMO, affecting corn, soy, cotton seed oil and canola oil.
The follwing countries have banned GMO Food: Algeria, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Japan, Phillipines, The European Union, Norway, Austria, Germany United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Brazil, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand.
The British Medical Association has asked for a moratorium on GMO foods.
To Read More…..
Genetically Modified GMO Food, the Great Scandal by Jeffrey Dach MD
http://jeffreydach.com/2008/08/14/genetically-modified-gmo-food-the-great-scandal-by-jeffrey-dach-md.aspx
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I wondered if you would like to enter a competition to raise awareness about the importance of real food - that is, not food processed out of its natural existence!
The details are here at my food blog
http://realfoodlover.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/our-daily-bread-blog-competition/
The prize is a copy of the DVD, Our Daily Bread, an award-winning documentary revealing the truth about intensive farming and industrialised food. Deadline - 8 October 2008.
Look forward to hearing from you, Elisabeth
PS I am very anti-GM. GM is about profiteering not food. All the science so far shows that GM is has unintended consequences for our health and the environment. Check out http://www.soilassociation.org/gm and of course the wonderful GM Watch.
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