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Top Five Ways to Avoid GMOs in Your Food
Top Five Ways to Avoid GMOs in Your Food
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Source: Natural News
Author: Dr. Gregory Damato, Ph.D
Recent polls across the world have consistently shown that, if they had a choice,
90% of people would actively seek to avoid GMOs (genetically modified
organisms) in their food. The large multinational corporations of the world have
gone through extensive measures to ensure the citizens of most nations have no
possible way of knowing whether the food they and their children are eating
contain contaminants of GMOs. The labelling of GMOs on the packaging of any
foods in the US for example, is illegal. For example, if a company like Kellogs
decided to include a full disclosure label on their cereal box that stated, "contains
genetically modified corn" they could be sued by the manufacturer and then face
possible prison time.
This is a very important issue because the democratic process of many nations
has been surreptitiously supplanted by the corporatocracy of the seed company
juggernauts. America has one of the highest levels of GMOs in their food chain
in the western world with up to 85% of its pre-packaged and processed foods
coming from genetic engineering. The people have never asked for GMOs- but
got them anyway. The people then asked that they be properly labeled so they
could avoid them- they were ignored. Therefore, seeing how our health freedom
and well-being is consistently under attack from large multi-national corporations
only seeking to increase profits at the expense of our health, what are we to do?
What we can do is simply try to avoid the GMO contaminants altogether and be
extremely vigilant of how we spend our money and which companies we are
choosing to support. Here are five simple and effective ways to decrease your
contact with untested, toxic and dangerous GMOs.
1.) Buy Locally Produced Food
For now, GMOs are only used by large multinational corporations who buy direct
from large farms. Produce from local mom and pop farmers have yet to become
genetically modified. Purchasing locally grown food supports your local farmers
and your health. Not to worry about GMO tomatoes and potatoes as they have
all been pulled from the market.
2.) Buy Organically Grown Food
For now, the organic certification process is a relatively safe bet to ensure your
food is free of GMOs, although this may not be the case in the future. Help
support global sustainability by purchasing certified organically grown food.
3.) Avoid the Top Four GMO Crops of Soy, Corn, Canola and Cottonseed
This is a bit tricky as most blended oils in North America contain canola and
cottonseed. Whenever you go out to dinner and receive anything fried, you are
most likely consuming GMOs from the oil, not to mention transfat. A way around
this would be to purchase 100% extra virgin olive oil, but be sure to avoid the
term olive oil as most of it is blended with some GMO cottonseed or canola.
Unless it specifically states "Non-GMO" or some derivation on the label, it most
likely contains GMOs.
Likewise, any time you go you consume corn chips, tacos or soy milk, you are
eating GMOs, again unless it specifically states Non-GMO or is organic.
4.) Avoid Artificial Additives and Sweeteners
Most of use are aware of the dangers behind the artificial sweetener and
excitotoxin, aspartame (known as preservative E951), but may not be aware that
it is created using genetic modification. Even the majority of vitamin C (asorbic
Acid) and many B vitamins have been created via genetic modification. A
Japanese company was forced to pull GMO L-Tryptophan off the market in 1989
after thousands of people became severely ill with many developing an extremely
rare blood disorder called, Esinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome (EMS), although the
FDA never publicly mentioned that GMO contamination was the true cause of the
recall.
5.) Look For the Non-GMO Label
This includes all animals used for food because most are typically fed GMO feed.
If it does not state Non-GMO on the label, then email the manufacturer and ask if
they use GMO feed. It is best to attempt to contact all of the manufacturers of the
foods you generally eat on a daily or even weekly basis and determine whether
GMOs ingredients are utilized in the food. You have a fundamental right to know
whether the foods you are consuming have been contaminated with GMOs.
When in doubt always look for the Non-GMO label, and unfortunately assume
that it has been genetically modified unless the opposite have been explicitly
stated.
About the author
Dr. Gregory Damato enjoys a vegan lifestyle and runs a Quantum Biofeedback
clinic treating various clients ranging from autism to cancer. He is currently
authoring a book for parents educating on the many hidden dangers of
vaccines, chemical toxicity in toys, GM foods, the effects of EMFs and EMRs and
ways to combat rising childhood illness and neurological disease by naturally
building immunity, detoxification and nutrition. His goal is to increase global
awareness of the myriad of health issue facing us today and the fact that 100%
of them are preventable and completely reversible.
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Source: Natural News
Author: Dr. Gregory Damato, Ph.D
Recent polls across the world have consistently shown that, if they had a choice,
90% of people would actively seek to avoid GMOs (genetically modified
organisms) in their food. The large multinational corporations of the world have
gone through extensive measures to ensure the citizens of most nations have no
possible way of knowing whether the food they and their children are eating
contain contaminants of GMOs. The labelling of GMOs on the packaging of any
foods in the US for example, is illegal. For example, if a company like Kellogs
decided to include a full disclosure label on their cereal box that stated, "contains
genetically modified corn" they could be sued by the manufacturer and then face
possible prison time.
This is a very important issue because the democratic process of many nations
has been surreptitiously supplanted by the corporatocracy of the seed company
juggernauts. America has one of the highest levels of GMOs in their food chain
in the western world with up to 85% of its pre-packaged and processed foods
coming from genetic engineering. The people have never asked for GMOs- but
got them anyway. The people then asked that they be properly labeled so they
could avoid them- they were ignored. Therefore, seeing how our health freedom
and well-being is consistently under attack from large multi-national corporations
only seeking to increase profits at the expense of our health, what are we to do?
What we can do is simply try to avoid the GMO contaminants altogether and be
extremely vigilant of how we spend our money and which companies we are
choosing to support. Here are five simple and effective ways to decrease your
contact with untested, toxic and dangerous GMOs.
1.) Buy Locally Produced Food
For now, GMOs are only used by large multinational corporations who buy direct
from large farms. Produce from local mom and pop farmers have yet to become
genetically modified. Purchasing locally grown food supports your local farmers
and your health. Not to worry about GMO tomatoes and potatoes as they have
all been pulled from the market.
2.) Buy Organically Grown Food
For now, the organic certification process is a relatively safe bet to ensure your
food is free of GMOs, although this may not be the case in the future. Help
support global sustainability by purchasing certified organically grown food.
3.) Avoid the Top Four GMO Crops of Soy, Corn, Canola and Cottonseed
This is a bit tricky as most blended oils in North America contain canola and
cottonseed. Whenever you go out to dinner and receive anything fried, you are
most likely consuming GMOs from the oil, not to mention transfat. A way around
this would be to purchase 100% extra virgin olive oil, but be sure to avoid the
term olive oil as most of it is blended with some GMO cottonseed or canola.
Unless it specifically states "Non-GMO" or some derivation on the label, it most
likely contains GMOs.
Likewise, any time you go you consume corn chips, tacos or soy milk, you are
eating GMOs, again unless it specifically states Non-GMO or is organic.
4.) Avoid Artificial Additives and Sweeteners
Most of use are aware of the dangers behind the artificial sweetener and
excitotoxin, aspartame (known as preservative E951), but may not be aware that
it is created using genetic modification. Even the majority of vitamin C (asorbic
Acid) and many B vitamins have been created via genetic modification. A
Japanese company was forced to pull GMO L-Tryptophan off the market in 1989
after thousands of people became severely ill with many developing an extremely
rare blood disorder called, Esinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome (EMS), although the
FDA never publicly mentioned that GMO contamination was the true cause of the
recall.
5.) Look For the Non-GMO Label
This includes all animals used for food because most are typically fed GMO feed.
If it does not state Non-GMO on the label, then email the manufacturer and ask if
they use GMO feed. It is best to attempt to contact all of the manufacturers of the
foods you generally eat on a daily or even weekly basis and determine whether
GMOs ingredients are utilized in the food. You have a fundamental right to know
whether the foods you are consuming have been contaminated with GMOs.
When in doubt always look for the Non-GMO label, and unfortunately assume
that it has been genetically modified unless the opposite have been explicitly
stated.
About the author
Dr. Gregory Damato enjoys a vegan lifestyle and runs a Quantum Biofeedback
clinic treating various clients ranging from autism to cancer. He is currently
authoring a book for parents educating on the many hidden dangers of
vaccines, chemical toxicity in toys, GM foods, the effects of EMFs and EMRs and
ways to combat rising childhood illness and neurological disease by naturally
building immunity, detoxification and nutrition. His goal is to increase global
awareness of the myriad of health issue facing us today and the fact that 100%
of them are preventable and completely reversible.