Mark Schapiro
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 Shortly afterward, another troop of voluntary harvesters broke into a Monsanto factory in southwest France, where they sought out gmo samples to "render them unusable." Dozens of attacks on gmo test plots marked the harvest season of 2006.2 And though the French and European public generally is divided on those aggressive tactics, they are not divided on the targets of the farmers' ire: two-thirds to three-quarters of European consumers have consistently shown in public opinion polls an unwillingness to purchase any food products made with genetically engineered ingredients. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| In 2006, United States gmo crops reached just shy of 135 million
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< While enhanced nutrients and built-in pest resistance may seem to be a step in the right direction, in actuality the foreseeable future for GMOs is alarming. Scientists are bioengineering plants to manufacture pharmaceutical compounds (a technique known as "pharming"), trees which yield fruit and nuts much earlier in the season than they would naturally, plants that produce new kinds of plastics, and fish that reproduce more rapidly. |
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| Ask them to stop buying gmo foods and to replace them with organic or 1 00% natural, toxin free foods.
• For an extensive list of foods ^nd brands containing GMO's, visit www.truefoodnow.org
"So, wait just a second," you might be thinking, "aren't raw foods supposed to be beneficial to our health? If we can't count on raw fruits and vegetables to be pure sources of nutrition, how are we supposed to obtain the energy necessary for life?"
The answer lies in choosing organically grown or locally grown (farmer's market) foods. |
| How to Eliminate Toxins from gmo FOODS
• Buy organic foods! Organic foods are grown naturally, without using genetic modification.
• When eating soy, use organic fermented sources such as natto (fermented soybeans), tempeh, miso, tamari, or tofu. If soy is not labeled "organic", it is most likely genetically modified.
• Avoid canola oil and cottonseed oil. Make sure you read ingredient lists to ensure these oils were not used for food processing. Replace them with organic sources of virgin
How to Eliminate Toxins from gmo FOODS (contd. |
Jeremy P. Tarcher
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 We learned later that the Swiss giant Novartis, at the time one of the world's biggest producers of gmo seeds, banned them from its own food brands.
"Remember, this was in the aftermath of the first mad cow disease scare and HIV contaminations in French blood supplies. The French were saying, 'You said to trust you once, trust you twice. Not a third time.'
"We won a great victory," Bruno says, smiling. "Eighty percent of human food products in France are now GMO-free; the only country left in Europe cultivating GMOs is Spain. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Too many gmo soybeans, bad environmental impact and some possible undesirable estrogen effects. The isoflavones are good for preventing cancer, however.
Processed cow's milk: It's just gross. Homogenized, pasteurized, milked from unhealthy cows and containing alarmingly high levels of pus, this liquid is nothing less than frightening. Flee it.
Raw cow's milk (organic): This is an acceptable dairy beverage. If it's from healthy cows treated with kindness and good nutrition, this raw beverage is far better than processed cow's milk. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's an insult to the consumer, too, but it's also par for the course when it comes to food safety: The FDA, after all, insists that both irradiated foods and gmo foods should not be labeled as such because the labels might "confuse consumers." That's right: Too much information is dangerous to consumers! Knowledge might cause them to make the wrong purchasing decision!
As a consumer, I've never felt so insulted in my entire life. Except, perhaps, for the one time a radio show host accidentally called me a doctor. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 The European Commission privately expresses concerns about EFSA and gmo assessments while publicly touting product safety
Friends of the Earth The WTO [World Trade Organization] documents obtained by Friends of the Earth, Europe and Greenpeace show that the commission fully appreciates the extent of the uncertainties and gaps in knowledge that exist in relation to the safety of GM crops. However, the commission normally keeps this uncertainty concealed from the public whilst presenting its decisions about the safety of GM crops and foods as being certain and scientifically based.... |
| In April 2004, the EFSA gmo Panel published a scientific opinion on the use of ARMs. But the ENTRANSFOOD project had also looked at this issue, and a paper was submitted to a scientific journal in November 2003. Astonishingly, the assessments of antibiotic resistance markers by the two groups were virtually identical, in places even down to the wording... |
| Since it had been assumed that HGT is rare in other kingdoms or between kingdoms, its consequences were not considered as part of gmo risk assessments. New information shows that not only do transgenes jump from GM crops to gut and soil bacteria, but the way they are constructed might actually facilitate gene transfer. Had this been known before, the current generation of GM crops might never have been approved. Nonetheless, assessments and regulations have still not been updated to adequately deal with this confirmed risk. |
| Ann Clark Regarding Canadian gmo approvals: "No laboratory or feeding trial measurement of toxicity is presented in 70% (28 of 40) of the available crop Decisions. . . . The issue of potential toxicity in all canola and cotton crops is dealt with by assuming that a) all human exposure to GM plant toxins will occur only through consumption of oil, b) toxicity risk derives solely from proteinaceous material, and because c) all proteinaceous material is removed in the process of refining the oil, therefore, d) there is no risk, and hence, no need for testing. |
| They are also called GEOs, for genetically engineered organisms. If a gmo is used for food or to produce GM proteins used in food, the ingested product is called GM food. Biotechnology refers to a broad set of technologies, which include genetic engineering. For convenience, however, we use the term biotech companies specifically to refer to agricultural biotechnology companies that develop and promote GM crops and GM food.
HT refers to herbicide tolerance. HT GM crops are given a trait allowing them to inactivate a particular herbicide and survive its application. |
| Finally, promoting genetic engineering as a solution to world hunger diverts much needed research dollars into expensive gmo development and away from more appropriate technologies. Hans Herren, director of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, says, "What Africa most needs is investment in 'soft' biotechnologies such as alternative natural pesticides."22
Miguel A. Altieri "Agricultural biotechnology innovations (i.e., Bt crops and herbicide resistant crops) are profit-driven rather than need-driven. |
Carlo Petrini
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 Some kinds of gmo (especially corn) are highly contaminant of conventional crops: they invade other fields and spread throughout the environment. GMOs are the "perfect" product of the agricultural industry, the pinnacle reached in the quest for the "perfect variety": more resistant, more productive, the ideal monoculture. |
Mark Schapiro
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| Dozens of attacks on gmo test plots marked the harvest season of 2006.2 And though the French and European public generally is divided on those aggressive tactics, they are not divided on the targets of the farmers' ire: two-thirds to three-quarters of European consumers have consistently shown in public opinion polls an unwillingness to purchase any food products made with genetically engineered ingredients. The French farmers are afraid not only that their seed lines might be "contaminated" by new genetic material, but that if it happens their markets will collapse. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Replace them with organic sources of virgin
How to Eliminate Toxins from gmo FOODS (contd.) coconut oil, olive oil, or grapeseed oil, available from markets specializing in organic and whole foods.
• Corn and popcorn are usually genetically modified. Use organic varieties only.
• Zucchini and yellow squash are now being genetically modified for color and size. Use organic or locally grown sources.
• Avoid all products containing Aspartame as it is genetically modified and extremely toxic.
• Most meat and dairy products come from animals fed genetically modified feed. |
| For an extensive list of foods ^nd brands containing GMO's, visit www.truefoodnow.org
"So, wait just a second," you might be thinking, "aren't raw foods supposed to be beneficial to our health? If we can't count on raw fruits and vegetables to be pure sources of nutrition, how are we supposed to obtain the energy necessary for life?"
The answer lies in choosing organically grown or locally grown (farmer's market) foods. Even better, you should grow your own food organically in a backyard garden, provided you don't live near sources of pollution such as refineries, heavy industry, or freeways. |
Mark Schapiro
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| The battle over Europe's gmo policy was really the first great transatlantic environmental fight. That policy was sketched out in the European Parliament, which devised a strategy for halting the spread of the new technology until its effects on the environment and human health could be more thoroughly understood. In 1998, a temporary moratorium was declared on the imports of any food or seeds containing genetically modified ingredients, so scientists could pursue further study. |
| In September 2006, the WTO issued its decision: the EU's moratorium on gmo imports amounted to a blanket ban on products from other countries; it was an illegal barrier to trade.13 The WTO's decision found that the Europeans could block the import of an entire class of products without risk assessment of individual varieties. But by the time the case was decided against Europe, the ban that the WTO ruled against was no longer in place. |
| In addition to the European Union, more than thirty countries, including Japan (which has even tougher standards than Europe), have imposed tight restrictions on the import of gmo crops. When a food crisis swept southern Africa, two of the countries hardest hit—Zambia and Zimbabwe— refused the U.S. offer of corn and soybean donations out of fear they would introduce genetically engineered material into their own agriculture (and thus, also, eliminate them forever from contention as future exporters to Europe). In 2005, the African Union expressed resistance to a U.S. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 They are not used, however, in the Rainbow Green World Cuisine because soy is difficult for the body to process and the products are likely to be contaminated by gmo crops. It has also been shown that during the heat of processing (yes, all soy products are cooked) of these products there is a formation of naturally occurring MSG.
Food Preparation Equipment
High-quality food preparation equipment is essential for optimizing the health-giving properties of the recipes in this book. |
Mark Sircus
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 Genetically Engineered Food Biotech, Biotechnology, gmo, Genetically Modified (www.organicconsumers.org/gelink.html)
29 Health Hazards of Genetically Manipulated Foods; www.soyinfo.com/haz/gehaz. shtml
30 Dr. Irina Ermakova added flour from a GM soya bean - produced by Monsanto to be resistant to its pesticide, Roundup - to the food of female rats, starting two weeks before they conceived, continuing through pregnancy, birth and nursing. Others were given non-GM soya and a third group was given no soya at all. |
Mark Schapiro
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| Half of the gmo fields in France were destroyed by similar actions in 2005. Hundreds had been arrested and sentenced to prison terms and fines.
Two days later, the forty-nine preventive harvesters were arrested by local police. The arrests were not unanticipated; members of the group did little to hide their identity. All were charged at a regional court in the city of Orleans with criminal trespassing and the destruction of private property. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
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 Another question that may be raised here is whether or not genetically engineered foods (also referred to as genetically modified organisms or GMO's) would be defined as food. In my opinion, based on the preliminary findings that are emerging, I do not personally consider them to be real food or a wise choice for consumption. There are a variety of problems surfacing regarding these substances; the inability to contain them and allergic reactions being just two of them. Mother Nature rules when it comes to the food we eat. |
Byron J. Richards
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 Steers raised on grass are eating their traditional diet, and the fat in their meat is quite different from the corn-fed (oftentimes gmo corn) fast-food variety. Steers have special stomachs that convert grass into useful proteins and can modify fats contained naturally in the grass. One thing grass-eaters do is make CLA (conjugated linolenic acid), an important nutrient that supports healthy metabolism. Grass-eaters also concentrate omega-3 oils in their fat, especially the important DHA which is friendly to the heart and vital for brain function. |
Doris J. Rapp, M.D.
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 GMO Food Contamination Is Forever" www.mercola.com/2002/aug/ 10/gmo crops.htm
12b "All Hail the Corn! Or Should We?" http:// www.mercola.com/2002/aug/10/corn.htm. 13a Memo, "In Support of Requiring Milk From Cows Treated With BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone) To Be Labeled." http://nys.greens.org/ge/ memos.htm
13b Sympatico, Joseph, et al., "Genetically Manipulated Food News." http://www.Home.intekom.com/tm_info/rwl0101.htm -68k., Jan. 2001.
13c Kccler, Barbara and Shirley Watson, D.C., "Genetically-Engineered Foods: How It Is Done, What Are The Risks." Rense.com. Published: September 24, 2000. |
KC Craichy
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 An ABC news poll found that 92 percent of Americans want mandatory gmo labeling on foods.10 Many labels, especially in health food stores, are now making it a point to let us know that the foods we are purchasing have no genetically modified organisms in them.
EASY SOLUTIONS TO SAFER FOODS
¦ Eat only whole, natural organic foods. Organic foods by definition must be free from all GM organisms and produced without artificial pesticides and fertilizers and from an animal reared without the routine use of antibiotics, growrh promoters, or other drugs. |
Jeremy P. Tarcher
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| In one of the few early research studies on the effects of consuming gmo foods, Dr. Arpad Pusztai—who had considered himself an enthusiastic supporter of gene technology—was surprised when rats fed his genetically modified potatoes developed smaller livers, hearts, and brains, and when their immune-system organs such as the spleen and thymus were affected, too. And why haven't you heard about Dr. Pusztai's findings? He worked at the respected Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, and in a television interview in 1998 he expressed concern about insufficient safety testing of GMOs. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Soy is generally gmo, right? I want to avoid that, so I buy the organic chocolate for those, even though it's a non-organic blend, to ensure that there is no genetically modified lecithin used in my bar. So that's one principle. There are also no hydrogenated or trans fats and no refined sugar. They're held together either with honey, rice syrup or agave syrup.
Mike: That's wonderful. You use agave; that's nice to hear.
Shamai: What else is not in there? The fruit is unsulfured. It's also a soy-free line. |
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