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by Michael Snyder
May 22, 2019
from
EndOfTheAmericanDream Website
Every single day, most (North) Americans eagerly gobble down foods that
contain ingredients that have been genetically-modified without ever
considering the consequences.
Most of us (in North
America) simply assume that the
federal government would never allow us to eat
GMOs if they were not
safe.
Unfortunately, it appears that
the federal government has
completely failed us...
The material that I am about to share with you
is deeply disturbing, and after reading this article there is a very
good chance that you will never want to eat genetically-modified
food ever again.
But at this point it is almost impossible to
completely avoid GMOs, because they are in almost everything.
Unless
they are specifically designated "organic", most,
-
corn
-
soy
-
canola
-
sugar beets,
...grown in America today have been
genetically
modified, and almost all packaged foods contain ingredients derived
from at least one of those sources.
We'll get into some
of the potential health effects of eating foods derived from GMO
crops in a moment, but first I want to discuss a new trend that is
potentially even more dangerous.
In recent years,
researchers have been pushing the boundaries of biology in order to
come up with new "plant-based" alternatives to existing food
products.
Essentially, "synthetic biology" is being used "to
create life forms from scratch"…
Impossible,
...are all making their way into
restaurants and on to supermarket shelves, offering consumers a
new generation of plant-based proteins that look, act, and taste
far more like the real thing than ever before.
What consumers
may not realize, however, is that many of these new foods are
made using
synthetic biology, an emerging science that applies
principles of genetic engineering to create life forms from
scratch.
But of course
nobody really knows what the long-term health effects will be once
humans start eating "synthetic proteins" on a massive scale.
And once these
gene-edited organisms start spreading their genetic material in the
wild, it could be a complete and total environmental nightmare...
According to
Rebecca Burgess, these food companies are "not
considering the future of genetic pollution"…
Rebecca
Burgess, the founder of
Fibershed, which last fall produced
a report with
ETC Group on the hazards of clothing made from genetically
modified or synbio-derived materials, questions the efficacy of
methods to keep gene-edited material from getting into the
environment.
"The
concern is that they're using base life forms that grow
rapidly and transfer genes rapidly and they're not
considering the future of genetic pollution."
This is an even
bigger issue in the agricultural world, and at this point "genetic
drift"
has become a global problem…
GMO
contamination is well documented. According to the International
Journal of Food Contamination, almost 400 cases of GMO
contamination occurred between 1997 and 2013 in 63 countries.
Part of the problem is the very nature of nature.
Many plants are
pollinated by insects, birds or wind, allowing pollen from a GMO
plant to move to neighboring fields or into the wild. This
"genetic drift" illustrates the enormous difficulty in
containing GMO technology.
Not only is
genetic drift impossible to prevent, inadequate regulation also
fails to hold seed companies accountable for any resulting
damages and ultimately puts the onus on farmers who have been
the victims of contamination.
We are monkeying
around with life itself, and we really have no idea what the
long-term consequences will look like.
But what we do know
is that a number of scientific studies seem to indicate that GMO
food is not healthy.
According to a
paper released by the American Academy of Environmental Medicine,
animal studies have linked GMO food
with a whole host of health problems…
"Several animal
studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food,"¯
including infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging,
insulin regulation, and changes in major organs and the
gastrointestinal system.
None of us would
willingly sign up for any of those conditions, but that is what we
are potentially doing when we regularly consume food that has been
genetically modified.
For those that are
skeptical, I would like for you to consider what scientists
discovered when they fed genetically-modified soy
to rats…
The experience
of actual GM-fed experimental animals is scary.
When GM soy was
fed to female rats, most of their babies died within three weeks
- compared to a 10% death rate among the control group fed
natural soy. The GM-fed babies were also smaller, and later had
problems getting pregnant.
When male rats
were fed GM soy, their testicles actually changed color - from
the normal pink to dark blue. Mice fed GM soy had altered young
sperm. Even the embryos of GM fed parent mice had significant
changes in their DNA.
Mice fed GM
corn in an Austrian government study had fewer babies, which
were also smaller than normal.
Could this be a
clue as to why there is a "fertility crisis" in the United States
today?
Researchers have
also discovered that livestock experienced similar issues
when they were fed genetically-modified crops…
Reproductive
problems also plague livestock. Investigations in the state of
Haryana, India revealed that most buffalo that ate GM cottonseed
had complications such as premature deliveries, abortions,
infertility, and prolapsed uteruses.
Many calves
died. In the US, about two dozen farmers reported thousands of
pigs became sterile after consuming certain GM corn varieties.
Some had false pregnancies; others gave birth to bags of water.
Cows and bulls
also became infertile when fed the same corn.
If this is what the
hard science is telling us, why in the world are we doing this to
ourselves?
In the end, it all
comes down to greed. Four giant corporations have a virtual monopoly
on the seed market today, and billions of dollars are at stake.
So an enormous
amount of time and energy is spent trying to convince the American
public that there is nothing to be concerned about, and massive
amounts of money is poured into the campaigns of politicians that
support GMO food.
But they can't keep
a lid on the truth forever, and an increasing number of doctors
are starting to speak out…
More and more
doctors are already prescribing GM-free diets.
Dr. Amy Dean,
a Michigan internal medicine specialist, and board member of
AAEM says,
"I strongly
recommend patients eat strictly non-genetically modified
foods."
Ohio allergist
Dr. John Boyles says,
"I used to
test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is
genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell
people never to eat it."
Dr. Jennifer
Armstrong, President of AAEM, says,
"Physicians
are probably seeing the effects in their patients, but need
to know how to ask the right questions."¯
World renowned
biologist Pushpa M. Bhargava goes one step further.
After
reviewing more than 600 scientific journals, he concludes
that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are a major
contributor to the sharply deteriorating health of
Americans.
If you want to live
a long and successful life, you have got to take care of your
health.
And most (North)
Americans
don't even realize that genetically-modified corn has actually been
designed to produce "built-in
pesticide in every cell"…
GM corn and
cotton are engineered to produce their own built-in pesticide in
every cell. When bugs bite the plant, the poison splits open
their stomach and kills them.
Biotech
companies claim that the pesticide, called Bt - produced from
soil bacteria
Bacillus thuringiensis' has a history of safe use,
since organic farmers and others use Bt bacteria spray for
natural insect control.
Genetic engineers insert Bt genes into
corn and cotton, so the plants do the killing.
The Bt-toxin
produced in GM plants, however, is thousands of times more
concentrated than natural Bt spray, is designed to be more
toxic, has properties of an allergen, and unlike the spray,
cannot be washed off the plant.
Do you think that
it is actually safe to eat such "food"?
Sadly, the health
consequences from eating GMO food may not just be temporary.
In fact, one study
found that the effects of eating genetically-modified food could
last for a lot longer
that anyone had anticipated…
The only
published human feeding study revealed what may be the most
dangerous problem from GM foods.
The gene
inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of bacteria living
inside our intestines and continues to function. This means that
long after we stop eating GMOs, we may still have potentially
harmful GM proteins produced continuously inside of us.
Put more
plainly, eating a corn chip produced from Bt corn might
transform our intestinal bacteria into living pesticide
factories, possibly for the rest of our lives.
Personally, I am
going to re-evaluate my own diet, because doing research for this
article has kind of freaked me out.
Most of the
packaged foods that we eat today are not
safe, and it is getting worse with each passing year.
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