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What do you know about GMO’s (genetically modified organisms)? If not much, and if you aren’t taking steps to avoid them, use this week to educate yourself. October 2nd-8th is “GMO Awareness Week”.

Something I heard in a movie I watched this week really got to me. It was in (I believe) Congressional debates on GMO labeling, and I believe it was someone from the FDA (yes, I need to go back and get my details done pat) that said they don’t have to disclose genetic engineering on the labels because it isn’t an ingredient; it’s a process. And processes don’t have to be disclosed. If you don’t like it, buy organic and pay a ton more. – How arrogant – and controlling. They know if GMO’s were labeled many would reject them.

GMO’s are dangerous “foods” created by man – or rather a perversion by man of God-given foods. Once again man thinks he is god and can do better than God. And cares not how many lives are destroyed in the process. (I fault the huge chemical companies here for this. Many independent farmers probably are not in this category, they just believe they need to use the GMO’s to provide enough affordable food. And many aren’t convinced this is dangerous and a high health price to pay. I pray they wouldn’t trust these god-players and truly look at what is being done.)

These new perversions of food are all around us. Without labeling you have no idea that you are consuming them. And if you aren’t buying organic, you almost surely are. 90% of all major crops grown in the US are GMO. 80% of the foods in the grocery store contain corn, soy, canola, and sugar beet that have been genetically engineered. Only by buying organic can you know your food has not been genetically engineered.

This fresh produce labeling guide looks helpful. The problem is they don’t HAVE to use it. If you see the  5-digit code beginning with the 8, you know it’s GMO. I’ve never seen it. If you see the code beginning with 9, you know it’s organic. That one they are happy to label.

* A conventionally grown product carries a 4-digit PLU code (Ex: conventionally grown banana: 4011)

* An organic product carries a 5-digit code, starting with the number 9: (Ex: organic banana: 94011)
* A genetically engineered (GE or GMO) product has a 5-digit code, starting with the number 8: (Ex: GE banana: 84011)

Begin your GMO Awareness by reading our past posts on GMO’s:

GMOs Affecting You?

No More Organics?

 GMO’s – What Can You Do?

GMO Salmon & the FDA 

 GMO’s & Cross Pollination

 GMO’s & Allergies

Food – Exposed

More on GMO’s II

More on GMO’s I

No GMO

Later this week I’ll give links to some great videos you can watch about GMO’s. Also check out Dr. Mercola’s website, where he’ll be highlighting GMO’s this week, and has several past articles.

“You might think that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) don’t affect you. But in fact, up to 90 percent of all major U.S. grown crops are grown with genetically engineered seed, and can be used in human and animal foods without any safety testing or labeling.

This includes GM corn, soybeans, canola, and sugar beets, which have made their way into approximately 80 percent of current U.S. grocery store items.

If you’re not buying organically produced foods (or growing your own food), then you’re probably eating genetically modified ingredients in most of the processed foods you’re consuming.”

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“GMOs may be the greatest health disaster in the American diet. (By the way, remember that while fructose is toxic to your body in and of itself, the vast majority of fructose you consume is in the form of high fructose corn syrup, much of which comes from GM corn!)

Within the first nine years of the introduction of GM crops in 1996, multiple chronic illnesses jumped from 7 percent to 13 percent of the population, food allergies doubled in less time, and many other ailments have been on the rise ever since. Millions may already be suffering health problems caused by genetically modified foods and they just don’t know it.

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine has urged doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets for all patients, citing animal studies that show how GMOs cause disorders such as vital organ damage, gastrointestinal and immune system problems, accelerated aging, infertility, and dysfunctional regulation of insulin and cholesterol. Unfortunately, few doctors are paying attention and following this advice…

Again, you simply must take control of your own health, and take it upon yourself to ensure you’re not unwittingly destroying your and your family’s health with every bite.”

source Mercola.com – read the rest of the article

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The takeover of crop seeds by the big 5 are making it harder and harder for those that want to raise organic foods to do so. More on GMO’s —

At this point, a mere FIVE companies – biotechnology companies at that — own the vast majority of all worldwide seeds. The enormous ramifications of this should be fairly obvious.

Genetically modified (GM) seeds, particularly corn and soy, have already taken over in many areas of the world, effectively eliminating the use of conventional and “heirloom” seeds, and along with them, the ancient, sustainable farming practices that produces healthful food.

For example, in the US, as of 2009 genetically modified (GM) soybeans accounted for 91 percent of the soybean market. Eighty-five percent of all corn grown was GM, as well as 88 percent of all cotton.

Many pro-GM crop fanatics argue that genetically engineered (GM) crops are superior in a number of ways, but evidence to the contrary is all around us…

read the rest of the article at Mercola.com

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This video concludes the interview of Jeffrey Smith by Kevin Gianni of the Renegade Health Show, discussing Genetically Modified foods. The other sections of this interview were posted over the last couple weeks.

Jeffrey Smith is the author of a couple of excellent books on GMO’s. Visit his website for more info on GMO’s. Visit Kevin’s website for daily videos on health. Get the Shop No GMO app for your Apple iPod or iPhone.

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Continuing the interview of Jeffrey Smith by Kevin Gianni, this section discusses the GMO Salmon and the FDA. See other sections of the interview in the posts over the last week and tomorrow.

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Continuing the series of videos of the interview with Jeffery Smith by Kevin Gianni, on Genetically Modified foods. Today’s section covers the issue of cross-pollination into non-GMO crops. See the first 3 parts of this series in yesterday’s and last week’s posts – and the rest yet to come this week.

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Are GMO’s causing your allergies? This is the question tackled in this section of the video interview of Jeffrey Smith by Kevin Gianni. See more of this interview in last week’s post, and the rest of this week’s.

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Did you know this?

GMO’s aren’t the only problem. This video hits GMO’s and other additives.

See Part 2 of this video on Saturday.

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Part 2 of an interview with Jeffrey Smith (by Kevin Gianni) on GMO’s and how they turn your gut into a pesticide factory . See Part 1 on how GMO’s got on the market, in yesterday’s post. And other food source info tomorrow and Saturday.

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Do you know if you’re consuming Genetically Modified foods? 65% say they haven’t, another 15% doesn’t know. That 65% is (most likely everyone of them) wrong. If you aren’t informed, and don’t make conscious choices against them, you most likely are consuming them too. If you’ve eaten any foods (that are not organic, and labeled NO GMO’s) that contain, in any form, corn, soy, sugar beets, cottonseed or canola oil you’ve eaten GMO’s, and mostly likely eat them many times a day.

Part 1 of an interview with Jeffrey Smith(by Kevin Gianni) on Genetically Modified/Engineered Foods and how they got on the market is below. Watch for Part 2 tomorrow.

Organic, whole, living foods are no longer just a fringe choice. They are God’s foods for sustenance of His creation and the only real foods we should be eating. For our health and for future generations.

All the rest of this week we will be sharing more videos on our food sources.

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