Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

Addiction #09 – Freedom from GMO’s
One of the more disturbing trends of the last few years has been not only the distribution
of dangerously addictive foods, but also the manufacture of them as well.
For those of you who are not yet aware, “GMO’s” (which stands for “genetically
modified organisms”) are plants or animals that are engineered using gene splicing
technology, which artificially merges strands of DNA from different species. This
process creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacterial and viral genes that do
not occur naturally. Virtually all commercial GMO’s are engineered to withstand the
direct application of herbicides &/or to produce an internal insecticide.
Despite biotech industry promises, none of the GMO strains currently on the market offer
increased yield, drought tolerance, enhanced nutrition, or any other benefit to consumers.
In nearly dozens of countries around the world (including Australia, Japan, and all of the
countries in the European Union), there are significant restrictions or outright bans on the
production and sale of GMO’s … In the U.S., on the other hand, the government has not
only approved GMO’s (based on studies conducted by the same corporations that profit
from their sale), but often subsidizes their production.
If these foods weren’t so prevalent, this wouldn’t be a big deal, and yet it has been
consistently estimated that GMO’s are found in as much as 80% of the conventional
processed foods in American grocery stores … that’s 80%!
And yet this realization still begs some question: Why are GMO’s unhealthy?
Consider the following …
*GMO studies of animals show that genetically modified foods cause organ damage,
gastrointestinal and immune system disorders, accelerated aging, and infertility.
*A multitude of health problems intensified in the United States after the introduction of
GMO’s in 1996. The percentage of Americans with three or more chronic illnesses
jumped from 7% to 13% in just 9 years; food allergies skyrocketed, and disorders such as
autism, reproductive disorders, digestive problems, and others are still on the rise.
*Most GMO crops are engineered to be “herbicide tolerant”. Monsanto (the company
responsible for the GMO contamination of almost all the soybeans produced in the U.S.)
sells crops designed to survive applications of its own highly toxic Roundup herbicide …
The problem? Overuse of Roundup results in the mutation of “superweeds” that are
resistant to the herbicide, a development that is encouraging farmers to use more & more
toxic herbicides every year. And it logically follows that GMO foods contain higher
residues of these toxic chemicals. Roundup herbicide alone has been shown to cause
birth defects in amphibians, embryonic deaths and endocrine disruptions, and organ
damage in animals even at very low doses, and has been linked with sterility, hormone
disruption, birth defects, and cancer in humans.
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