The GMO Food Guide

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beccasnow19952005 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:09:28 GMT

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine: "GM foods pose a serious health risk." The AAEM paper also notes, "Multiple animal studies have shown that GM foods cause damage to various organ systems in the body."

"Physicians are probably seeing the effects in their patients, but need to know how to ask the right questions," the study suggested. Because GM foods are not identified it is impossible to match a person's consumption to any symptoms of illness.

After noting that GM foods cause damage to human organ systems the AAEM doctors’ association specifically connects, “infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen, and gastrointestinal system” as possible effects of consuming GM foods.

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beccasnow19952005 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:01:55 GMT

Not everyone consumes milk, but we've had no problem with organic milk for any allergies.

Now organic dairies are being told to cut back their production, they cannot get loans, and some are at risk in loosing their farms. www.organicconsumers.org/.../article_18096.cfm

Meanwhile, the Secretary of Agriculture for the disappointing Obama Administration has oppointed the Monsanto lawyer and lobbyist, Michael R. Taylor to the Office of Food and Safety. Taylor was the one who put rBGH on the market in the first place.

Add this, plus many states passing laws which could have been written by Monsanto, that forbid farmers from letting people know how their food is grown (be it conventionally or organically, with or without genetically modified ingredients (and hormones), and Americans, and the world, as lost another freedom. The right to purchase the safest food for their families all over the planet, starting with the Land of the Greed, Monsanto's USA.

We must stop this, somehow!

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beccasnow19952005 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:52:51 GMT

It is going to become more difficult to buy or find organic food. Organic dairies are cutting back citing the lack of organic feed and demand because of the weakened economy. The Obama Administration is allowing the spread of genetically modified grains --notably wheat--into parts of the country which did not have much previously. Is this Obama's promise to get (Monsanto's) people into organic?

Genetically engineered (GE) varieties now account for 70-90% of all conventional (non-organic) corn, soybeans, cotton, and canola grown in the U.S. In 2008, unlabeled and untested gene-spliced Frankenfoods, genetically engineered sugar (derived from GE sugar beets) hit store shelves. While I don't generally use sugar, its still in consumer products. Now, an essential ingredient in bread, breakfast cereals, pasta and other everyday foods, the force-feeding of unlabeled GE wheat on the public would represent a major conquest for Monsanto and the biotech industry. Wheat industry groups in the United States, Canada and Australia announced on May 14, 2009, they would work toward the objective of "synchronized commercialization of biotech traits in the wheat crop." www.organicconsumers.org/wheat.cfm

A number of states have passed legislation requiring all farmers not tell anyone how their food is grown. This means organic as well as conventional cannot say whether they have or do not have genetically modified ingredients. It is not only organic consumers, in this country, but other countries do not want genetically engineered ingredients.

GM crops are not required to go through any type of independent safety peer review to determine if they are safe for either human consumption or the environment. www.organicconsumers.org/wheat.cfm Get involved. Voice comments against this practice! Once all the DNA is owned by Monsanto and allies, it will be too late!!!

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123jude — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:33:31 GMT

Dear Dr. Mercola,

In comment to your working strategically with Jeffery Smith, the leader of the anti-GM movement in the United States, to facilitate the end of GM foods in the U.S. within the next two years.

What perfect timing with the Health Reform being on the table!!

Let us help with signed petitions!!

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barbfeick — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:39:34 GMT

One of the arguments for genetically engineered foods is the huge increase in allergies. Fatal peanut allergies are on the increase.... we "NEED" a safe peanut to eat. Problem is the peanut allergy is man-made. It is caused by the vaccine manufacturers using peanut oil in the vaccines. Medicines are not food and are not covered by food law. They are allowed secret ingredients protected as trade secrets. These do not appear on the vaccine package insert.

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mick-marie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:08:31 GMT

I was just thinking about people being in the stores and forgetting which number on the stickers is for GMO and which number is for non-GMO. There are 5 digits, right? GMO stickers start with the number eight. "Eight" starts with an "E" and so does the word "EVIL." The non-GMO stickers start with the number nine. "Nine" starts with an "N" and so does the word "NON." Maybe this will help us remember which is which.

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bear342a — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:29:20 GMT

I'd like to add my sincere thank you for this list!! It's much appreciated!

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Tixona — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:51:09 GMT

I see nothing listed here from Trader Joes, on negative or positive column. I shop there alot for my fresh items and cheeses, sauces (that don't have MSG). Were their items not tested?

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mcox726 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:29:26 GMT

Hi Everyone!

Great Comments, and thank you for sharing!.....NOTE TO ALL:

Please be sure to protect your health freedoms here in the United States by saying NO! to Codex Alimentarius....Please sign the online petition "HR 2117" introduced by Dr. Ron Paul (he is also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and running for President) to preserve our Health Freedoms here in the United states. Go to the following website to sign the petition: www.HeathFreedomUSA.org

Please be sure to tell all your friends, family, etc. to be sure they do the same!

Many thanks and God Bless you all!

Maureen

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Linda in Alaska — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:37:29 GMT

Someone(s) who "knows" should do a remake of the movie Soylent Green with all of the current and updated information. The original movie from 1973 was spookie enough......but now it would be darn right frightening!!

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goldeneagle — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:38:41 GMT

I have also been informed that molecules are being altered by widening the bonds between them. This widening makes them unable to aborb. An individual can eat and still starve to death. Perhaps that is why vitamins are going to become prescription.

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Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:20:14 GMT

As I was reading Dr. Mercola's comments, I noticed that he was joining the anti-GMO movement. That struck me. If anyone has watched "The Secret," that movement is focusing on the negative. Dr. Mercola needs to join a PRO-CONVENTIONAL or PRO-ORGANIC movement.

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curious7 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:26:46 GMT

This is exactly what we need. A list, a big red letter list, with a skull and cross bones. Do not touch. Warning: Dangerous to your health. Not to be ingested, by man or beast.

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KathyFP — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:08:49 GMT

Pardon me, but Novartis' Ovaltine is listed in the Non-GMO foods section. Are you sure????

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Dquixote1217 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:05:51 GMT

Outstanding!

Make no mistake, GMO crops are not modified to be more nutritious or to have more benefits for humans in any way. They are modified to produce more production and bulk AND to be highly pesticide and herbicide resistant so that they can absorb and withstand far more of those dangerous chemicals than normal crops.

One slight problem: our bodies and immune systems remain essentially the same as they have for 20,000 years and increased amounts of such dangerous chemicals in our food and our environment just poisons us that much more than we already are.