say no to gmo

Some of you know me well, others not so much...
I just watched another documentary called "seeds of death" and it pretty much reinforced what i already knew about the poisons we are being fed. Its on utube for those of you who wish to be informed.
For me going organic was a start to my life changing process toward ridding myself of this dreaded disease. 1 year and 3 months later I am still in perfect health and continue on with my chemical free lifestyle.
I hope i have inspired some of you to gain some much needed relief and inspiration.
Keeping my visits sparse so as not to offend anyone.

I saw a bit of "Seeds of Death" and like what Jeffrey Smith is doing. His interview with Stephanie Seneff on glyphosate was even more illuminating.

Don't ever stop sharing your journey to good health.

Sometimes it takes a bit of work, but it is achievable. ;)

"I'll piss on anyone that impeeds that research."


wow, don't think I've ever heard anyone say that here before !

Thanks to all who appreciate different views! I think "silly" is eating food that is sprayed with toxic chemicals that would normally kill it. The chemicals kill bugs, weeds and almost everything else. I know what terrible things they did to my digestive system that I somehow managed to reverse. Relying on big Pharma to reverse the effects that big Ag caused doesnt seem right. Its just a way of keeping us reliant on their expensive medications. Again just my opinion...

I'm actually starting a garden too as well. I have to build a raised bed though because my neighbors insist on putting the same poisons in their yards to have "perfect" lawns instead of pulling the weeds manually like i do.

Humans have been selectively breeding plants and animals for ages. GMOs these days are doing the same thing with newer technology.

I honestly don't have a problem with it in general, although I am irritated with it in terms of patenting and profit.

But don't whine about GMOs and then eat broccoli.

Selective breeding is different from gene splicing and manipulation, making that a non-sequitur point.

This was pulled from The Science and Lore of the Kitchen:

I think we should be clear on the term engineering - the op's question was with regard specifically to genetic engineering as vs. hybridizing, which has been going on for millennia through cross-pollination, grafting, etc. Trademarked or not, Broccoli is a result of crossing European and Asian broccoli plants and is not a genetically engineered (ie, gene spliced) product. It is not a "natural mutation" - it was purposely created by people, as are so many of our foods and food sources, not to mention our pets.

As far as conventional broccoli is concerned, they do spray it with dimethoate, which is a known carcinogen. Personally, I wouldn't play russian roulette eating non-organic broccoli.

katarzyna said...
I think a problem with a lot of Americans is that they do not understand what GMO truly is. That could be why they feel that it is OK. I mean, coming from personal experience, it was hard to explain to my father who is from an older generation of European decent why it is bad and he still prefers produce from stores than farmer markets. He recently started shopping at farmer's markets.. I suppose he found something nasty. :o)

The millions that corporations like Monsanto pour into lobbying against GMO-labeling laws should automatically arouse suspicion in people. If it doesn't then I don't know what to say. It certainly made me do my homework on GMO foods a bit more. People don't spend that kind of money for nothing.

Im glad to see that people are finally starting to see things as they truly are rather than what the corporate sponsored media would like us to believe. The information is out there its just not mainstream because there is no such thing as subsidation of organic food.
Right now a massive amount of money is being poured into this toxic corn that many countries are finally refusing to eat while here in America its in 80% of our processed foods (watch the documentary "king corn"). Hence the reason i get my locally grown organic produce. The only sure way to eat well seems to prepare fresh myself.
You are what you eat...

I personally do not need to watch that documentary as I know the percentages of corn being GMO. This goes for a lot of wheat and soy. There was an article somewhere, that when the Japs found out the wheat they were being sold from the US was GMO, they did not let it into their country! Ha! You know, I hate how there are so many pill popping individuals that fail to realize based on their numbers, they can over run big businesses such as Monsanto, if they open their eyes and minds. I'm glad I only have 2 prescription meds (asacol HD and entocort). There are also a lot of people that doubt what's in our food. I mean even my parents thought "the government isn't out there to hurt us." Yah, I may be a conspiracy theorist but man, if it's out there, it's a possibility and that's all I need to know to change my life!

toomuchpoopin, did you step and/or lay on the grass? I know they say that after a couple of hours or whatever, you can do what you do but, come on now, residue doesn't just .. evaporate. It probably absorbs into the ground and guess what our feet do? .. Anyone? Yes! They absorb too! So you can only speculate that you might have gotten some of the crud from there. Plus, when our feet absorb, they go into nearby organs and our colon is one of them. :)

I'm only a little crazy .. ;)

that's why the thread is titled "say no to gmo" and not "help for newbies"

Selective breeding isn't that different AND we use genetic engineering all the time for research and medication development AND production. I assume no one here has a problem with how we manufacture human insulin?

I'm not a fan of Monsanto by any stretch of the imagination, but if we could stop demonizing GMOs as poison when so many people are working to try to end world hunger, I'd sure appreciate it.

I 'was' worried more of pesticides and stuff like RoundUp more than GMO foodstuff. Foodstuff is what I am talking about, NOT GMO probiotics or organisms. That is totally different case.

Then I came across an article where they found GMO food gene was passed on to some lab organism (most likely mouse of something), and I was floored. This was THE thing I was worried about all the time and everyone among my colleagues were discounting it. It is not possible because we are talking about organisms that have diversified too long ago, so genetically not close to have such transfer. Although it made sense in theory, I am trying to avoid GMOs as much as I can.

This is not an easy task in the US though. May be its time to go back in Europe or some really poor country, where Monsanto is not interested in doing business and the country is not rich enough to import.

"World hunger is the lamest excuse for it..."