GMOs, arsenic, toxins
alereck
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I have friends who act like I should be in jail because I do not feed my kids 100% organic. Apparently I’m slowly killing them with GMOs :explode:
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Saw this on my Google+ feed = http://www.goldsgym.com/article/which-internet-food-rumors-are-true/
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Lol, they can moan all they want. I've eaten McDonald's since 1972 at least once a week on average (minus my contest preps in the 80's). Currently I should be dead if I listened to all the yahoo's who claim it's poison.
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Well we're all killing ourselves by breathing in city air then lol.
Also, we've been modifying food for THOUSANDS of years. That's agriculture for you. I do prefer produce that isn't gigantic though - they do taste better when they are smaller. But other than that, I do not specifically buy organic. I just buy whatever looks good.0 -
Yeah, let's not eat the arsenic. :-)
I hope the find something else to do instead of bothering you.0 -
Ermahgerd, GMO!!
It's not like our parents grew up in cots painted with lead based paint or anything, right?
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I'm much more worried about the environmental consequences of GMOS and pesticides then I am about any consequence they have on my body.0
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Not everyone can afford organic. I sure can't unless I see it on sale. But those who can should under the better safe than sorry rule.0
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While there isn't really any evidence that GMOs are hazardous, we also can't be 100% sure of their safety. Between those uncertainties and their effect on the environment, I try to buy organic produce where I can.
I think in the bigger picture, it's easy to see that the ways our food have changed over the last decades in general is not good for our health. Whether that's a result of the GMOs, additives, artificial flavors etc. is hard to say, but I'm of the "better safe than sorry" mindset currently.
Definitely not putting down anyone who has a different opinion on the matter, I think everyone should do some research and decide for themselves.0 -
I prefer GMOs.0
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Also, we've been modifying food for THOUSANDS of years
True, but not nearly to the extent that we have in the last fifty. Never before recent history have we modified plant dna so that it can withstand poisonous chemicals so we can spray the crap all over them and then ingest it ourselves. Also now making plants that produce their own toxins to ward off pests, can't wash off a toxin that's in the plant, but anyway...Not everyone can afford organic.
Is gardening an option for you? Even with just a 3-4 month growing season here, we get tons of vegetables from the garden for next to nothing, and it's the only way to control what's put into them. Definitely makes up for having to spend a little extra buying produce in the winter months. Just a suggestion.0 -
Also, we've been modifying food for THOUSANDS of years
True, but not nearly to the extent that we have in the last fifty. Never before recent history have we modified plant dna so that it can withstand poisonous chemicals so we can spray the crap all over them and then ingest it ourselves. Also now making plants that produce their own toxins to ward off pests, can't wash off a toxin that's in the plant, but anyway...Not everyone can afford organic.
Is gardening an option for you? Even with just a 3-4 month growing season here, we get tons of vegetables from the garden for next to nothing, and it's the only way to control what's put into them. Definitely makes up for having to spend a little extra buying produce in the winter months. Just a suggestion.
People cry because food is expensive. Then we invent a way to significantly improve production and everyone cries....0 -
And yet, food is still expensive... hmmm.0
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Maybe we should be like plants and learn how to live off of rain water and sunlight. Problem solved0
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Maybe we should be like plants and learn how to live off of rain water and sunlight. Problem solved
That's it, I'm going paleo.0 -
Maybe we should be like plants and learn how to live off of rain water and sunlight. Problem solved
You actually can... it's called growing your own food.
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Right now corn is the same price that it was in 1996 on a nominal basis. (CZ14 is at 3.5675 right now) If we were to adjust that for inflation it would be 1.5 times higher at around 5.40. ......So the cost of food isn't coming from the costs of the grains.0
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Also, we've been modifying food for THOUSANDS of years
True, but not nearly to the extent that we have in the last fifty. Never before recent history have we modified plant dna so that it can withstand poisonous chemicals so we can spray the crap all over them and then ingest it ourselves. Also now making plants that produce their own toxins to ward off pests, can't wash off a toxin that's in the plant, but anyway...
True, but welcome to evolution. we have advanced and evolved to be able to do it a greater rate now than ever before.0 -
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I'm pro-GMO mostly for economical reasons. Oh, and I work with a passel of toxicologists that keep fear-mongering at bay. :happy:0
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Maybe we should be like plants and learn how to live off of rain water and sunlight. Problem solved
That's it, I'm going paleo.
But you got to go hard core. Teepee in yard, using two stones together to make fire for cooking. None of this space age electricity crap0 -
Also, we've been modifying food for THOUSANDS of years
True, but not nearly to the extent that we have in the last fifty. Never before recent history have we modified plant dna so that it can withstand poisonous chemicals so we can spray the crap all over them and then ingest it ourselves. Also now making plants that produce their own toxins to ward off pests, can't wash off a toxin that's in the plant, but anyway...Not everyone can afford organic.
Is gardening an option for you? Even with just a 3-4 month growing season here, we get tons of vegetables from the garden for next to nothing, and it's the only way to control what's put into them. Definitely makes up for having to spend a little extra buying produce in the winter months. Just a suggestion.
Toxic to insects, bacteria, viruses, other plants, or even other animals is not necessarily toxic to humans. Fortunately.
I've not yet seen any toxicity trials that would cause me to get my knickers in a twist over the amount of Roundup (actually, Roundup breakdown products) that make it to the consumer.0 -
Maybe we should be like plants and learn how to live off of rain water and sunlight. Problem solved
You actually can... it's called growing your own food.
You would defile the sanctity of a pure plant by consuming it? Nonsense. You stand out there like a beautiful sunflower
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Maybe we should be like plants and learn how to live off of rain water and sunlight. Problem solved
That's it, I'm going paleo.
But you got to go hard core. Teepee in yard, using two stones together to make fire for cooking. None of this space age electricity crap
Isn't a teepee kinda space age for paleo? Relatively speaking, I mean.0 -
Also, we've been modifying food for THOUSANDS of years
True, but not nearly to the extent that we have in the last fifty. Never before recent history have we modified plant dna so that it can withstand poisonous chemicals so we can spray the crap all over them and then ingest it ourselves. Also now making plants that produce their own toxins to ward off pests, can't wash off a toxin that's in the plant, but anyway...Not everyone can afford organic.
Is gardening an option for you? Even with just a 3-4 month growing season here, we get tons of vegetables from the garden for next to nothing, and it's the only way to control what's put into them. Definitely makes up for having to spend a little extra buying produce in the winter months. Just a suggestion.
Toxic to insects, bacteria, viruses, other plants, or even other animals is not necessarily toxic to humans. Fortunately.
I've not yet seen any toxicity trials that would cause me to get my knickers in a twist over the amount of Roundup (actually, Roundup breakdown products) that make it to the consumer.
Yeah, save your breath. There aren't any.0 -
Maybe we should be like plants and learn how to live off of rain water and sunlight. Problem solved
That's it, I'm going paleo.
But you got to go hard core. Teepee in yard, using two stones together to make fire for cooking. None of this space age electricity crap
Isn't a teepee kinda space age for paleo? Relatively speaking, I mean.
Depends on what it's made of, I suppose. If you buy one from ****'s, you're doing it wrong. ;P0 -
While there isn't really any evidence that GMOs are hazardous, we also can't be 100% sure of their safety. Between those uncertainties and their effect on the environment, I try to buy organic produce where I can.
I think in the bigger picture, it's easy to see that the ways our food have changed over the last decades in general is not good for our health. Whether that's a result of the GMOs, additives, artificial flavors etc. is hard to say, but I'm of the "better safe than sorry" mindset currently.
Definitely not putting down anyone who has a different opinion on the matter, I think everyone should do some research and decide for themselves.
What evidence is there that organic food won't kill you?
There is uncertainty in everything in life. EVERYTHING!0 -
Never understood why food with fewer chemicals, and less processing is more expensive.
That in no way indicates a scam to me.
I'll have my salad spliced with a side of fish dna please. (It leaves more money for frills.)0 -
Fun fact:
2) Most of your non-GMO foods are only around 95% non-GMO.
Source: I am a grain export trader and I trade both types.0 -
There's a study on cucumbers and zucchini that shows that the pesticide chemicals that are on them are natural substances that the plants produce to ward off vermin and critters. There are quite a few vegetables that do this, but especially cucumbers and zucchini. So you're always going to ingest something "toxic". Thank goodness for kidneys and livers.
I'd link the study, but my toxicologist pal took the day off and I can't find it.
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I have no problem growing some veggies in my back yard, I have no problem reading labels on food I but, but I refuse to spend my life in a bubble. I eat fast food, I sometimes spend time outside in the sun without sun screen on, I listen to my radio to loud, I drink caffeine and eat sugar. I'm not going to miss out on living life, sorry0
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