GMO crops still making headlines.
Options
Replies
-
I see an article about GMO at least once a week.0
-
I guess they were just off my radar until some recent reading on the subject. I expect it will take years before science will prove where they are bad, neutral or good for animal usage.0
-
Poison. Monsanto pays congress off. Plenty of whistle blowers speaking out against the "studies" proving them safe. Why else would they pass laws forbidding gmo labeling0
-
catscats222 wrote: »true - companies donate millions a year to the federal government
you cannot trust anyone
coke (diet coke) is a good example
the studies on asparartame are funded by money from coke and pepsi industries themselves
private people do not pay for studies
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary#latest0 -
poor italy hope theyll be able to keep up with their food supply when we hit 10 billion with climate change. guess time will tell0
-
ldrosophila wrote: »poor italy hope theyll be able to keep up with their food supply when we hit 10 billion with climate change. guess time will tell
Depends if they're in Italy I guess. They have a declining birth rate I think.0 -
So government can't pay for research because it's biased, and industry can't pay for research because it's biased. Which one of you is going to pay for all this unbiased research?0
-
GaleHawkins wrote: »I guess they were just off my radar until some recent reading on the subject. I expect it will take years before science will prove where they are bad, neutral or good for animal usage.
They've been in use for about 20 years, and by comparing health reports before and after their introduction they're seeing no change for about 1 trillion animals in the USA in that time. How many more animals and how much more time is needed?0 -
dstromley90 wrote: »Poison. Monsanto pays congress off. Plenty of whistle blowers speaking out against the "studies" proving them safe. Why else would they pass laws forbidding gmo labeling
Project Non-GMO Verified exists. GMOs can be labeled all they want. What won't pass is laws that mandate labeling.
The reason why is because GMO labeling gives consumers no useful information in making a purchase, and leads to increased costs to the consumer.
Essentially GMO labeling laws involve upper middle class to rich people expecting poor people to pay more for food to satisfy their curiosity about the genes inside what they're eating, rather than they themselves paying the cost via purchasing things labeled Organic or Project Non-GMO Verified. Those seem pretty good reasons to avoid forcing a label on something harmless.
To add to the issue, why can Monsanto, with ~10 Billion in revenue pay off scientists and congress, but the major oil companies with about ~100 Billion in revenue each can't pay off the same about climate change? I mean, Monsanto's revenue isn't much bigger than Whole Foods.0 -
I swallow a synthetic hormone every day...and I do it gleefully. That wondrous little pill has done me SO MUCH good and is primarily responsible for every pound I've lost.
I'm a huge supporter of GM stuff and honestly haven't heard anyone who says it's actually bad for us. If I do, I'll take it seriously! But I have yet to hear a single word from anyone about it. Someone posted a debate about it here and even the people who spoke out against it didn't say it's actually bad, just that they'd rather spend money funding something else.0 -
OP watch the documentary GMO OMG on Netflix. It's a really good one and it explains a LOT about Gmos.0
-
milocamolly wrote: »OP watch the documentary GMO OMG on Netflix. It's a really good one and it explains a LOT about Gmos.
I politely disagree. I saw the film and found it so one sided it was not even funny.
"As the editors wrote in the September issue of Scientific American: “The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the World Health Organization and the exceptionally vigilant European Union agree that GMOs are just as safe as other foods. Compared with conventional breeding techniques—which swap giant chunks of DNA between one plant and another—genetic engineering is far more precise and, in most cases, is less likely to produce an unexpected result. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tested all the GMOs on the market to determine whether they are toxic or allergenic. They are not.”
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/film-review-e2809cgmo-omge2809d-srsly-an-epicfail-in-exercising-our-right-to-know/
That article is a very good review on the film, and has some very nice points on the science behind GMOS.
Also, for anyone who is interested in some more information as to why GMO crops may not be evil, check out this video. She quotes some studies and throws out some interesting points about why GMO's aren't as bad as some people may think. Just so you know, this girl is a vegan, so one of her points is about how GMO crops help animal welfare, but she isn't a crazy sort of "kill all the meat eaters" vegans. Her entire channel is dedicated to shutting down broscience around fad diets, so it's interesting if you have some extra time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4I-WRu_s00 -
-
0
-
0
-
The whole labeling issue is pretty overzealous. Why not do it like others? If it's gluten free, it's marked "gluten free". Other than that, one HAS to assume there is gluten in the product. Same with peanut free products. So do the same with GMO. Only make the products "Non GMO" since there aren't as many products versus those that are GMO.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
0 -
Oh man, not another back and forth about GMO science. I have been happily eating GMO engineered foods for years I'm not dead yet. I'm here to lose weight. Not worry about politicians and internet quacks spitting their agenda.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.5K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.7K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 391 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.7K Motivation and Support
- 7.8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.2K MyFitnessPal Information
- 22 News and Announcements
- 924 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions