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October 14th, 2010, 05:13 PM
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October 14th, 2010, 05:16 PM
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| from Morgellons Aid Organic vs Genetically Modified Foods Morgellons Aid Organic vs Genetically Modified Foods G.M.O./G.E. Foods This post will examine the difference between organic and natural foods and the G.M.O. or G.E. foods now being engineered and flooded into our food supplies. G.M.O. stands for genetically modified organisms and G.E. stands for genetically engineered. These are interchangeable terms and indicate that a food, meat or plant food sources have been genetically engineered by modern science. The idea is promoted as a manner to alter the natural DNA of an organism with DNA molecules from different sources, which are combined into one molecule to create a new set of genes. This DNA is then transferred into an organism, giving it modified or novel genes. Some touted modifications include food crop plants with newly added defenses against insects or the resistance to heavy applications of pesticides. This seemingly beneficial application of recombinant DNA techniques is questionable at best and seems laden with negative side effects. There are many studies that indicate how the compounded effects of including G.E. foods in one’s diet truly are negative and unhealthful. A truly eye-opening report is the article entitled “50 Harmful Effects of Genetically Modified Foods” from the Raw-Wisdom website. To see the scientific studies that overwhelming point out the dangers of G.M. food and to see the 50 harmful effects go to Genetically Modified (GM) Food, Genetically Modified Organisms, Genetic Engineering, GM Food Crops, Engineered GMOs, Genetically Altered Foods. A Very Brief List of the Dangers of G.M. Foods •Recorded Deaths from GM •Near-deaths and Food Allergy Reactions •Cancer and Degenerative Diseases •Direct Cancer and Degenerative Disease Links •Infertility and High Infant Mortality Rates in animals fed GM •Viral and Bacterial Illness •Superviruses •Antibiotic Threat Via Milk •Antibiotic Threat Via Plants •Resurgence of Infectious Diseases •Increased Food Allergies •Birth Defects and Shorter Life Spans •Interior Toxins •Lowered Nutrition It should take very little research online or reading such excellent books as Seeds of Deception by Jeffrey Smith to understand how harmful G.E. foods are and how they have no place in one’s diet. Organic Foods “Natural/Organic” foods are foods that are minimally processed and do not contain any hormones, antibiotics, sweeteners, food colors, or flavorings that were not originally in the food. This include fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and meats. In the Western Countries especially the U.S. it becomes important to seek out organic foods. Processed organic food usually contains only organic ingredients. Label reading becomes a mandatory skill. Labels on Meat and Dairy Products •Natural This label means “minimally processed” and that the meat can’t have any artificial colors, artificial flavors, preservatives, or any other artificial ingredients in it. Animals can still be given antibiotics or growth enhancers. •Grass Fed This term means that the animals are fed solely on a diet of grass or hay and have access to the outdoors. Grass fed beef has been shown to have more of the healthy omega-3 fatty acids. •Free-Range This means that the animals weren’t confined to a cage and had access to the outdoors. •No Hormones Added This term is allowed when animals are raised without the use of any added growth hormones. Do not consume meat if it does not have the above labels listed on it. Labels on Fish •Farm Raised This is usually applies to farm raised fish. May be G.M.O. or fed G.M.O. feed such as G.E. corn. Avoid eating this. •Wild Caught This refers to the fish being caught in the wild. However it may be G.M.O. fish that was farmed then released. A common practice to stock rivers and bodies of water. •Wild Wild fish hatched and grown in natural bodies of water. Only eat wild fish. Livestock and fish fed G.M.O. pose the same risks as if you have eaten G.M.O. Other Food Labels Organic Foods “Natural/Organic” foods are foods that are minimally processed and do not contain any hormones, antibiotics, sweeteners, food colors, or flavorings that were not originally in the food. This include fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and meats. In the Western Countries especially the U.S. it becomes important to seek out organic foods. Processed organic food usually contains only organic ingredients. Label reading becomes a mandatory skill. Labeling Look for Labels that expressly say “100% Organic” as there are label laws that allows food producer to mark labels as follows: •Single-Ingredient Foods- On foods like fruits and vegetables, look for a small sticker version of the USDA Organic label or check the signage in your produce section for this seal. The word “Organic” and the seal may also appear on packages of meat, cartons of milk or eggs, cheese, and other single-ingredient foods. •Multi-Ingredient Foods- Foods such as beverages, snacks, and other processed foods use the following classification system to indicate their use of organic ingredients. •100% Organic Foods bearing this label are made with 100% organic ingredients* and may display the USDA Organic seal. •Organic These products contain at least 95–99% organic ingredients (by weight). The remaining ingredients are not available organically but have been approved by the NOP. These products may display the USDA Organic seal. •Made With Organic Ingredients Food packaging that reads “Made With Organic Ingredients” must contain 70–94% organic ingredients. These products will not bear the USDA Organic seal; instead, they may list up to three ingredients on the front of the packaging. • Products with less than 70% organic ingredients may only list organic ingredients on the information panel of the packaging. These products will not bear the USDA Organic seal. So it is easy to see how confusing the labeling system in use by the USDA is currently. Also note that some seemingly healthy food choices like soy are not so healthy if not 100% Organic. It is interesting to note that the largest G.E. crops in North America are soy, corn, cotton and sugar beets which are processed into sugar. It is also interesting to note that many G.E. foods are in the feed given to livestock. This of course will adversely affect any consumers of G.E. fed meats. 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October 14th, 2010, 05:42 PM
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| Maybe, just maybe... Perhaps... from FarmWars... GMO and Morgellons Disease | Farm Wars GMO and Morgellon’s Disease by Barbara Peterson Since we are currently facing the global takeover of our food supply by genetically modified organisms (GMO), I feel it is time to reprint my article on the link between GMO and Morgellon’s Disease. GMOs have been proven in independent tests to be harmful to life, yet our government has declared that they are substantially equivalent to normal food, and require no special handling or labeling. If we go to a grocery store and purchase anything that is processed, chances are it contains GMO. What are the ramifications of this to us on a personal health level? Why are we being used as human guinea pigs? GMO and Morgellon’s Disease Since the Clinton administration made biotechnology “a strategic priority for U.S. government backing”, giant transnational agri-business concerns have aggressively taken over the global food chain by flooding it with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) without regard for the consequences to the earth or its inhabitants. This takeover not only has the potential for global economic devastation, but threatens the earth’s population with far-reaching health concerns as well. One health concern that seems to coincide with the GMO revolution is Morgellons disease. What if the advent of Morgellons disease has something to do with the ingestion of GMO foods? Morgellons Disease – What is it? Very little can be found regarding this disease. Originally, sufferers were told that their problem was imaginary. This was of little comfort to the people who were suffering. Morgellons Disease sufferers report strange, fiber-like material sticking out of sores or wounds that erupt on the skin. This is accompanied by painful, intense itching, that has been described as “an ever present sensation as if something is crawling under the skin.” On May 18, 2006, KGW, a local news channel reporting out of the Oregon area published this story: Strange sickness: Mystery disease horror story (excerpt) [Dr. Drottar] The disabled family practice doctor felt like bugs were crawling under her skin. ”If I fully tell people what has gone on with me medically, they think they’re in the twilight zone,” said Drottar. She woke up with the feeling that fluid was flowing just below her skin. Often black or blue hair like fibers protruded from her skin, she said. ”I thought I had been exposed to asbestos. I thought I was having asbestos fibers come out of my skin. I was pulling long, thin, small hair-like fibers that were extremely sharp that could literally pierce through my finger nails,” Drottar said. In addition to the feeling of bugs and the fibers, Drottar also suffered from severe depression, chronic fatigue and a weakened immune system. As a result, she had to give up her family practice, Drottar said. Morgellons and GMO – the Link Little information has been revealed concerning the long-term health effects of GMO crops on humans or animals, and even less information can be had regarding research correlating Morgellons with GMO foods. This is suspicious right off the bat, because it would seem that there would be a natural curiosity regarding a link between Genetically Modified Organisms that people ingest regularly and inorganic fibers that protrude from a person’s skin. This would be right up a geneticist’s alley, and quite worthy of intensive research. So, why aren’t there a ton of published studies? Why is it so difficult finding anything related to this? Could it be that companies such as Monsanto have enough clout to effectively squash these stories? If they have enough clout to ruin countries by deceiving impoverished farmers into purchasing patented GMO seeds, and then take it a step further and force these poor people to purchase seeds year after year instead of harvesting their own, then they have enough clout to ask our more than willing corporate government to manipulate the press…again. According to Mike Stagman, PhD, ”Genetic Engineering is a nightmare technology that has already caused MANY disease epidemics — documented but unpublicized.” Well Monsanto, you let at least one study slip through. With the help of a couple of search engines, the following article by Whitley Strieber published on October 12, 2007, titled “Skin Disease May Be Linked to GM Food” was found, which concludes that the fibers taken from a Morgellons sufferer contain the same substance that is “used commercially to produce genetically-modified plants.” Here is the article: Skin Disease May Be Linked to GM Food 12-Oct-2007 Many people-and most physicians-have written off Morgellons disease as either a hoax or hypochondria. But now there is evidence that this mysterious disease may be REAL and related to GENETICALLY MODIFIED food!  The skin of Morgellons victims oozes mysterious strands that have been identified as cellulose (which cannot be manufactured by the human body), and people have the sensation of things crawling beneath their skin. The first known case of Morgellons occurred in 2001, when Mary Leitao created a web site describing the disease, which had infected her young son. She named it Morgellons after a 17th century medical study in France that described the same symptoms.  In the Sept. 15-21 issue of New Scientist magazine, Daniel Elkan describes a patient he calls “Steve Jackson,” who “for years” has “been finding tiny blue, red and black fibers growing in intensely itchy lesions on his skin.” He quotes Jackson as saying, “The fibers are like pliable plastic and can be several millimeters long. Under the skin, some are folded in a zigzag pattern. These can be as fine as spider silk, yet strong enough to distend the skin when you pull them, as if you were pulling on a hair.” Doctors say that this type of disease could only be caused by a parasite, but anti-parasitic medications do not help. Psychologists insist that this is a new version of the well-known syndrome known as “delusional parasitosis.” While this is a “real” disease, it is not a physically-caused one. But now there is physical evidence that Morgellons is NOT just psychological. When pharmacologist Randy Wymore offered to study some of these fibers if people sent them to him, he discovered that “fibers from different people looked remarkably similar to each other and yet seem to match no common environmental fibers.” When they took them to a police forensic team, they said they were not from clothing, carpets or bedding. They have no idea what they are. Researcher Ahmed Kilani says he was able to break down two fiber samples and extract their DNA. He found that they belonged to a fungus. An even more provocative finding is that biochemist Vitaly Citovsky discovered that the fibers contain a substance called “Agrobacterium,” which, according to New Scientist, is “used commercially to produce genetically-modified plants.” Could GM plants be “causing a new human disease?” (5) GMO – Not on My Watch! The giant transnational corporations behind the GMO revolution are hitting us in our most vulnerable spot – our bellies. Most people have been brought up with an innate trust that what they purchase from the stores is safe to eat. This is no longer true, since most processed foods contain genetically engineered ingredients that can have disastrous effects on both animal and human health. What you purchase from the corner store might just change your DNA and create such frightening symptoms that the general public simply does not believe it. What is worse is that when you go to the doctor to get help, he/she tells you what you are experiencing is all in your head. This is rubbish! It is up to people who care to make the correlations between what we eat and what happens to our bodies. Remember the old saying – “you are what you eat?” Well, this author believes it is true. Hmmmmmmmm xib |
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October 15th, 2010, 11:14 AM
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| Thank God for people like Mike Adams!
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November 30th, 2010, 10:42 PM
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| tv show about gmo's I received this email from The Institute for Responsible Technology.......... thought maybe some of you might be interested  love,kcQuote:
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