Fw: An amazing article on GMO -

[jilleemac]

this may have already been posted. I received this e-mail over the weekend from Trisha Springstead.... Sorry in advance if it is already posted....thanks, Jilli

I believe that this could be the root of many problems with many diseases.
Sincerely,
Trisha Springstead RN, MS, Doctoral Candidate


This article was just published. If what this article states is true we are in deep. A lot of these articles are over stated sometimes, but the author seems to have footnotes behind his facts. I only copied a little of the article into this email, but the article is an interesting read to say the least. I BBC'd you all to protect your emails.

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American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Moratorium on All Genetically Modified Foods
OpEdNews » American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Moratorium on All Genetically Modified Foods


GM corn and cotton are engineered to produce their own built-in pesticide in every cell. When bugs bite the plant, the poison splits open their stomach and kills them. Biotech companies claim that the pesticide, called Bt-produced from soil bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis-has a history of safe use, since organic farmers and others use Bt bacteria spray for natural insect control. Genetic engineers insert Bt genes into corn and cotton, so the plants do the killing.

Worst finding of all-GMOs remain inside of us


The only published human feeding study revealed what may be the most dangerous problem from GM foods. The gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of bacteria living inside our intestines and continues to function.[xxvi] This means that long after we stop eating GMOs, we may still have potentially harmful GM proteins produced continuously inside of us. Put more plainly, eating a corn chip produced from Bt corn might transform our intestinal bacteria into living pesticide factories, possibly for the rest of our lives.



When evidence of gene transfer is reported at medical conferences around the US, doctors often respond by citing the huge increase of gastrointestinal problems among their patients over the last decade. GM foods might be colonizing the gut flora of North Americans.







OpEdNews » American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Moratorium on All Genetically Modified Foods

[carla]

I heard a radio show the other day that talked about a herd of cattle that were fed on GM corn.
Everyone of them was dead within days .

I thought this was worth posting .

Tips for avoiding GM crops

• TIP #1: BUY ORGANIC
  Certified organic products are not allowed to contain any GMOs. Therefore, when you purchase products labeled “100% organic,” “organic,” or “made with organic ingredients,” all ingredients in these products are not allowed to be produced from GMOs. For example, products labeled as “made with organic ingredients” only require 70% of the ingredients to be organic, but 100% must be non-GMO.
  
  
• TIP #2: LOOK FOR“NON-GMO” LABELS
  Companies may voluntarily label products as “non-GMO.” Some labels state “non-GMO” while others spell out “Made Without Genetically Modified Ingredients.” Some products limit their claim to only one particular “At-Risk” ingredient such as soy lecithin, listing it as “non-GMO.”
  
  
• TIP #3: AVOID AT-RISK INGREDIENTS
  Avoid products made with any of the crops that are GM. Most GM ingredients are products made from the “Big Four:” corn, soybeans, canola, and cottonseed, used in processed foods. Recently, beet sugar from GM sugar beets has entered the food supply. Look for organic and non-GMO sweeteners, made with 100% cane sugar, evaporated cane juice or organic sugar.

Some of the most common genetically engineered Big Four ingredients in processed foods are:
Corn

• Corn flour, meal, oil, starch, gluten, and syrup
• Sweeteners such as fructose, dextrose, and glucose
• Modified food starch*
• Soy
• Soy flour, lecithin, protein, isolate, and isoflavone
• Vegetable oil* and vegetable protein*
• Canola Canola oil (also called rapeseed oil)
• Cotton Cottonseed oil
• Sugar Anything not listed as 100% cane sugar

*May be derived from other sources

• TIP #4: BUY PRODUCTS LISTED IN THIS

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/p...1%20layout.pdf

Keep this Guide with you whenever you shop. Store it inside your reusable shopping bag, put
into your coupon holder or check book, or leave it in your car.

[carla]

Heres the link for the Radio Show I listened too.It is from Febuary this year.

http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/...022509_hr1.mp3

[Kritters]

Originally Posted by jilleemac

this may have already been posted. I received this e-mail over the weekend from Trisha Springstead.... Sorry in advance if it is already posted....thanks, Jilli





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American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Moratorium on All Genetically Modified Foods
OpEdNews » American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Moratorium on All Genetically Modified Foods


GM corn and cotton are engineered to produce their own built-in pesticide in every cell. When bugs bite the plant, the poison splits open their stomach and kills them. Biotech companies claim that the pesticide, called Bt-produced from soil bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis-has a history of safe use, since organic farmers and others use Bt bacteria spray for natural insect control. Genetic engineers insert Bt genes into corn and cotton, so the plants do the killing.

Worst finding of all-GMOs remain inside of us


The only published human feeding study revealed what may be the most dangerous problem from GM foods. The gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of bacteria living inside our intestines and continues to function.[xxvi] This means that long after we stop eating GMOs, we may still have potentially harmful GM proteins produced continuously inside of us. Put more plainly, eating a corn chip produced from Bt corn might transform our intestinal bacteria into living pesticide factories, possibly for the rest of our lives.



When evidence of gene transfer is reported at medical conferences around the US, doctors often respond by citing the huge increase of gastrointestinal problems among their patients over the last decade. GM foods might be colonizing the gut flora of North Americans.







OpEdNews » American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Moratorium on All Genetically Modified Foods

This sure makes perfect sense to me. Why it doesn't make sense to the dept. of Agriculture, CDC, Monsanto (oh I forgot....what was I thinking?), FDA......is beyond me.

Everything we eat has some microscopic critter on it that wasn't washed off. Our roundup-ready bodies now super-charged to attack these unwanted pests and their larvae, is a blind terrorist in our systems.

Kritts

[Kritters]

There was a recent article in SIS I couldn't reproduce without permission telling of how Germany and other European countries are banning GM food.

Why not the US? (like we don't know the answer to that)

Kritts

[tcmgpt13]

Probably the same reason the US doesn't ban hormones/antibiotic use in cattle raised for meat. Of course this also includes dairy cows. I know that Atkins, when nearly everyone dieting was on his low carb diet, used to tell people in his books that if they were not losing weight or had a long plateau from losing any that if they could afford it they should make a trip to Italy or Greece where the food was not subjected to such practices (perhaps this applies to all of Europe? Or maybe he was seeking sunshine LOL). I recently had some folks I know make a trip to Eastern Europe where they claimed they felt better as much of the food in restaurants was supplied by farms located around the cities instead of being shipped long distances. What a concept. Oh, yes, and this country banned GM foods.

[Sadsack]

This article has been widely circulated. People have been linking GMO foods to Morgellons for quite awhile, and the theory really took off when it was discovered that agrobacteria (the agent used to alter the genetic structure of crops) is found in in the skin of people with Morgellons.
Unfortunately, Dr. Citovsky never published the work. Dr. Wymore is in the process of replicating the findings and will publish them.

Does that mean that agrobacteria CAUSES Morgellons, or is it an effect of Morgellons (i.e., have "we" been altered in some fundamental way that then makes us attractive to agrobacteria, bugs, fungus, etc?). To be determined!!

A Moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods

SS

[Kritters]

That is a great publication, SS...I'm saving to favorites and will probably read it daily for positive hope.

Kritts

[Sadsack]

One of the worst aspects of GMO foods is that even the pesticides can't be "washed off". They are built into the seed and part of the plant.
Wow. I can't imagine that magnitude of stupidity....or is it more sinister than that?

SS