October is GMO awareness month. A genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. This is an extremely important topic that I would like to cover in more detail in the future, but what I’ve done is pulled together some interesting video clips and trailers to give you a primer on GMO’s.
“I can’t unlearned what I have learned. And I don’t know what people will say when I try to share this with them. But I have to try.”
- Robyn O’Brien
That is exactly how I feel about this whole food, REAL food, nutrient-dense, toxin-free message.
Another reason to consider MINIMIZING our toxin exposure through conscious food choices is the potential danger in GMO’s. The answer is ALWAYS – EAT REAL FOOD. BUY ORGANIC AND/OR LOCAL WHEN PRACTICAL OR POSSIBLE. ELIMINATE PROCESSED FOODS AND YOU ELIMINATE THE MAJORITY OF GMO’S (which are primarily in soy, wheat, and corn).
- Why are GMO’s banned everywhere except the U.S.
and PREVALENT in our food supply?
- Why are genetically altered hormones that are injected into cows
banned in other countries but not in U.S.?
- Why have other countries banned “Round Up Ready” soy
but not the U.S.?
- Why have all other countries banned “insecticide corn?”
Please take the time to watch these short but powerful clips. Below you’ll find:
- What are GMO’s Infographic.
- Video clip – Robyn O’Brien shares her personal story and how it inspired her current path as a “Real Food” evangelist.
- Video clip – The Future of Food Trailer – An awesome documentary released in 2004 about GMO’s and the impact on our food supply.
- Video clip – The Future of Food Introduction – a slightly longer intro to the full documentary.
GMO Infographic (click on image, then click to zoom):
The Future of Food Trailer:
The Future of Food Intro:
You can watch full The Future of Food Movie for free here.
More info at http://www.gmoawareness.org/
Also, check out our GMO Shopping Guide here.
When you eat REAL FOOD, you’re eliminating most GMO’s by definition.
Every time you decide to choose REAL FOOD over processed food,
you are voting for real food with your money.
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I just viewed the Rachel O’Brian video. Wow! That was awesome! I did not know that about corn–a pesticide in itself! Whew! Would like to post this on my face book page. Thank you AGAIN T. for posting this on your blog. I wonder, when was this video made? I may have missed it if it was noted. Will watch next videos, too. Blessings to you and may more people join her team!!!
The second and more so the third video is even frightening. How could patenting seeds happen and yet it did!!! Pesticides own most of the seed now. Doesn’t that ring a bell, raise a red flag to anyone? No because money is the ruler of the world. Wow, T. this is incredible info. Have to see the rest of the video. Again, thanks for opening up our eyes to this!
Get a Gravatar my Madrina! I can help you if you want. Remember how I’ve been saying for a while, there’s more than the carbohydrate excess for not eating grains? I’m learning through this course that grains CAN be an acceptable food source, and indigenous cultures have used them, but more as a go-to when meats, vegetables, and other easier foods weren’t available. And even then, grains were prepared in a completely different way – soaked, fermented, and so on, to get rid of a lot of the anti-nutrients. So in reality, they are a pain, but can be a food source. Today, NO ONE prepares them properly because they don’t know about this anti-nutrient aspect. And then add to that, ANYTHING that is agricultural in this country, I do not think I would trust. Because of this GMO issue. The only thing that appears to be relatively safe is fruits, vegetables, and meats, but even then you’re dealing with a lot of potential toxins and such. REAL FOOD is the only way.
I finished watching the entire video on the Future of Food (documentary). It makes me think that while many are also concerned about the direction of the world…being nuked or terrorist attacks, etc., it may all instead come down to the battle of safe food and its dwindling supply. When a plant can be genetically modified to have a suicide portion in it where it can produce once then die, this should alarm more people than anything else. Will America and the rest of the world be able to stop companies like Monsantos and others who are patenting foods, plants, etc. so that they can control the food sources of the world and more? Wake up people! No syfi move here. God help us!
This is exactly how I feel my Madrina. Thank you for your support.