In this article by Stan M. Gardner MD, CNS, he provides some very interesting information about the use of genetically modified foods. He also recommends the Family Organic Garden course to learn how to grow your own organic foods.
Dr. Gardner shares the following points:
- Thousands of sheep, buffalo, and goats in India died after grazing on Bt cotton plants
- Mice eating GM corn for the long term had fewer, and smaller, babies
- More than half the babies of mother rats fed GM soy died within three weeks, and were smaller
- Testicle cells of mice and rats on a GM soy change significantly
- By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies
- Rodents fed GM corn and soy showed immune system responses and signs of toxicity
- Cooked GM soy contains as much as 7-times the amount of a known soy allergen
- Soy allergies skyrocketed by 50% in the UK, soon after GM soy was introduced
- The stomach lining of rats fed GM potatoes showed excessive cell growth, a condition that may lead to cancer.
- Studies showed organ lesions, altered liver and pancreas cells, changed enzyme levels, etc.
Many of the points above involve genetically modified soy, which is questionable as a food source in my mind anyway unless it’s ferminted, so I’m not sure yet if the concern would be the genetic modification or the soy or BOTH. Either way, his article is definately worth reading. http://ldsmag.com/index.php?option=com_zine&view=article&Itemid=148&ac=1&id=7813
