I am very conservative, and do not consider myself in any category to be a liberal. I am too conservative to consider myself as a supporter of the GOP.
I do not eat GM foods if I can possibly avoid them. It has nothing to do with being a science skeptic, climate or otherwise. My desire is to eat only natural, healthy, preferably organically raised food, and including natural raised or wild-caught meats. The Genetic Modification of food makes it more difficult for the endocrine system to handle the food, and in many foods, the genetic mutation is designed to enable the food to survive harsh pesticides which pollute the product. I do not want the pesticide residue in my body. I am a six year colon cancer survivor, and pure natural organic unprocessed food with minimal chemicals and synthetics, and preservatives, can help me live in a healthy way. Also, my wife had a form of breast cancer that thrives in an estrogen positive state, which hormone is also influenced by diet. Processed Soy, which is pervasive and incorporated extensively into the American processed foods, is also generally derived from GM soy, and is a source of food that hyper elevates typical estrogen levels in the body.
These GM apologists do not tell the whole story. Our bodies are designed to have natural nutrition from the earth. It is simply not safe to mess with the genetics of the food supply and act like there will be no health consequences for people who eat genetically modified food.
Have to agree with you FlyingEagle, not a fan of GM foods.
In this single formulation you inadvertently reveal that you do not understand either food or the endocrine system. So why should anything else you say be given any credence?
I’m with you here! The difference with us as conservatives is that we don’t push our choices onto others and we don’t demand government actions that require others to do what we do. I prefer to grow and preserve as much of our food as possible, so another reason I dislike certain companies that make GM foods is that I can’t save seeds like I do with my heirlooms.
Spot on!
I am in total agreement with you FlyingEagle.
These scientists have no clue about the Pandora’s Box they are opening.
I only eat natural foods that G+d has given us, not overly-processed crap that comes from factories or these frankenfood experiments.
I’m with you. I’m not going to jump on that ‘they are all liberals so there must be nothing to it. It’s like Fracking in that its relatively safe and rather benign, but needs constant and continual oversight because you know somebody is going to abuse our collective ignorance in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
In a nut shell our digestive system break food down into carbohydrates and proteins while extracting required trace elements.
In my opinion as long as it doesn’t contain poisons, have pesticides sprayed on or other chemicals or human/animal waste on it - it’s good to go.
But I somewhat agree with you as I’ll buy organic when I can - I just don’t go out of my way looking for it.
I worry more about the “handled” fruit and veggies I get in a store. If it’s to be eaten raw I wash it first.
I agree. I try to eat foods grown within 50 miles of my house. I only buy wild caught fish, not farmed.
Exactly. The reason there are so many GMO defenders is because a lot of people simply don't care about their health or bodies. I see the visual evidence every day. People just want their McDonalds and potato chips and Hostess cupcakes at cheap prices. And if they end up riding around WalMart in a motorized cart weighing 300 lbs and with one foot to get them, who cares, right?
Americans are getting grosser and fatter and GMOs are a big part of the reason. The human body hates this poison, but people don't care. It is sad.
“My desire is to eat only natural, healthy, preferably organically raised food”
Which is what GMO plants are designed to do: Resists pests so that chemical are not needed yet, you reject those plants as not being “organic”. Well, I’ve never seen an inorganic plant.
You have eaten genetically modified foods your entire life. Cross-breeding is genetic modification. Everything from corn to bananas have been cross-bred to give us the larger, more colorful, and better tasting plants. Even what you can “organic” plants are based on this cross-breeding.
Bump that!
I don't want to scare you, but your wife's body makes estrogen.
Flying Eagle is right on. I avoid all GMOs I can. If you value your neurological health, do the same. Eat clean meats, fruits, and veggies.
As long as we continue to develop technology to answer other problems, I have no problem with genetically modified food. The problems arise when we close the book on our GM food, believing it is perfect without any further study, then expose ourselves to man-made epidemics impacting us far more than natural processes would have allowed.
Medical science thought margarine was better than butter. Then it now turns out to have caused far more heart disease than otherwise.
One counterargument to GM food would be naturally changing GM pests. Think War of the Worlds, without the common cold.