Since most of us are avoiding soy, I'll concentrate on corn, because I eat a lot of it. But the more I read, the more I realize I MUST stick to non-GMO corn. So I pay more for tortilla chips, etc. But corn is everywhere in processed foods. This article by Dr. Mercola truly makes me sick, and makes me wonder if the meteoric rise of food intolerances, IBDs and MC isn't a direct result of GMO crops introduced in the mid 1990s.
How can our elected officials continue to look the other way?!??
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... L_artNew_1
Are you avoiding genetically modified corn?
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MBombardier
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There are people trying to pass a bill that makes it that it must to be clearly stated if GMO foods have been used. Right now there is no such law. The whole thing makes me sick. I wonder if Europe has a similar rise of intolerances that we are seeing here in the US. Europe had decided in the 90s to not use the untested technology on their people. I believe only 10% of their food has it ( imported).
I try to buy GMO free corn products, but it's not always available when you are out and like Zizzle said, it's in everything!
I try to buy GMO free corn products, but it's not always available when you are out and like Zizzle said, it's in everything!
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Gabes-Apg
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Leah
i can attribute some of my MC management success because i live in Australia. (if you have to live with multiple intolerances it is quite easy here)
Aus does have strict labelling laws, so the products are marked if they are GMO free or not, and you can trust products that are labelled GF/DF/EF/YF/SF etc.
quite a few of the products that are made in the USA, can not be distributed or sold in Aus, as the manufacturers struggle to meet the Australian labelling requirements.
unfortunately multiple interolances is on the rise everywhere. IMO the increase is higher in countries where;
- there is over use antiobiotics and other prescription meds
- eating higher ratio of ingredients that their bodies were genetically never meant to eat (including preservatives, colourings etc)
- higher concentration of genetically modified ingredients in foods and products
- the modifications to foods that make them commercially viable, coating eggs with soy oil, chemicals to make apples shiney, coating vegetables to make them last longer in air conditioned shops etc etc
There was a report on the news here last night that they are trying to link an increase in peanut allergy in toddlers to babies who were breast feed. i think that is a load of hogwash. they should be looking at the four categories i listed above in the mothers ....
i can attribute some of my MC management success because i live in Australia. (if you have to live with multiple intolerances it is quite easy here)
Aus does have strict labelling laws, so the products are marked if they are GMO free or not, and you can trust products that are labelled GF/DF/EF/YF/SF etc.
quite a few of the products that are made in the USA, can not be distributed or sold in Aus, as the manufacturers struggle to meet the Australian labelling requirements.
unfortunately multiple interolances is on the rise everywhere. IMO the increase is higher in countries where;
- there is over use antiobiotics and other prescription meds
- eating higher ratio of ingredients that their bodies were genetically never meant to eat (including preservatives, colourings etc)
- higher concentration of genetically modified ingredients in foods and products
- the modifications to foods that make them commercially viable, coating eggs with soy oil, chemicals to make apples shiney, coating vegetables to make them last longer in air conditioned shops etc etc
There was a report on the news here last night that they are trying to link an increase in peanut allergy in toddlers to babies who were breast feed. i think that is a load of hogwash. they should be looking at the four categories i listed above in the mothers ....
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
Brandy,
It is. Not only is about 99.9% of the corn seed planted these days GMO, but anyone who knows anything about corn pollination will recognize that corn pollen can blow for miles in the prevailing winds downwind of any GMO corn field, and this carries the genes to other fields of non-GMO corn that are planted for seed production. This ensures that some of those seeds will carry the genes and thereby cause unintentional propagation. As this is repeated with each growing cycle, eventually virtually all corn will show evidence of the genes (if it doesn't already). My guess is that it would be virtually impossible to find a sample of corn these days that would be capable of getting a clean bill of health from a DNA test.
The bottom line is that corn claimed to be "GMO free" is almost certainly analogous to the FDA's version of a "gluten-free" label. IOW, a certain percentage of the kernals are going to contain genes that do not exist in true non-GMO corn, and with every passing year, the percentage of GMO kernals in that sample will increase significantly. After a few such cycles, trying to find a true non-GMO corn seed becomes similar to looking for a needle in a haystack. Once the cat is out of the bag, it's impossible to herd it back in there.
Tex
It is. Not only is about 99.9% of the corn seed planted these days GMO, but anyone who knows anything about corn pollination will recognize that corn pollen can blow for miles in the prevailing winds downwind of any GMO corn field, and this carries the genes to other fields of non-GMO corn that are planted for seed production. This ensures that some of those seeds will carry the genes and thereby cause unintentional propagation. As this is repeated with each growing cycle, eventually virtually all corn will show evidence of the genes (if it doesn't already). My guess is that it would be virtually impossible to find a sample of corn these days that would be capable of getting a clean bill of health from a DNA test.
The bottom line is that corn claimed to be "GMO free" is almost certainly analogous to the FDA's version of a "gluten-free" label. IOW, a certain percentage of the kernals are going to contain genes that do not exist in true non-GMO corn, and with every passing year, the percentage of GMO kernals in that sample will increase significantly. After a few such cycles, trying to find a true non-GMO corn seed becomes similar to looking for a needle in a haystack. Once the cat is out of the bag, it's impossible to herd it back in there.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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I guess after Tex's post, the answer is "Yes, I am eating genetically modified corn." Tex, has white corn been genetically modified?
If you eat seedless cucumbers, then you're eating a GMO product. Same with many tomato varieties. I think any hybrid product is GMO. Safest way to be sure is to grow your own produce with heirloom seeds.
Gloria
If you eat seedless cucumbers, then you're eating a GMO product. Same with many tomato varieties. I think any hybrid product is GMO. Safest way to be sure is to grow your own produce with heirloom seeds.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
I honestly don't know, since I haven't bought any white corn seed in roughly 20 years, but I feel sure that it has been genetically altered to express the bacterial Bt toxin, since ear worms on food corn have always been a major economic and quality problem.Gloria wrote:Tex, has white corn been genetically modified?
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Corn the Toxic Grain by DogtorJ
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor and don't play one on TV.
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Well shoot. 
Even my hero, DogtorJ, is not immune to making mistakes. In that article he says:
At the beginning of the neolithic period, the previously perfect teeth of the hunter-gatherers suddenly headed south, due to damage to the enamel (as can be seen in the teeth of modern-day celiacs). This trend is clearly shown in the fossil remains from that time period. The early ancestors of wheat were apparently just as bad (for all practical purposes) as the later hybrid wheat crosses, despite all the "expert" claims to the contrary.
Tex
Even my hero, DogtorJ, is not immune to making mistakes. In that article he says:
While the reference described in the Bible is true, his understanding of the origins of celiac disease leaves a lot to be desired. As I mentioned in my book, the bioarchaeological evidence clearly shows that celiac disease first developed in response to the introduction of wheat into the human diet with the dawning of the neolithic period. This occurred roughly 10,000 years ago -- not 1,600 hundred years ago, as he claims.In Bible usage, corn referred to wheat and barley. And those two grains were safe and nutritious back then because man had not put his hand to them- yet. That was not done until the mid-400′s AD, when the Northern Germanics blended “God’s wheat” with two other plants (weeds) and created common wheat, the ancestor of what we now eat. This ushered in celiac disease which wiped many of them out with severe dysentery (IBS). This is historical fact.
At the beginning of the neolithic period, the previously perfect teeth of the hunter-gatherers suddenly headed south, due to damage to the enamel (as can be seen in the teeth of modern-day celiacs). This trend is clearly shown in the fossil remains from that time period. The early ancestors of wheat were apparently just as bad (for all practical purposes) as the later hybrid wheat crosses, despite all the "expert" claims to the contrary.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Zizzle - this is a very interesting topic you've brought up. I haven't paid any attention to corn, but just to gluten, dairy and soy. Even after 7-1/2 months, I am finding there is so much to learn about MC.
JLH - thank you for the link you provided. Very interesting.
AND Tex - What is the status of your book?
Paula
JLH - thank you for the link you provided. Very interesting.
AND Tex - What is the status of your book?
Paula
Paula
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