Laurenisliz: GMOs! What? Huh?

This debate has recently become bigger news. What are GMOs? They are genetically modified organisms. So like crazy big tomatoes, pumpkins, and corn? Kind of, but not as cool. GMOs are both are considered a final "vegetable" (for fruit!) and a seed. These seeds are created in a laboratory, where they are "customized" (by rearranging their DNA make-up) to grow larger, faster, with less water, the need for less pesticides, and more nutritious. Well this is what they claim. Most of these seeds are copyrighted and owned by a corporation called Monsanto and they do any of those things.

GMO's are not good for you. Why? You ask, well simply put they require more water, more pesticides, and contain more chemicals then the "awful" pesticides we were using before. Gross chemicals that can be found in nail polish from the 90's (no one even uses anymore because it's so toxic!). GMO's contain Formaldehyde and Glyphosate. Formaldehyde is an organic compound that is highly toxic to all animals, regardless of method of intake. Formaldehyde is used to preserve dead bodies and is known as embalming. Remember the Brazilian Blow Out scandal? It was a hair tragedy! But this is our food! We are eating formaldehyde. Glyphosate is a broad spectrum herbicide that is used to kill weeds. huh? It is RoundUp. Literally, Monsanto owns the weed killer you spray on your drive way, and now it's in your food. You mind as well sit down at the table and spray RoundUp all over your plates, in your water glass, in your husbands cereal, wash your hair with it. It's everywhere. GMOs also deplete the soil and pollute the Earth, not Eco-friendly at all.

These are the results of a study preformed by Vince from De Dell Seed Company, Canada's only NON GMO corn seed company. These results make me want to cry.

Look at the levels of Formaldehyde and Glyphosate IN the corn! The EPA standards for Glyphosate in water in America is .7ppm. In Europe it is .2 ppm. Tests showed organ damage to animals at .1ppm of Glyphosate in water. This corn has 13 ppm! In another study that Dr. Huber reported, .97 ppm of formaldehyde showed to be toxic in ingestion to animals. This corn has 200X that! That is why the animals, given a choice will not eat it at all, they can smell the formaldehyde! (source) The nutritional content is drastically less in the GMO corn then in the NON GMO corn. We need those vitamins and nutrients!!

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So you're thinking, well I just won't eat GMO's if they are so bad for me. Right? That's what I was thinking. Okay, eat clean and natural, less processed sugary foods. I can do that. Except, wait a second, anything that contains soybeans, canola, cottonseed, corn, and sugar from sugar beets has the possibility of containing or being a GMO. Do you're asking yourself, How can I tell the difference? You can't, plain and simple. The US government does not require any company to label their product as GMO or GMO free. The one exception is Organic! I plan on completely doing away with any GMOs in my home, and try and avoid them as much as possible when eating out.

Educate yourself!

Non-GMO Project

Non GMO Shopping Guide

10 Reasons to Avoid GMOs

Huffington Post - All Articles on GMOs

Understanding GMOs

What do you think about GMOs? Do you think they should be labeled?

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