Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) food is a hot topic in
today’s world. GMO refers to any food product that has been altered at the gene
level. GMO foods are often described with terms such as “genetically
engineered”, “genetically altered”, or “genetically manipulated.”
The big corporate giants who engineer these seeds and foods
say they are exactly like regular seeds and food. Nothing could be farther from
the truth. They rationalize that hybridization of plants has been going on for
centuries. They say they are just using higher technology to achieve the same
thing faster. That argument is completely flawed, as the two techniques are
vastly different and do not produce the same results.
In normal breeding of plants or animals, you can never go
outside of that species. For example, you can’t breed a plant with an insect.
By definition, when you’re doing normal genetic manipulation using breeding
methods, it’s all going to be done within the normal, natural restrictions of
reproductive abilities of organisms.
With modern genetic engineering techniques, they are mixing
genetic material (DNA), from entirely different kingdoms of organisms. There is
absolutely nothing natural about it. The final result of cross species is
unnatural. To do this, genetic material must be blasted into the genetic
material of the base organism being altered with a high powered gun;
simplistically speaking.
The worst part of GMO end products is that they all react so
differently when subjected to real life situations. There are very specific
mechanisms completely individual to that particular new end product.
Take, for instance, genetically modified Bt plants. With
these seeds, a specific single toxin protein has been separated from the
bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, and is placed into the genetic material of the
corn, wheat, soybeans or potatoes.
Dr. Elaine Ingham is an international expert researcher of
the benefits of sustainable soil science. Her research has shown that Roundup
Ready plants have dramatically increased the amount of glyphosate used. This
helps those selling glyphosate, but because glyphosate reduces beneficial
organisms in the soil and feeds unwanted organisms that take nutrients from
plants, more fertilizer is needed to keep plants alive. Talk about a vicious
cycle!
According to Dr. Ingham, there is no such thing as a safe
GMO. It appears geneticists have no understanding of what they are doing to the
system as a whole. They believe they can tinker with simple seeds without any
consequences. That is the definition of a fool.
Not only are these scientists harming the natural plant
kingdom, but their GM products being fed to animals and people are physically
harming them, too.
A recent study led by Dr. Judy Carman shows that pigs fed GM
soy and corn showed a 267% increase in severe stomach inflammation. In males,
the increase was 400%. (Just for the record, most autistic children are males,
and nearly all of them have severe intestinal inflammation.) Doesn’t that sound
just like the major reason vaccines can cause autism, too. They also affect the
gut and gut function leading to inflammation and disease.
Anyway, back to GMO’s. This is the first study to show what
appears to be a direct connection between ingestion of GMO animal feed and
measurable damage to the stomachs of animals. Since this is the first study to
show this inflammation, it begs one question. Why weren’t these studies done
before being unleashed into our food supply?
Natural News.com’s Mike Adams says this: “The GMO biotech
industry was able to escape meaningful regulation of GMO’s in the United States
by claiming GMO’s were substantially no different from non-genetically
engineered crops…and the USDA bought!”
“So, how did Monsanto patent its GM corn, then? You’re not
supposed to be able to patent something unless it is uniquely different. Thus,
the very fact that Monsanto has acquired patents on its GMO crop varieties is
proof that the company itself believes its seeds are different.”
“And what is different about Monsanto’s corn? It produces a
deadly insecticide grown right into every kernel. That insecticide, of course,
is what kills insects that try to eat the crop. And how does it kill those
insects? It fatally damages their digestive systems. That same insecticide
stays inside the corn even as the crop is turned into animal feed …or corn chip
snacks, or flaked corn breakfast cereal.”
Call
me nuts and listen to the propagandist manufacturers of this poison if you
want, but as for me and my house, GMO’s will be avoided at all costs. The only
problem in trying to avoid these products is that most are not labeled as
containing GMO’s, as of yet. Many breakfast cereals contain unlabeled GMO
grains, and much of the meat you buy in the grocery stores are fed GMO
grains. These are reasons to buy
organically labeled products, and to buy grass fed beef, chicken, and other
meats from known suppliers, locally.
Join the fight to label GMO’s whenever you can. Your good health depends on it.