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How to Identify Genetically Modified (GMO) Foods.
Types of GM foods on the market:
-Corn (not Popcorn)
-Soy
-Alfalfa
-Sugar beets
-Papaya
-Yellow Crookneck Squash
-Zucchini
-Cotton Seed
-(**** Seed) Canola
Other GMO foods:
-Honey from GMO nectar
-Animal products from GMO fed animals
-BT Tobacco
GMOs not on the market:
X-- Tomatoes
X-- Potatoes
X—GMO wheat is not legally on the market…
Types of GMO traits on the market:
BT:
-Turns the entire plant into a living pesticide.
-If a bug eats from a BT corn plant its stomach explodes.
Herbicide Resistances:
-can survive being sprayed with harmful defoliants that kill mostly everything else they come into contact with.
The products with the listed GMO ingredient’s can avoided by:
- Buying the products from the GMO list only when labeled GM-Free
- Asking your local farmer about there: corn, zucchini, and yellow crookneck squash…
- Avoiding poor quality processed foods
- Buying organic
- Eating foods that are in there whole form which is usually cheaper, tastier, and more nutrient rich
Ways to choose to eat GMO:
- It’s really hard to tell for sure; for some reason companies don’t brag about using GMOs.
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