I tend to be a little anal when it comes to hazards put into our food. When I start on a rant about some chemical in our food, I see eyes glazing over or the look of 'I'm gonna punch you' written on their faces. I have been free from the consumption of aspartame for 5 years now and couldn't be happier with that decision! Only about 2 years ago did my family start to really listen what I had to say about the dangers that go along with aspartame. So many people have become consciously aware of aspartame and this deadly chemical is reaching its peak. Speculators suggest aspartame will be nonexistent in a few years. There is a far more deadly secret our food can tell and that is Genetically modified organisms; or GMO's. Some consider the acronym to mean God move over, which, in my opinion can be just as accurate.
1. GMO's are engineered by the modification of bacteria and DNA in plants and animals which cannot be naturally made with crossbreeding. That means they take the DNA of a soy bean and cut it in two then they add half of the modified DNA and merge it back together. They are created to produces insecticide within the confides of themselves and become immune to any herbicide used on them.
2. Over 60 countries render GMO's to be unsafe for human consumption and have banned it.
3. There is currently no law in effect to force product labels to state GMO's exist in their product.
4. 70% of the foods in the supermarket contain GMO's.
5. Side effects include cancer,birth defects, lower IQ in children, more allergies, and reproductive damage just to name a few.
6. Side effects in animals that result in death.
7. For my own satisfaction I will add that aspartame is also a GMO product. Aspartame is grown on genetically modified bacterial fecal matter.
Monsanto was originally a large chemical company prior to the agriculture company it is today. It is also responsible for aspartame, PCB's, and Agent Orange. Monsanto is a company specializing in herbicides. They are the creators of Round-Up and have designed these seeds to be resistant to Round-Up. Monsanto stated that Round-up was bio-degradable and was good for the environment, but France found out it was a lie and filed a lawsuit against Monsanto. French scientists at the Pierre and Marie Curie Institute tested round-Up and discovered it created cancerous cells.
We fret over terrorism from other countries but what about the secret terrorists on our own soil? We are being deprived of being able to live healthy lives. It is slowly becoming a mandatory and almost "normal" state to consume such toxins. We as civilians have a right to stand up not only for our own well being but for our future generations as well. Food needs to be labeled whether or not it is a product of GMO's, we should have a say in what goes into our own bodies.