Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 WOW!! This completely makes sense to me! I have often wondered why it seems that people have more allergies today.......compared to when I was growing up!!! Thanks, Lori! - Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® Soy...a GM food Hi Listmates, Here is an interesting article that I just received that thought many of you might find it of interest. Even if you (your family!) do not consume a lot of soy, the hidden GMO's can cause apparently cause inflammatory/allergic reactions. Dr. Oz also did a segment recently about " ensoy " products, but felt that natural soy such as Edemame was okay, as long as it was organic, and therefore non GM . HTH, Lori If you consume soy...think again. Genetically Engineered Soybeans May Cause Allergies By " I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell people never to eat it-unless it says organic. " -Allergy specialist Boyles, MD Beginning in 1996, genes from bacteria and viruses have been forced into the DNA of soy, corn, cotton, and canola plants, which are used for food. Ohio allergist Boyles is one of a growing number of experts who believe that these genetically modified (GM) foods are contributing to the huge jump in food allergies in the US, especially among children. The UK is one of the few countries that conduct a yearly food allergy evaluation. In March 1999, researchers at the York Laboratory were alarmed to discover that reactions to soy had skyrocketed by 50% over the previous year. Genetically modified soy had recently entered the UK from US imports and the soy used in the study was largely GM. Graham, spokesman for the York laboratory, said, " We believe this raises serious new questions about the safety of GM foods. " Genetic engineering may provoke allergies There are many ways in which the process of genetic engineering may be responsible for allergies. The classical understanding is that the imported genes produce a new protein, which may trigger reactions. This was demonstrated in the mid 1990s when soybeans were outfitted with a gene from the Brazil nut. While scientists attempted to produce a healthier soybean, they ended up with a potentially deadly one. Blood tests showed that people allergic to Brazil nuts reacted to the beans. It was never marketed. The GM variety planted in 91% of US soy acres is called Roundup Ready-engineered to survive otherwise deadly applications of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. The plants contain genes from bacteria, which produce a protein that has never been part of the human food supply. Since people aren't usually allergic to a food until they have eaten it several times, no tests can prove in advance that the protein will not cause allergies. As a precaution, scientists compare this new protein with a database of proteins known to cause allergies. According to criteria recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and others, if the new GM protein contains amino acid sequences that have been shown to trigger immune responses in other proteins, the GM crop should not be commercialized (or additional testing should be done). Sections of the protein produced in GM soy, however, are identical to shrimp and dust mite allergens. But the soybean got marketed anyway. Frighteningly, the only published human feeding study on GM foods ever conducted verified that the gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of our gut bacteria and continues to function. This means that years after we stop eating GM soy, we may still have the potentially allergenic protein continuously produced within our intestines. Damaged soy DNA creates new (or more) allergens The process of creating a GM crop produces massive collateral damage in the plant's DNA. Native genes can be mutated, deleted, permanently turned on or off, and hundreds may change their levels of protein expression. This can increase existing allergen, or produce a new, unknown allergens. Both appear to have happened in GM soy. Levels of one known soy allergen, trypsin inhibitor, were up to seven times higher in cooked GM soy compared to cooked non-GM soy. Another study discovered a unique, unexpected protein in GM soy, likely to trigger allergies. In addition, of eight human subjects who had a skin-prick (allergy-type) reaction to GM soy, one did not also react to non-GM soy, suggesting that GM soy is uniquely dangerous. Increased herbicides, digestive problems and allergies Farmers use nearly double the amount of herbicide on GM soy compared to non-GM soy; higher herbicide residues might cause reactions. GM soy reduces digestive enzymes in mice. If proteins " digest " slowly in humans, there is more time for allergic reactions (possibly to many food proteins). Eating GM foods is gambling with our health Documents made public from a lawsuit revealed that FDA scientists were uniformly concerned that GM foods might create hard-to-detect allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. Their urgent requests for required long-term feeding studies fell on deaf ears. The FDA doesn't require a single safety test. The person in charge of that FDA policy was Monsanto's former attorney, who later became their vice president. Buying products that are organic or labeled non-GMO are two ways to limit your family's risk. Another is to avoid products containing any ingredients from the seven GM food crops: soy, corn, cottonseed, canola, Hawaiian papaya, and a little bit of zucchini and crook neck squash. This means avoiding soy lecithin in chocolate, corn syrup in candies, and cottonseed or canola oil in snack foods. To learn more about the health dangers of GMOs, and what you can do to help end the genetic engineering of our food supply, visit <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/> www.ResponsibleTechnology.org. To learn how to choose healthier non-GMO brands, visit <http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/> www.NonGMOShoppingGuide.com. International bestselling author and filmmaker is the leading spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods. His first book, <http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/Home/index.cfm> Seeds of Deception, is the world's bestselling and #1 rated book on the topic. His second, <http://www.geneticroulette.com/> Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, provides overwhelming evidence that GMOs are unsafe and should never have been introduced. Mr. is the executive director of the <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> Institute for Responsible Technology, whose <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/CampaignforHealthierEatinginAme rica/index.cfm> Campaign for Healthier Eating in America is designed to create the tipping point of consumer rejection of GMOs, forcing them out of our food supply. Take Action Now by visiting <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm to join the campaign and help raise awareness to the health risks GM food has on our health and overall food supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Does anyone know what Dr. G's thoughts are on this? Just yesterday he was telling me MORE things to eliminate from my son's diet, but he's never seemed bothered by the soy... and we eat a lot of it... cheese, milk, ice cream. My son's allergy cells stay elevated, but he usually tells me the his diet doesn't really look problematic, so this makes me wonder. Not that I want to have to find a replacement, but it might be easier than all the other things we're trying to eliminate! Thanks, > > WOW!! > This completely makes sense to me! I have often wondered why it seems that people have more allergies today.......compared to when I was growing up!!! > Thanks, Lori! > > - > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > Soy...a GM food > > Hi Listmates, > > > > > > Here is an interesting article that I just received that thought many of you > might find it of interest. Even if you (your family!) do not consume a lot > of soy, the hidden GMO's can cause apparently cause inflammatory/allergic > reactions. > > Dr. Oz also did a segment recently about " ensoy " products, but felt > that natural soy such as Edemame was okay, as long as it was organic, and > therefore non GM . > > > > HTH, > > Lori > > > > > > > > If you consume soy...think again. > > Genetically Engineered Soybeans May Cause Allergies By > > " I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is > genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell people never to eat > it-unless it says organic. " -Allergy specialist Boyles, MD > > Beginning in 1996, genes from bacteria and viruses have been forced into the > DNA of soy, corn, cotton, and canola plants, which are used for food. Ohio > allergist Boyles is one of a growing number of experts who believe that > these genetically modified (GM) foods are contributing to the huge jump in > food allergies in the US, especially among children. > > The UK is one of the few countries that conduct a yearly food allergy > evaluation. In March 1999, researchers at the York Laboratory were alarmed > to discover that reactions to soy had skyrocketed by 50% over the previous > year. > > Genetically modified soy had recently entered the UK from US imports and the > soy used in the study was largely GM. Graham, spokesman for the York > laboratory, said, " We believe this raises serious new questions about the > safety of GM foods. " > > > Genetic engineering may provoke allergies > > > There are many ways in which the process of genetic engineering may be > responsible for allergies. The classical understanding is that the imported > genes produce a new protein, which may trigger reactions. This was > demonstrated in the mid 1990s when soybeans were outfitted with a gene from > the Brazil nut. While scientists attempted to produce a healthier soybean, > they ended up with a potentially deadly one. Blood tests showed that people > allergic to Brazil nuts reacted to the beans. It was never marketed. > > The GM variety planted in 91% of US soy acres is called Roundup > Ready-engineered to survive otherwise deadly applications of Monsanto's > Roundup herbicide. The plants contain genes from bacteria, which produce a > protein that has never been part of the human food supply. Since people > aren't usually allergic to a food until they have eaten it several times, no > tests can prove in advance that the protein will not cause allergies. > > As a precaution, scientists compare this new protein with a database of > proteins known to cause allergies. According to criteria recommended by the > World Health Organization (WHO) and others, if the new GM protein contains > amino acid sequences that have been shown to trigger immune responses in > other proteins, the GM crop should not be commercialized (or additional > testing should be done). Sections of the protein produced in GM soy, > however, are identical to shrimp and dust mite allergens. But the soybean > got marketed anyway. > > Frighteningly, the only published human feeding study on GM foods ever > conducted verified that the gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA > of our gut bacteria and continues to function. This means that years after > we stop eating GM soy, we may still have the potentially allergenic protein > continuously produced within our intestines. > > > Damaged soy DNA creates new (or more) allergens > > > The process of creating a GM crop produces massive collateral damage in the > plant's DNA. Native genes can be mutated, deleted, permanently turned on or > off, and hundreds may change their levels of protein expression. This can > increase existing allergen, or produce a new, unknown allergens. Both appear > to have happened in GM soy. > > Levels of one known soy allergen, trypsin inhibitor, were up to seven times > higher in cooked GM soy compared to cooked non-GM soy. Another study > discovered a unique, unexpected protein in GM soy, likely to trigger > allergies. > > In addition, of eight human subjects who had a skin-prick (allergy-type) > reaction to GM soy, one did not also react to non-GM soy, suggesting that GM > soy is uniquely dangerous. > > > Increased herbicides, digestive problems and allergies > > > Farmers use nearly double the amount of herbicide on GM soy compared to > non-GM soy; higher herbicide residues might cause reactions. > > GM soy reduces digestive enzymes in mice. If proteins " digest " slowly in > humans, there is more time for allergic reactions (possibly to many food > proteins). > > > Eating GM foods is gambling with our health > > > Documents made public from a lawsuit revealed that FDA scientists were > uniformly concerned that GM foods might create hard-to-detect allergies, > toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. Their urgent requests for > required long-term feeding studies fell on deaf ears. The FDA doesn't > require a single safety test. The person in charge of that FDA policy was > Monsanto's former attorney, who later became their vice president. > > Buying products that are organic or labeled non-GMO are two ways to limit > your family's risk. Another is to avoid products containing any ingredients > from the seven GM food crops: soy, corn, cottonseed, canola, Hawaiian > papaya, and a little bit of zucchini and crook neck squash. This means > avoiding soy lecithin in chocolate, corn syrup in candies, and cottonseed or > canola oil in snack foods. > > To learn more about the health dangers of GMOs, and what you can do to help > end the genetic engineering of our food supply, visit > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/> www.ResponsibleTechnology.org. > > To learn how to choose healthier non-GMO brands, visit > <http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/> www.NonGMOShoppingGuide.com. > > International bestselling author and filmmaker is the leading > spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods. His > first book, <http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/Home/index.cfm> Seeds > of Deception, is the world's bestselling and #1 rated book on the topic. His > second, <http://www.geneticroulette.com/> Genetic Roulette: The Documented > Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, provides overwhelming evidence > that GMOs are unsafe and should never have been introduced. Mr. is the > executive director of the > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> Institute for > Responsible Technology, whose > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/CampaignforHealthierEatinginAme > rica/index.cfm> Campaign for Healthier Eating in America is designed to > create the tipping point of consumer rejection of GMOs, forcing them out of > our food supply. > > Take Action Now by visiting > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> > http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm to join the > campaign and help raise awareness to the health risks GM food has on our > health and overall food supply. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 (Geez- went back to the top to say - sorry - it's a long OCD post - feel free to skip it lol.) Dr G only worries from the effect he sees in the immune system from the labs. There are some things known to increase cytokines, and even if they don't seem to bother a kid, should be avoided (the milk, whole grains, nuts, red food coloring). But if certain parts of the immune panel, IgE and eosiniphils aren't elevated, he's not going to pick apart the diet nearly as intensly as if he sees certain things in labs. I don't know beyond the eosiniphils & IgE what he looks at, but I think he sees things in the immune panel sometimes that trigger him to get militant on the foods - but I think it's in combination with one of the other markers. He does say that 25-50% of the kids who are intolerant of milk (I think he said 25%) are also intolerant to soy, but that tends to be addressed when there are symptoms/behaviors rather than labs, I think - not sure. So you're lucky in that affect. We were lucky like that, in some ways. However, when it comes to soy proteins in my son (soybean oil is ok because it doesn't contain the protein), although it doesn't affect any labs in my son, it makes him psychotically mean. (Maybe psychotic is exagerating, but it doesn't feel like it in my home.) Soy lecithen, if consumed daily, will wreck our lives. It sneaks up on us, too. He'll seem fine just long enough for you to forget that you started let him eat a new food, then start self-restricting or obsessing on it until it becomes a daily food, all he wants to eat.  Then a few months down the road (only because I'm a real slow study in certain things like this in particular since food is so hard with his limited diet), I reach my breaking point with his smart hateful mouth, frequent physical & verbal attacks on his brother, verbal attacks on us, and overall inability to be happy in any way, shape, or form, that something snaps in me and I suddenly realize.... SOY! When I finally wake up (the stress of his attitude on soy does something to my brain and I shut down instead of problem solve) and smell the soy, and I pull it out, we can count exactly 5 days before we suddenly see the child we can actually like emerge. And 3-4 days (maybe a week) after that, he himself even stops hating us for forbidding the food because he finally accepts and acknowledges how much happier he is since he stopped it.  (But then, a few weeks later the irritability comes back, so I think he must start getting it again or another food replaces it and starts irritability - or we just lose the effect and he just regresses - I haven't figured that out yet because I haven't been keeping a food-log, which is just so important that I can't imagine why I don't do it!) But technically, he doesn't have an allergy to soy. However, he can eat dairy all the time and show no reaction to it.  I went thru a year w/out the protocol where I gave in to pressure from family, and I honestly can't tell that he's sensitive to it - but I keep it out because it specifically raises an immune response already overactive in autism as a natural effect, so I know it's not supposed to be there.  I let him have it on special occasions (parties, vacations where I can't get his specific foods, I'll allow pizza and ice cream), and I don't see anything from it - but I DO get harrassed endlessly for the next few months for it, so that sucks as bad as having a visible reaction. He's not " all clear " yet, and maybe it has some to do with my being less than perfect on the diet. Maybe not - but he is definitely better from the meds than he would have been - incredibly. Our main issues remain restricted interest (but not severe), not socially mobile at school (but plays 'ok' in many kinds of play w/friends in groups of 2-3, and he's prone to intense anger, and doesn't concentrate well at school. Now that I'm feeling better after a complete anxiety OCD meltdown freakout insanity crazy-train ride building over the last year (new antibiotic probably), I'm working much harder on the diet so I'll let you know what changes. But... soys baaaaaad news for us. If you don't have aggression, rage attacks, severe depression, inability to feel joy ... those are the kids that I see w/soy problems in the psych practices I've done chart studies on. That, or taking zytrec or allegra - usually both. In two practices I've worked, I've pulled charts for all of the kids labeled ODD (oppositional defiance disorder)... every last one took those allergy meds and well over half had mention of dairy allergy in their medical history. (I did an OCD study too, and every single one had a history of chronic strep or tonsillectomy mentioned in their medical history - gee - go figure that one.) So if you don't have those symptoms, and he's not growing breasts yet, then I wouldn't necessarily recommend worrying too much about it. But I've read so much negative about soy (unless it is fermented - that seems to disable the enzymes in it that supposedly interfere with digestion - I'm fascinated by the stuff the Weston Price group have to say about soy and why it might be evil) and it's affect on hormones and other things that I would still limit it. If it's easy enough to live without it, I'd dump it, but if it's a staple of your child's diet right now and that's what you need to feed him, I wouldn't add stress to my life if your child is doing well. I am so OCD and have such significant issues over food with severe anxiety over toxicity etc (at time), but I know it's OCD because I'll feed my kids while I'll refuse to eat. I cannot read things about food anymore. I believe a lot about what I read (Weston Price is very convincing and fascinating but we still can't do some of the things they suggest and enough people of kids with autism finally figured that out on their own despite their complete devotion to the paradigm), but I also have to trust that as our bodies get healthier by *treating infections*, they will be far less susceptible to the potential injuries of certain foods. Because I see extremely healthy active beautiful glowing energetic people eating all sorts of foods that would make Weston Price roll over in his grave. I've never been sicker in my life than in the years that I stricly followed all the healthiest whole food eating guidelines of organic whole food (before anyone discussed it everywhere). Never sicker, never had more pain in my body. I considered white bread and processed flour evil. I love a jar of wheat germ more than ice cream. (Ok yeah I'm wierd.) That healthy diet, the vitamins and supplements - especially all the Bvitamins, the local honey, fresh ground peanut butter - all the wonderful natural things I loved to death were killing me. (My mouth waters just thinking about it, and I think - well so what if my body hurts so much I limp and can't stand more than a minute - it's YUMMY!) Sorry about that long post! While my OCD is dramatically better, nothing will trigger it more than a food discussion regarding soy, or genetically modified foods. Healthy diet - quality food - wonderful goals (which I'm not meeting).  Cure for us: meds, immune modulators, finding the core problem. If all our kids will eat right now is a specific chicken nugget spiked with MSG and nitrates, and little else, we just can't worry about it today (unless they have migraines and are allergic to MSG). We can try after they get better, but not right now. If in a year or two, if the Whittemore institute says sorry, XMRV isn't causing neuro-immune disease like we suspected, then I may go militant on diet issues again. And then I might start obsessing and wondering .... gee, what if the retrovirus came from genetically engineered foods? ________________________________ From: melissamonogue <melissa@...> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 2:47:55 PM Subject: Re: Soy...a GM food  Does anyone know what Dr. G's thoughts are on this? Just yesterday he was telling me MORE things to eliminate from my son's diet, but he's never seemed bothered by the soy... and we eat a lot of it... cheese, milk, ice cream. My son's allergy cells stay elevated, but he usually tells me the his diet doesn't really look problematic, so this makes me wonder. Not that I want to have to find a replacement, but it might be easier than all the other things we're trying to eliminate! Thanks, > > WOW!! > This completely makes sense to me! I have often wondered why it seems that >people have more allergies today.......compared to when I was growing up!!! > Thanks, Lori! > > - > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > Soy...a GM food > > Hi Listmates, > > > > > > Here is an interesting article that I just received that thought many of you > might find it of interest. Even if you (your family!) do not consume a lot > of soy, the hidden GMO's can cause apparently cause inflammatory/allergic > reactions. > > Dr. Oz also did a segment recently about " ensoy " products, but felt > that natural soy such as Edemame was okay, as long as it was organic, and > therefore non GM . > > > > HTH, > > Lori > > > > > > > > If you consume soy...think again. > > Genetically Engineered Soybeans May Cause Allergies By > > " I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is > genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell people never to eat > it-unless it says organic. " -Allergy specialist Boyles, MD > > Beginning in 1996, genes from bacteria and viruses have been forced into the > DNA of soy, corn, cotton, and canola plants, which are used for food. Ohio > allergist Boyles is one of a growing number of experts who believe that > these genetically modified (GM) foods are contributing to the huge jump in > food allergies in the US, especially among children. > > The UK is one of the few countries that conduct a yearly food allergy > evaluation. In March 1999, researchers at the York Laboratory were alarmed > to discover that reactions to soy had skyrocketed by 50% over the previous > year. > > Genetically modified soy had recently entered the UK from US imports and the > soy used in the study was largely GM. Graham, spokesman for the York > laboratory, said, " We believe this raises serious new questions about the > safety of GM foods. " > > > Genetic engineering may provoke allergies > > > There are many ways in which the process of genetic engineering may be > responsible for allergies. The classical understanding is that the imported > genes produce a new protein, which may trigger reactions. This was > demonstrated in the mid 1990s when soybeans were outfitted with a gene from > the Brazil nut. While scientists attempted to produce a healthier soybean, > they ended up with a potentially deadly one. Blood tests showed that people > allergic to Brazil nuts reacted to the beans. It was never marketed. > > The GM variety planted in 91% of US soy acres is called Roundup > Ready-engineered to survive otherwise deadly applications of Monsanto's > Roundup herbicide. The plants contain genes from bacteria, which produce a > protein that has never been part of the human food supply. Since people > aren't usually allergic to a food until they have eaten it several times, no > tests can prove in advance that the protein will not cause allergies. > > As a precaution, scientists compare this new protein with a database of > proteins known to cause allergies. According to criteria recommended by the > World Health Organization (WHO) and others, if the new GM protein contains > amino acid sequences that have been shown to trigger immune responses in > other proteins, the GM crop should not be commercialized (or additional > testing should be done). Sections of the protein produced in GM soy, > however, are identical to shrimp and dust mite allergens. But the soybean > got marketed anyway. > > Frighteningly, the only published human feeding study on GM foods ever > conducted verified that the gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA > of our gut bacteria and continues to function. This means that years after > we stop eating GM soy, we may still have the potentially allergenic protein > continuously produced within our intestines. > > > Damaged soy DNA creates new (or more) allergens > > > The process of creating a GM crop produces massive collateral damage in the > plant's DNA. Native genes can be mutated, deleted, permanently turned on or > off, and hundreds may change their levels of protein expression. This can > increase existing allergen, or produce a new, unknown allergens. Both appear > to have happened in GM soy. > > Levels of one known soy allergen, trypsin inhibitor, were up to seven times > higher in cooked GM soy compared to cooked non-GM soy. Another study > discovered a unique, unexpected protein in GM soy, likely to trigger > allergies. > > In addition, of eight human subjects who had a skin-prick (allergy-type) > reaction to GM soy, one did not also react to non-GM soy, suggesting that GM > soy is uniquely dangerous. > > > Increased herbicides, digestive problems and allergies > > > Farmers use nearly double the amount of herbicide on GM soy compared to > non-GM soy; higher herbicide residues might cause reactions. > > GM soy reduces digestive enzymes in mice. If proteins " digest " slowly in > humans, there is more time for allergic reactions (possibly to many food > proteins). > > > Eating GM foods is gambling with our health > > > Documents made public from a lawsuit revealed that FDA scientists were > uniformly concerned that GM foods might create hard-to-detect allergies, > toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. Their urgent requests for > required long-term feeding studies fell on deaf ears. The FDA doesn't > require a single safety test. The person in charge of that FDA policy was > Monsanto's former attorney, who later became their vice president. > > Buying products that are organic or labeled non-GMO are two ways to limit > your family's risk. Another is to avoid products containing any ingredients > from the seven GM food crops: soy, corn, cottonseed, canola, Hawaiian > papaya, and a little bit of zucchini and crook neck squash. This means > avoiding soy lecithin in chocolate, corn syrup in candies, and cottonseed or > canola oil in snack foods. > > To learn more about the health dangers of GMOs, and what you can do to help > end the genetic engineering of our food supply, visit > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/> www.ResponsibleTechnology.org. > > To learn how to choose healthier non-GMO brands, visit > <http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/> www.NonGMOShoppingGuide.com. > > International bestselling author and filmmaker is the leading > spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods. His > first book, <http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/Home/index.cfm> Seeds > of Deception, is the world's bestselling and #1 rated book on the topic. His > second, <http://www.geneticroulette.com/> Genetic Roulette: The Documented > Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, provides overwhelming evidence > that GMOs are unsafe and should never have been introduced. Mr. is the > executive director of the > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> Institute for > Responsible Technology, whose > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/CampaignforHealthierEatinginAme > rica/index.cfm> Campaign for Healthier Eating in America is designed to > create the tipping point of consumer rejection of GMOs, forcing them out of > our food supply. > > Take Action Now by visiting > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> > http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm to join the > campaign and help raise awareness to the health risks GM food has on our > health and overall food supply. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 And soy in any form makes my daughter a crazy mess, as does dairy, corn, wheat, cashews, and peanut butter. It is all about finding out what each child is reacting too. Sheri ________________________________ From: <thecolemans4@...> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 10:28:11 PM Subject: Re: Re: Soy...a GM food (Geez- went back to the top to say - sorry - it's a long OCD post - feel free to skip it lol.) Dr G only worries from the effect he sees in the immune system from the labs. There are some things known to increase cytokines, and even if they don't seem to bother a kid, should be avoided (the milk, whole grains, nuts, red food coloring). But if certain parts of the immune panel, IgE and eosiniphils aren't elevated, he's not going to pick apart the diet nearly as intensly as if he sees certain things in labs. I don't know beyond the eosiniphils & IgE what he looks at, but I think he sees things in the immune panel sometimes that trigger him to get militant on the foods - but I think it's in combination with one of the other markers. He does say that 25-50% of the kids who are intolerant of milk (I think he said 25%) are also intolerant to soy, but that tends to be addressed when there are symptoms/behaviors rather than labs, I think - not sure. So you're lucky in that affect. We were lucky like that, in some ways. However, when it comes to soy proteins in my son (soybean oil is ok because it doesn't contain the protein), although it doesn't affect any labs in my son, it makes him psychotically mean. (Maybe psychotic is exagerating, but it doesn't feel like it in my home.) Soy lecithen, if consumed daily, will wreck our lives. It sneaks up on us, too. He'll seem fine just long enough for you to forget that you started let him eat a new food, then start self-restricting or obsessing on it until it becomes a daily food, all he wants to eat. Then a few months down the road (only because I'm a real slow study in certain things like this in particular since food is so hard with his limited diet), I reach my breaking point with his smart hateful mouth, frequent physical & verbal attacks on his brother, verbal attacks on us, and overall inability to be happy in any way, shape, or form, that something snaps in me and I suddenly realize.... SOY! When I finally wake up (the stress of his attitude on soy does something to my brain and I shut down instead of problem solve) and smell the soy, and I pull it out, we can count exactly 5 days before we suddenly see the child we can actually like emerge. And 3-4 days (maybe a week) after that, he himself even stops hating us for forbidding the food because he finally accepts and acknowledges how much happier he is since he stopped it. (But then, a few weeks later the irritability comes back, so I think he must start getting it again or another food replaces it and starts irritability - or we just lose the effect and he just regresses - I haven't figured that out yet because I haven't been keeping a food-log, which is just so important that I can't imagine why I don't do it!) But technically, he doesn't have an allergy to soy. However, he can eat dairy all the time and show no reaction to it. I went thru a year w/out the protocol where I gave in to pressure from family, and I honestly can't tell that he's sensitive to it - but I keep it out because it specifically raises an immune response already overactive in autism as a natural effect, so I know it's not supposed to be there. I let him have it on special occasions (parties, vacations where I can't get his specific foods, I'll allow pizza and ice cream), and I don't see anything from it - but I DO get harrassed endlessly for the next few months for it, so that sucks as bad as having a visible reaction. He's not " all clear " yet, and maybe it has some to do with my being less than perfect on the diet. Maybe not - but he is definitely better from the meds than he would have been - incredibly. Our main issues remain restricted interest (but not severe), not socially mobile at school (but plays 'ok' in many kinds of play w/friends in groups of 2-3, and he's prone to intense anger, and doesn't concentrate well at school. Now that I'm feeling better after a complete anxiety OCD meltdown freakout insanity crazy-train ride building over the last year (new antibiotic probably), I'm working much harder on the diet so I'll let you know what changes. But... soys baaaaaad news for us. If you don't have aggression, rage attacks, severe depression, inability to feel joy ... those are the kids that I see w/soy problems in the psych practices I've done chart studies on. That, or taking zytrec or allegra - usually both. In two practices I've worked, I've pulled charts for all of the kids labeled ODD (oppositional defiance disorder)... every last one took those allergy meds and well over half had mention of dairy allergy in their medical history. (I did an OCD study too, and every single one had a history of chronic strep or tonsillectomy mentioned in their medical history - gee - go figure that one.) So if you don't have those symptoms, and he's not growing breasts yet, then I wouldn't necessarily recommend worrying too much about it. But I've read so much negative about soy (unless it is fermented - that seems to disable the enzymes in it that supposedly interfere with digestion - I'm fascinated by the stuff the Weston Price group have to say about soy and why it might be evil) and it's affect on hormones and other things that I would still limit it. If it's easy enough to live without it, I'd dump it, but if it's a staple of your child's diet right now and that's what you need to feed him, I wouldn't add stress to my life if your child is doing well. I am so OCD and have such significant issues over food with severe anxiety over toxicity etc (at time), but I know it's OCD because I'll feed my kids while I'll refuse to eat. I cannot read things about food anymore. I believe a lot about what I read (Weston Price is very convincing and fascinating but we still can't do some of the things they suggest and enough people of kids with autism finally figured that out on their own despite their complete devotion to the paradigm), but I also have to trust that as our bodies get healthier by *treating infections*, they will be far less susceptible to the potential injuries of certain foods. Because I see extremely healthy active beautiful glowing energetic people eating all sorts of foods that would make Weston Price roll over in his grave. I've never been sicker in my life than in the years that I stricly followed all the healthiest whole food eating guidelines of organic whole food (before anyone discussed it everywhere). Never sicker, never had more pain in my body. I considered white bread and processed flour evil. I love a jar of wheat germ more than ice cream. (Ok yeah I'm wierd.) That healthy diet, the vitamins and supplements - especially all the Bvitamins, the local honey, fresh ground peanut butter - all the wonderful natural things I loved to death were killing me. (My mouth waters just thinking about it, and I think - well so what if my body hurts so much I limp and can't stand more than a minute - it's YUMMY!) Sorry about that long post! While my OCD is dramatically better, nothing will trigger it more than a food discussion regarding soy, or genetically modified foods. Healthy diet - quality food - wonderful goals (which I'm not meeting). Cure for us: meds, immune modulators, finding the core problem. If all our kids will eat right now is a specific chicken nugget spiked with MSG and nitrates, and little else, we just can't worry about it today (unless they have migraines and are allergic to MSG). We can try after they get better, but not right now. If in a year or two, if the Whittemore institute says sorry, XMRV isn't causing neuro-immune disease like we suspected, then I may go militant on diet issues again. And then I might start obsessing and wondering .... gee, what if the retrovirus came from genetically engineered foods? ________________________________ From: melissamonogue <melissa@...> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 2:47:55 PM Subject: Re: Soy...a GM food Does anyone know what Dr. G's thoughts are on this? Just yesterday he was telling me MORE things to eliminate from my son's diet, but he's never seemed bothered by the soy... and we eat a lot of it... cheese, milk, ice cream. My son's allergy cells stay elevated, but he usually tells me the his diet doesn't really look problematic, so this makes me wonder. Not that I want to have to find a replacement, but it might be easier than all the other things we're trying to eliminate! Thanks, > > WOW!! > This completely makes sense to me! I have often wondered why it seems that >people have more allergies today.......compared to when I was growing up!!! > Thanks, Lori! > > - > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > Soy...a GM food > > Hi Listmates, > > > > > > Here is an interesting article that I just received that thought many of you > might find it of interest. Even if you (your family!) do not consume a lot > of soy, the hidden GMO's can cause apparently cause inflammatory/allergic > reactions. > > Dr. Oz also did a segment recently about " ensoy " products, but felt > that natural soy such as Edemame was okay, as long as it was organic, and > therefore non GM . > > > > HTH, > > Lori > > > > > > > > If you consume soy...think again. > > Genetically Engineered Soybeans May Cause Allergies By > > " I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is > genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell people never to eat > it-unless it says organic. " -Allergy specialist Boyles, MD > > Beginning in 1996, genes from bacteria and viruses have been forced into the > DNA of soy, corn, cotton, and canola plants, which are used for food. Ohio > allergist Boyles is one of a growing number of experts who believe that > these genetically modified (GM) foods are contributing to the huge jump in > food allergies in the US, especially among children. > > The UK is one of the few countries that conduct a yearly food allergy > evaluation. In March 1999, researchers at the York Laboratory were alarmed > to discover that reactions to soy had skyrocketed by 50% over the previous > year. > > Genetically modified soy had recently entered the UK from US imports and the > soy used in the study was largely GM. Graham, spokesman for the York > laboratory, said, " We believe this raises serious new questions about the > safety of GM foods. " > > > Genetic engineering may provoke allergies > > > There are many ways in which the process of genetic engineering may be > responsible for allergies. The classical understanding is that the imported > genes produce a new protein, which may trigger reactions. This was > demonstrated in the mid 1990s when soybeans were outfitted with a gene from > the Brazil nut. While scientists attempted to produce a healthier soybean, > they ended up with a potentially deadly one. Blood tests showed that people > allergic to Brazil nuts reacted to the beans. It was never marketed. > > The GM variety planted in 91% of US soy acres is called Roundup > Ready-engineered to survive otherwise deadly applications of Monsanto's > Roundup herbicide. The plants contain genes from bacteria, which produce a > protein that has never been part of the human food supply. Since people > aren't usually allergic to a food until they have eaten it several times, no > tests can prove in advance that the protein will not cause allergies. > > As a precaution, scientists compare this new protein with a database of > proteins known to cause allergies. According to criteria recommended by the > World Health Organization (WHO) and others, if the new GM protein contains > amino acid sequences that have been shown to trigger immune responses in > other proteins, the GM crop should not be commercialized (or additional > testing should be done). Sections of the protein produced in GM soy, > however, are identical to shrimp and dust mite allergens. But the soybean > got marketed anyway. > > Frighteningly, the only published human feeding study on GM foods ever > conducted verified that the gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA > of our gut bacteria and continues to function. This means that years after > we stop eating GM soy, we may still have the potentially allergenic protein > continuously produced within our intestines. > > > Damaged soy DNA creates new (or more) allergens > > > The process of creating a GM crop produces massive collateral damage in the > plant's DNA. Native genes can be mutated, deleted, permanently turned on or > off, and hundreds may change their levels of protein expression. This can > increase existing allergen, or produce a new, unknown allergens. Both appear > to have happened in GM soy. > > Levels of one known soy allergen, trypsin inhibitor, were up to seven times > higher in cooked GM soy compared to cooked non-GM soy. Another study > discovered a unique, unexpected protein in GM soy, likely to trigger > allergies. > > In addition, of eight human subjects who had a skin-prick (allergy-type) > reaction to GM soy, one did not also react to non-GM soy, suggesting that GM > soy is uniquely dangerous. > > > Increased herbicides, digestive problems and allergies > > > Farmers use nearly double the amount of herbicide on GM soy compared to > non-GM soy; higher herbicide residues might cause reactions. > > GM soy reduces digestive enzymes in mice. If proteins " digest " slowly in > humans, there is more time for allergic reactions (possibly to many food > proteins). > > > Eating GM foods is gambling with our health > > > Documents made public from a lawsuit revealed that FDA scientists were > uniformly concerned that GM foods might create hard-to-detect allergies, > toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. Their urgent requests for > required long-term feeding studies fell on deaf ears. The FDA doesn't > require a single safety test. The person in charge of that FDA policy was > Monsanto's former attorney, who later became their vice president. > > Buying products that are organic or labeled non-GMO are two ways to limit > your family's risk. Another is to avoid products containing any ingredients > from the seven GM food crops: soy, corn, cottonseed, canola, Hawaiian > papaya, and a little bit of zucchini and crook neck squash. This means > avoiding soy lecithin in chocolate, corn syrup in candies, and cottonseed or > canola oil in snack foods. > > To learn more about the health dangers of GMOs, and what you can do to help > end the genetic engineering of our food supply, visit > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/> www.ResponsibleTechnology.org. > > To learn how to choose healthier non-GMO brands, visit > <http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/> www.NonGMOShoppingGuide.com. > > International bestselling author and filmmaker is the leading > spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods. His > first book, <http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/Home/index.cfm> Seeds > of Deception, is the world's bestselling and #1 rated book on the topic. His > second, <http://www.geneticroulette.com/> Genetic Roulette: The Documented > Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, provides overwhelming evidence > that GMOs are unsafe and should never have been introduced. Mr. is the > executive director of the > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> Institute for > Responsible Technology, whose > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/CampaignforHealthierEatinginAme > rica/index.cfm> Campaign for Healthier Eating in America is designed to > create the tipping point of consumer rejection of GMOs, forcing them out of > our food supply. > > Take Action Now by visiting > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> > http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm to join the > campaign and help raise awareness to the health risks GM food has on our > health and overall food supply. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 When is he going to write a book and let others know what he is doing and how he does it? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: October-20-10 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Re: Soy...a GM food (Geez- went back to the top to say - sorry - it's a long OCD post - feel free to skip it lol.) Dr G only worries from the effect he sees in the immune system from the labs. There are some things known to increase cytokines, and even if they don't seem to bother a kid, should be avoided (the milk, whole grains, nuts, red food coloring). But if certain parts of the immune panel, IgE and eosiniphils aren't elevated, he's not going to pick apart the diet nearly as intensly as if he sees certain things in labs. I don't know beyond the eosiniphils & IgE what he looks at, but I think he sees things in the immune panel sometimes that trigger him to get militant on the foods - but I think it's in combination with one of the other markers. He does say that 25-50% of the kids who are intolerant of milk (I think he said 25%) are also intolerant to soy, but that tends to be addressed when there are symptoms/behaviors rather than labs, I think - not sure. So you're lucky in that affect. We were lucky like that, in some ways. However, when it comes to soy proteins in my son (soybean oil is ok because it doesn't contain the protein), although it doesn't affect any labs in my son, it makes him psychotically mean. (Maybe psychotic is exagerating, but it doesn't feel like it in my home.) Soy lecithen, if consumed daily, will wreck our lives. It sneaks up on us, too. He'll seem fine just long enough for you to forget that you started let him eat a new food, then start self-restricting or obsessing on it until it becomes a daily food, all he wants to eat. Then a few months down the road (only because I'm a real slow study in certain things like this in particular since food is so hard with his limited diet), I reach my breaking point with his smart hateful mouth, frequent physical & verbal attacks on his brother, verbal attacks on us, and overall inability to be happy in any way, shape, or form, that something snaps in me and I suddenly realize.... SOY! When I finally wake up (the stress of his attitude on soy does something to my brain and I shut down instead of problem solve) and smell the soy, and I pull it out, we can count exactly 5 days before we suddenly see the child we can actually like emerge. And 3-4 days (maybe a week) after that, he himself even stops hating us for forbidding the food because he finally accepts and acknowledges how much happier he is since he stopped it. (But then, a few weeks later the irritability comes back, so I think he must start getting it again or another food replaces it and starts irritability - or we just lose the effect and he just regresses - I haven't figured that out yet because I haven't been keeping a food-log, which is just so important that I can't imagine why I don't do it!) But technically, he doesn't have an allergy to soy. However, he can eat dairy all the time and show no reaction to it. I went thru a year w/out the protocol where I gave in to pressure from family, and I honestly can't tell that he's sensitive to it - but I keep it out because it specifically raises an immune response already overactive in autism as a natural effect, so I know it's not supposed to be there. I let him have it on special occasions (parties, vacations where I can't get his specific foods, I'll allow pizza and ice cream), and I don't see anything from it - but I DO get harrassed endlessly for the next few months for it, so that sucks as bad as having a visible reaction. He's not " all clear " yet, and maybe it has some to do with my being less than perfect on the diet. Maybe not - but he is definitely better from the meds than he would have been - incredibly. Our main issues remain restricted interest (but not severe), not socially mobile at school (but plays 'ok' in many kinds of play w/friends in groups of 2-3, and he's prone to intense anger, and doesn't concentrate well at school. Now that I'm feeling better after a complete anxiety OCD meltdown freakout insanity crazy-train ride building over the last year (new antibiotic probably), I'm working much harder on the diet so I'll let you know what changes. But... soys baaaaaad news for us. If you don't have aggression, rage attacks, severe depression, inability to feel joy ... those are the kids that I see w/soy problems in the psych practices I've done chart studies on. That, or taking zytrec or allegra - usually both. In two practices I've worked, I've pulled charts for all of the kids labeled ODD (oppositional defiance disorder)... every last one took those allergy meds and well over half had mention of dairy allergy in their medical history. (I did an OCD study too, and every single one had a history of chronic strep or tonsillectomy mentioned in their medical history - gee - go figure that one.) So if you don't have those symptoms, and he's not growing breasts yet, then I wouldn't necessarily recommend worrying too much about it. But I've read so much negative about soy (unless it is fermented - that seems to disable the enzymes in it that supposedly interfere with digestion - I'm fascinated by the stuff the Weston Price group have to say about soy and why it might be evil) and it's affect on hormones and other things that I would still limit it. If it's easy enough to live without it, I'd dump it, but if it's a staple of your child's diet right now and that's what you need to feed him, I wouldn't add stress to my life if your child is doing well. I am so OCD and have such significant issues over food with severe anxiety over toxicity etc (at time), but I know it's OCD because I'll feed my kids while I'll refuse to eat. I cannot read things about food anymore. I believe a lot about what I read (Weston Price is very convincing and fascinating but we still can't do some of the things they suggest and enough people of kids with autism finally figured that out on their own despite their complete devotion to the paradigm), but I also have to trust that as our bodies get healthier by *treating infections*, they will be far less susceptible to the potential injuries of certain foods. Because I see extremely healthy active beautiful glowing energetic people eating all sorts of foods that would make Weston Price roll over in his grave. I've never been sicker in my life than in the years that I stricly followed all the healthiest whole food eating guidelines of organic whole food (before anyone discussed it everywhere). Never sicker, never had more pain in my body. I considered white bread and processed flour evil. I love a jar of wheat germ more than ice cream. (Ok yeah I'm wierd.) That healthy diet, the vitamins and supplements - especially all the Bvitamins, the local honey, fresh ground peanut butter - all the wonderful natural things I loved to death were killing me. (My mouth waters just thinking about it, and I think - well so what if my body hurts so much I limp and can't stand more than a minute - it's YUMMY!) Sorry about that long post! While my OCD is dramatically better, nothing will trigger it more than a food discussion regarding soy, or genetically modified foods. Healthy diet - quality food - wonderful goals (which I'm not meeting). Cure for us: meds, immune modulators, finding the core problem. If all our kids will eat right now is a specific chicken nugget spiked with MSG and nitrates, and little else, we just can't worry about it today (unless they have migraines and are allergic to MSG). We can try after they get better, but not right now. If in a year or two, if the Whittemore institute says sorry, XMRV isn't causing neuro-immune disease like we suspected, then I may go militant on diet issues again. And then I might start obsessing and wondering .... gee, what if the retrovirus came from genetically engineered foods? ________________________________ From: melissamonogue <melissa@... <mailto:melissa%40backporchcreative.com> > <mailto:%40> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 2:47:55 PM Subject: Re: Soy...a GM food Does anyone know what Dr. G's thoughts are on this? Just yesterday he was telling me MORE things to eliminate from my son's diet, but he's never seemed bothered by the soy... and we eat a lot of it... cheese, milk, ice cream. My son's allergy cells stay elevated, but he usually tells me the his diet doesn't really look problematic, so this makes me wonder. Not that I want to have to find a replacement, but it might be easier than all the other things we're trying to eliminate! Thanks, --- In <mailto:%40> , erikadyan71@... wrote: > > WOW!! > This completely makes sense to me! I have often wondered why it seems that >people have more allergies today.......compared to when I was growing up!!! > Thanks, Lori! > > - > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > Soy...a GM food > > Hi Listmates, > > > > > > Here is an interesting article that I just received that thought many of you > might find it of interest. Even if you (your family!) do not consume a lot > of soy, the hidden GMO's can cause apparently cause inflammatory/allergic > reactions. > > Dr. Oz also did a segment recently about " ensoy " products, but felt > that natural soy such as Edemame was okay, as long as it was organic, and > therefore non GM . > > > > HTH, > > Lori > > > > > > > > If you consume soy...think again. > > Genetically Engineered Soybeans May Cause Allergies By > > " I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is > genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell people never to eat > it-unless it says organic. " -Allergy specialist Boyles, MD > > Beginning in 1996, genes from bacteria and viruses have been forced into the > DNA of soy, corn, cotton, and canola plants, which are used for food. Ohio > allergist Boyles is one of a growing number of experts who believe that > these genetically modified (GM) foods are contributing to the huge jump in > food allergies in the US, especially among children. > > The UK is one of the few countries that conduct a yearly food allergy > evaluation. In March 1999, researchers at the York Laboratory were alarmed > to discover that reactions to soy had skyrocketed by 50% over the previous > year. > > Genetically modified soy had recently entered the UK from US imports and the > soy used in the study was largely GM. Graham, spokesman for the York > laboratory, said, " We believe this raises serious new questions about the > safety of GM foods. " > > > Genetic engineering may provoke allergies > > > There are many ways in which the process of genetic engineering may be > responsible for allergies. The classical understanding is that the imported > genes produce a new protein, which may trigger reactions. This was > demonstrated in the mid 1990s when soybeans were outfitted with a gene from > the Brazil nut. While scientists attempted to produce a healthier soybean, > they ended up with a potentially deadly one. Blood tests showed that people > allergic to Brazil nuts reacted to the beans. It was never marketed. > > The GM variety planted in 91% of US soy acres is called Roundup > Ready-engineered to survive otherwise deadly applications of Monsanto's > Roundup herbicide. The plants contain genes from bacteria, which produce a > protein that has never been part of the human food supply. Since people > aren't usually allergic to a food until they have eaten it several times, no > tests can prove in advance that the protein will not cause allergies. > > As a precaution, scientists compare this new protein with a database of > proteins known to cause allergies. According to criteria recommended by the > World Health Organization (WHO) and others, if the new GM protein contains > amino acid sequences that have been shown to trigger immune responses in > other proteins, the GM crop should not be commercialized (or additional > testing should be done). Sections of the protein produced in GM soy, > however, are identical to shrimp and dust mite allergens. But the soybean > got marketed anyway. > > Frighteningly, the only published human feeding study on GM foods ever > conducted verified that the gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA > of our gut bacteria and continues to function. This means that years after > we stop eating GM soy, we may still have the potentially allergenic protein > continuously produced within our intestines. > > > Damaged soy DNA creates new (or more) allergens > > > The process of creating a GM crop produces massive collateral damage in the > plant's DNA. Native genes can be mutated, deleted, permanently turned on or > off, and hundreds may change their levels of protein expression. This can > increase existing allergen, or produce a new, unknown allergens. Both appear > to have happened in GM soy. > > Levels of one known soy allergen, trypsin inhibitor, were up to seven times > higher in cooked GM soy compared to cooked non-GM soy. Another study > discovered a unique, unexpected protein in GM soy, likely to trigger > allergies. > > In addition, of eight human subjects who had a skin-prick (allergy-type) > reaction to GM soy, one did not also react to non-GM soy, suggesting that GM > soy is uniquely dangerous. > > > Increased herbicides, digestive problems and allergies > > > Farmers use nearly double the amount of herbicide on GM soy compared to > non-GM soy; higher herbicide residues might cause reactions. > > GM soy reduces digestive enzymes in mice. If proteins " digest " slowly in > humans, there is more time for allergic reactions (possibly to many food > proteins). > > > Eating GM foods is gambling with our health > > > Documents made public from a lawsuit revealed that FDA scientists were > uniformly concerned that GM foods might create hard-to-detect allergies, > toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. Their urgent requests for > required long-term feeding studies fell on deaf ears. The FDA doesn't > require a single safety test. The person in charge of that FDA policy was > Monsanto's former attorney, who later became their vice president. > > Buying products that are organic or labeled non-GMO are two ways to limit > your family's risk. Another is to avoid products containing any ingredients > from the seven GM food crops: soy, corn, cottonseed, canola, Hawaiian > papaya, and a little bit of zucchini and crook neck squash. This means > avoiding soy lecithin in chocolate, corn syrup in candies, and cottonseed or > canola oil in snack foods. > > To learn more about the health dangers of GMOs, and what you can do to help > end the genetic engineering of our food supply, visit > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/> www.ResponsibleTechnology.org. > > To learn how to choose healthier non-GMO brands, visit > <http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/> www.NonGMOShoppingGuide.com. > > International bestselling author and filmmaker is the leading > spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods. His > first book, <http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/Home/index.cfm> Seeds > of Deception, is the world's bestselling and #1 rated book on the topic. His > second, <http://www.geneticroulette.com/> Genetic Roulette: The Documented > Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, provides overwhelming evidence > that GMOs are unsafe and should never have been introduced. Mr. is the > executive director of the > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> Institute for > Responsible Technology, whose > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/CampaignforHealthierEatinginAme > rica/index.cfm> Campaign for Healthier Eating in America is designed to > create the tipping point of consumer rejection of GMOs, forcing them out of > our food supply. > > Take Action Now by visiting > <http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm> > http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm to join the > campaign and help raise awareness to the health risks GM food has on our > health and overall food supply. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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