Monsanto… (or as many in the alternative health field’s like to call and vilify them MonSatan) is there any company, or name that has collected more hatred or fury from a large portion of the population?
The purpose of this short post is to answer the following question…
Is GMO food safe to eat?
The purpose of this blog is NOT to discuss the political mess that has entangled our food industry. I DO have very strong opinions on the topic… but YOUR personal health is more my concern.
The only important piece of information needed to answer the question is this…
When we eat GMO foods, what happens at the cellular level?
If we can answer that one specific question then we will know whether we should be eating GMOs or not.
A couple arguments that need to be dismissed because they are completely illogical…
1. GMO’s are ‘unnatural’ and therefore unhealthy.
The fact that something is man-made or created by putting together material in a way that is unique or different, or never seen before does not make is unhealthy. If your body can properly break down a food and receive NUTRIENTS from it, while receiving minimal harm, that is what we are after. Unfortunately there is a large camp of people who like to claim that man-made = disaster.
2. That natural equals healthy.
Yes this is the same argument as above, just argued from the opposite side. Not everything that is ‘natural’ is ok for human consumption. Mercury is natural, so is bromide and lead… NONE of those should be eaten.
3. The hierarchy of food.
Do you know what is better than starving… eating… anything… even GMO food. I am thankful that we have options in this country. Many people don’t. If GMOs can solve that problem for some people… I’m not sure that is bad thing.
Now you might be thinking that I’m being sympathetic to Monsanto and the GMO… no, again I’m not here to talk politics… I'm here to talk about a product… which is GMO food.
For the record, I, nor anyone else core to Life By Design consumes or advocates eating GMOs.
The reason we don’t is not because we think they're bad, it's because we don’t believe that enough information and research exists to know for sure one way or the other... I just hope that there are still enough good, objective scientists around to collect and report the honest data we need to make a rational decision.
We do advocate you eating whatever brings you (personally) closer to your optimal genetic potential.
Now it's your turn! What are your thoughts on GMOs? Are they health creating or health depleting?