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Excerpt from Changing Habits Newsletter - December 2008
When I wrote my book
Changing Habits Changing Lives back in 1998, I researched all I could
on genetically modified foods. Ten years ago the technology was frightening.
Last year I updated my book and did some more research on the subject and
updated the info in the 2007 edition.
Recently I purchased a book called Seeds of
Deception by Jeffrey M Smith, The book is an explosive expose revealing how
industry manipulation and political collusion - not sound science, allow
dangerous genetically engineered food into the daily diet.
 It reads like a
thriller with all the cover ups, bribing and gag orders revealed throughout the
last ten years. I was reading the book and then a couple of weeks ago I was
asked to dinner by an amazing lady and wonderful cook by the name of Mary
McCarthy, down in Portsea Victoria. Mary said she had a CD on genetically
modified foods that she thought I might like it. It just happened to be a
lecture given by Jeffrey Smith late last year.
After reading his book
and listening to his CD I wanted more so I went to his website and was stunned
by the information he was shedding light on regarding the deception of
genetically modified foods. I think the one thing that really upset me was that
I have always watched the companies that do use or do not use genetically
modified foods. I try not to buy food with the five genetically modified foods
allowed in Australia; soy, canola, corn, sugar beet, cotton seed and potatoes
but what I didn't realise was that many additives made from these foods are
throughout our food supply. I knew of a few but I didn't realise how extensive
the list was (see list following of additives that may be GM).
It is
very hard to briefly tell you the adverse affects of genetically modified foods,
if you want to know more then I suggest you buy the book or go to the following
website www.seedsofdeception.com, but to the best of my capacity in this brief newsletter this is what I
know from some of the research, remember this is just a snippet.
In 1995
Arpad Pusztai and his wife Susan both distinguished senior scientists were
awarded a 1.6 million pound research grant by the Scottish Agriculture,
Environment and Fisheries Department. They were chosen to create a model for
testing genetically modified foods, verifying that they were safe to eat. Their
testing methods were to become the standard used in Britain and likely adopted
throughout the European Union. But what Pusztai found was the exact
opposite!
He found the GM foods were not
safe for human consumption.
He began his testing with GM potatoes and he found that not only were the
potatoes less in protein and nutritional content, but when he fed them to the
rats, the rats suffered damaged immune systems, their white blood cells
responded more sluggishly, they had smaller less developed brains, liver and
testicles. Some rats had enlarged pancreases and intestines and partial atrophy
of the liver, there was proliferation of cells in the stomach and intestines
which signalled an increased potential for cancer. What is startling is that the
rats exhibited these symptoms after only ten days of consuming the GM potatoes
and the affects lasted 110 days after they stopped eating the GM potatoes. Of
course Pusztai decided to go public with his findings and was immediately
dismissed from his position and a gag order was placed on him.
Many
scientists believe that the increase in allergies, autism, asperges and other
diseases which have increased in an epidemic proportion is due to the genetic
modification of foods and medicines that are now being consumed. The increase in
these diseases has been over the last 10 - 15 years since the introduction of GM
foods.
If you decide that you do not want to eat GM foods, then I
suggest you re read the chapter on Genetically modified foods - Frankenstein
Foods in my book Changing Habits Changing Lives and in addition, copy and paste
the list below and keep it handy in your wallet so that you can be a conscious
consumer and not be part of this giant experiment on
humans.
Invisible GM Ingredients - Additves in Packaged
Foods.
Processed foods often have hidden GM sources (unless
they are organic or declared non-GMO) the following are ingredients that may be
made from GM Foods.
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Aspartame 951
baking
powder
caramel colour 150
cellulose 460
citric acid 330
cobalamin
Vitamin B12
corn gluten
corn oil
corn
syrup
cornmeal
cornstarch
cystein
dextrin
1400
dextrose
diacetyl 472
diglyceride
471
fructose
glucose
glutamate
glutamic
acid
gluten
glycerides
glycerin
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glycerol 422
glycerol
monooleate
glycine
hemicellulose
high fructose corn syrup
(HFCS)
hydrogenated starch
hydrolysed vegetable
protein
inositol
inverse syrup
invert sugar
isoflavones
lactic
acid 270
lecithin 322
leucine 641
lysine
malitol
636
maltodextrin
maltose
mannitol
methylcellulose 461
milo
starch
modified starch
monosodium glutamate MSG 621
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oleic acid
phenylalanine
(aspartame derivative) 951
phytic acid
sorbitol
soy flour
soy
isolates
soy lecithin
soy protein isolate
starch
stearic acid
570
tamari
tempeh
threonine
tocopherols (Vitamin E)
306-309
tofu
trehalose
triglyceride
vegetable fat
vegetable
oil
Vitamin B 12
xanthan
gum415
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NB Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C)
although usually dervied from corn, is probably not GM because it is not likely
made in North America.
Non-Food Items That May Contain GM
Ingredients:
Cosmetics
Soaps
Detergents
Shampoo
Bubble bath
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