Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Does Your Food Belong in the Pesticide Isle?


Monsanto, the same company that gave us Saccharine, Aspartame, Agent Orange, DDT, PCB’s, Bovine Growth Hormones and Round Up (Glyphosate) has now provided genetically modified seeds (GMO) that has been genetically altered with bt toxin to be Roundup resistant.  Farmers plant the GMO seeds, then spray the plants with the herbicides Roundup, one of the most toxic of  herbicides. The Roundup that is spray on the plant is absorbed by the cells of the plant and therefore the food that the plant bares has the herbicides Roundup in it.  And you eat the GMO food.  And what happens next?  The GMO Food that you are eating turns your stomach into a little pesticide factory and your body becomes toxic (poisoned).  Recent studies have proven, GMO food sets you up for cancer.  It is also responsible for the rise in digestive disorders, food allergies, wheat intolerance or celiac disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( IBS). 

So why does Monsanto put Round Up in their seeds?  As the plant grows, the herbicide Round Up will be sprayed on the plant.  When the insects eat the plant, they will also be ingesting Roundup, their stomachs will rupture and explode and the insects will die.  Guess what, folks?  YOU ALSO EAT THE FOOD THE PLANT PROVIDES!  Since Roundup is absorbed into the plant, you are eating the herbicide too!!!  You are eating the herbicide Round Up.  Just think what it is doing to your stomachs.

This has been going on for so many years now, that GMO Food has contaminated the Food System.  And GMO Food does NOT have to be labeled.  You are eating pesticides and herbicides without your knowledge and consent.  If you are not buying certified organic, these foods and any product that use these foods in their manufacturing, are sure to be Genetically Modified:  corn, soy, sugar beets, cotton, canola, peanuts, alfalfa, squash, zucchini, papayas and tomatoes, just to name a few.

If you are eating a product that contains cottonseed oil, corn oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, beet sugar, etc….that item is a genetically modified food product and not only is it detrimental to your health, but your bodies were not designed to digest GMO Food.  Hence, a rise in digestive disorders and allergies and, yes, Cancer.

Since GMO food is NOT labeled, the only way you can make sure you are NOT getting a Genetically Modified product is to purchase Organic and GMO Free Verified food.  Jeff and I go to Big Y right here in Plainville and they have a wide variety of organics to choose from.  The price is coming down now because more and more educated people are demanding Organic Non GMO Food.  Genetically modified food is so undesirable and lethal that countries in the European Union and South America are BANNING them!!!  China will not import any of our wheat or corn because they are GMO.  But GMO Food continues to be sold in America.  Why do you think that is? Companies like Subway and Kellogg’s sell food to other countries that are GMO Free, so why do they sell GMO Food here?  Why do you think that is?

GMO food is not only found in the produce section of your grocery store, but the meat section as well.  If you purchase red meat and the cow was corn fed, that steak is now contaminated with a Genetically Modified Organism.  If your milk comes from corn fed cows, your milk is GMO.  If your baked goods and ice cream are made with canola oil, cottonseed oil, soy oil, High fructose corn syrup?  GMO.  Most American chocolate is now contaminated with Genetically Modified Organisms so that Hershey Bar should tell you that you are also ingesting the herbicide glyphosate.

This brings me to the Cereal Isle.  If you are not giving your children and grandchildren Certified Organic GMO Free Verified cereal, they are eating a GMO product.  So let’s pick on Kellogg’s favorite cereal with children, Kellogg’s Fruit Loops.  Fruit Loops was sent to a genetic testing lab, and the corn used to make it is 100% Round Up Ready, pesticide producing GMO corn.  “Corn” is now registered with the EPA as a pesticide as it produces Round Up, the most toxic of 9 herbicides and pesticides recently tested.  It produces Bt toxin from inside every cell of the plant and kills insects that bite into it.  Food that kills!  If that corn were on the shelf at Home Depot, it would have a label on it with an EPA pesticide registration number.  But the EPA has no jurisdiction over food labeling so Kellogg’s is feeding children pesticides without their parent’s knowledge or consent.

Jeff and I eat delicious Cereal by Nature’s Path Organic.  This company has been ethical from the beginning, always sold 100% Organic and GMO Free Verified products.  Our favorite is their Ancient Grains and I made some of my Christmas Cookies with their Pumpkin Flax Granola.  We purchase this at Costco but you can also find this line of Organics at Big Y right here in Plainville.

Glyphosate Round Up is now showing up in the blood and urine of humans.  And humans with health problems have a higher rate.  It’s a killer.  Not only do we eat it in our food, but we are breathing it in our air.  People continue to purchase Chemical Lawn Service and they even purchase Round Up to spray everywhere they can think of.  It gets into the ground water and ends up coming out of your tap.  It also evaporates off your lawn and you and your neighbors are breathing it in.  It is taken into the clouds and comes down on us again as rain and snow.  So we eat it, drink it and breathe it.

Studies show, early life exposures to pesticides result in pediatric cancers, decreased cognitive functions and behavioral problems. Did you know Gerber Baby Products are made with GMO pesticide plants?  You are feeding your baby pesticides.  Isn’t that child abuse? Did you say what can you do about this?  CALL THEM!!!...1-800-284-9488.  Tell them you will no longer poison your child with their product. 

In adult males, exposure to pesticides is linked to kidney and bladder cancer and in females, breast cancer.  When I lived in Canton my neighbor was spraying Round Up constantly, because he was told it was safe.  I tried to explain the truth to him but who am I?  A few years later he lost a testicle to cancer and his wife lost a breast.

Don’t you think it is time to take personal responsibility for the products you buy and use?  Do your research before blindly trusting that a product is safe.  Take control of your health and Go Organic….and most important, choose to Live Healthy Chemical Free.