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Winnie53
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I saw an article on the Daily Mail website sometime in the past week saying that GMO feed crops have entered the UK meat supply via a backdoor infiltration. Wouldn't surprise me if the same thing eventually happens in Australia - I know GMO soy is being grown here as there was a huge courtcase here about it and GMO won
Indy51, I'm saddened to hear this. We tried here in my state to get GMO labeling on processed foods, but failed. Big money fought it and won. Remember the ads where doctors were telling us smoking cigarettes is good for us? Same thing, all over again. History continues to repeat itself. Thankfully, many companies here are putting "no GMO" labels on their packaging so that helps.
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NoCrbs4Me
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I'm not too worried about GMO plants, and not just because I don't eat plants. People who are worried about GMO plants have no idea how scientists came up with the high yield strains of grains that we use today. What they did was expose seeds to chemicals and radiation that caused random genetic mutations. They planted a batch of these seeds to see what grew. If they saw something they liked, bigger seeds, an interesting colour, disease resistance, etc., they then either used the seeds from a particular plant or cross-bred it with existing strains. This has been going on since the 1930s. GMO, on the other hand, involves carefully splicing in a few select genes to get the desired trait, which to me is much better than the old way.
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I have absolutely no interest in eating crops drenched in glyphosate prior to harvesting which has become the common procedure, even if they're not GMO - saw a recent TV program talking about how faba (sp?) beans are harvested. I don't want to eat plants that are genetically engineered with insecticides, nor do I want to eat animals fed crops drenched in the stuff either. I'm quite happy avoiding all grains and most legumes but for me cutting out all vegetables would be a really hard thing to do.
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Indy51, I think we all need to be more educated on what's happening to our food supply.
Last year I visited online forums focused on living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). As you know, these conditions are challenging to manage. And most people are unaware of or do not have adequate support on how to use diet and nutritional supplements to heal and stay in remission most of the time which leads to eliminating whole food groups from their diet.
My father and his sister both had IBD, specifically ulcerative colitis. My father had a lot of surgeries throughout his childhood, so was able to eat reasonably normally as an adult. On the other hand, my aunt wasn't affected until she was much older, didn't have surgery, and didn't tolerate vegetables well. I lost them both to cancer. My father was 62, my aunt died sometime after that, not sure if she made it to her 70's. Both died much too soon as their parents lived into their 90's, and their healthy sibling is now in her 80's.
Lucky me, I have diabetes and IBD, both of which increase my cancer risk. That's why I'm so focused on eating the most nutritionally dense diet I can while at the same time minimalizing exposure to toxins. For now, I'm also choosing to give up all grains, not just wheat, rye, barley and oats, and I'm limiting legumes until I sort out which, if any grains and legumes I can eat. Thankfully, I can still eat vegetables with all meals. Now that I'm in remission again, I can also eat raw vegetables again too.
I'm in my mid-50's now. My son is only 28. I'd like to stick around for another two to three decades in good health, in part for him as I was only 29 when my dad passed.
From my readings, I believe vegetables, herbs, and spices, mushrooms too, in addition to healthy animal and plant proteins and fats are important for good health. Am currently learning everything I can about natural approaches for preventing and managing cancer. It's fascinating reading, hopeful too.
Last year I visited online forums focused on living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). As you know, these conditions are challenging to manage. And most people are unaware of or do not have adequate support on how to use diet and nutritional supplements to heal and stay in remission most of the time which leads to eliminating whole food groups from their diet.
My father and his sister both had IBD, specifically ulcerative colitis. My father had a lot of surgeries throughout his childhood, so was able to eat reasonably normally as an adult. On the other hand, my aunt wasn't affected until she was much older, didn't have surgery, and didn't tolerate vegetables well. I lost them both to cancer. My father was 62, my aunt died sometime after that, not sure if she made it to her 70's. Both died much too soon as their parents lived into their 90's, and their healthy sibling is now in her 80's.
Lucky me, I have diabetes and IBD, both of which increase my cancer risk. That's why I'm so focused on eating the most nutritionally dense diet I can while at the same time minimalizing exposure to toxins. For now, I'm also choosing to give up all grains, not just wheat, rye, barley and oats, and I'm limiting legumes until I sort out which, if any grains and legumes I can eat. Thankfully, I can still eat vegetables with all meals. Now that I'm in remission again, I can also eat raw vegetables again too.
I'm in my mid-50's now. My son is only 28. I'd like to stick around for another two to three decades in good health, in part for him as I was only 29 when my dad passed.
From my readings, I believe vegetables, herbs, and spices, mushrooms too, in addition to healthy animal and plant proteins and fats are important for good health. Am currently learning everything I can about natural approaches for preventing and managing cancer. It's fascinating reading, hopeful too.
