Negative Effects of Consuming GMO Grown Food

What is the first thing on your mind when you hear the word GMO? Is it the unpleasant overtones of a very dangerous acronym, constant increasing of GMO discussions in the media or the uneasiness you feel deep inside when you think of unforeseeable consequences that GMOs may have on human kind and the entire living world? Generally speaking, most of you are probably familiar with the term GMO. But how much do you really know about genetically modified organisms and negative effects of consuming GMO grown foods? Let’s find out what we know by launching a quick Sherlock Holmes investigation.

How to Form a View about GMO Insanity

                                                                                                                                                            

“Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in your food may make you sick. Studies link GMO’s to toxins, allergies, infertility, infant mortality, immune dysfunction, stunted growth, accelerated aging, and death” - Institute for Responsible Technology

Judging by what the organic food experts have to say, avoiding GMO grown foods would honestly be a smart thing to do. But don’t take our “organic” word for it, have a look at what facts have to say about GMOs:

                                                                                               USDA – Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States, 1996-2015

·      Genetically modified food is derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

·      GMO’s can be defined as organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in an artificial way, wherein the technology used for such an alternation is referred to as genetic engineering

·      GMO grown foods can also be produced by entering selected gene from one organism into another, even among species that are not related.

·      Inserting of new genes gives birth to some of the desired features; some of them are resistance to pests, herbicides, various diseases, drought, cold, increased yield, etc. However, the adverse effects of consuming these foods are almost incalculable.

A Flying Tomato

With biotechnology, tomatoes are no longer just tomatoes. They are crossed with birds, fish with pigs, corn with flies, lilies with grasshoppers. These are merely tips of the iceberg of possible catastrophe that can be better understood if you take a look at how are GMO grown veggies/fruits different from natural, heirlooms or organic. Most predictable and largely proven dangers of consuming GMO grown foods like “flying” tomatoes have been around us for quite a while, causing the following severe effects on human health:

1.     Deaths and near-Deaths

2.     Food Allergy Reactions

3.     Cancer and Degenerative Diseases

4.     Non-traceable Effects on Cancer Rates

5.     Super Viruses

6.     Interior Toxins

7.     Creation of Infectious Diseases

8.     Birth Defects and Shorter Life Spans

9.     Lowered Nutrition

Of course, large multinational agrochemical and agricultural companies like the notorious Monsanto don’t care much about the healthy future of human race, living beings, ecosystem, and nature in general. 

Photo source: www.inspirationgreen.com – Negative Effects of Consuming GMO Grown Foods

 What’s more, risk assessments of GMO foods usage are being made by the very companies that produce this sort of foods. Most of these tests have never been published or subjected to additional independent researches. In 2000, a survey conducted in Spain, showed that out of forty genetically modified crops examined worldwide, only eight studies were published. That barely reached the poor 20% score.

Your Life - Your Food Choice

Now, the question is what move about your diet will you make? The truth is that often we are not even aware of the negative effects of GM foods, which are usually cunningly disguised by large corporation’s stories of cheap and nontoxic food. If you believe in them, you can easily end up with finding yourself one morning with a GMO salad on top of your head instead of hair. Although, most men without hair would probably go for every option in order to get at least something growing on their sculls. 

Back to being serious, the first and only interest should be your health, where you must not allow corporate powers to poison you with who knows what, just because of their insatiable and sick desire for profit. Our planet has enough resources and enough potential for the production of environmentally safe and acceptable organic food. Remember that your choice today will be your children’s future tomorrow.