Food Allergies and GMOs

One out of 17 children now has some form of food allergy, and rates are rising. That is unacceptable!

Food allergy is when your body sees food protein as a foreign object and attacks it. This response can be very mild to deadly...

So what is foreign in our food?

Our food is now being engineered... (GMOs) Genetically Modified Organisms

Learn More About GMOs here:
http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/what-is-gmo/

Robyn O'brien says...

Beginning in the 90's new proteins were introduced into our food supply.  To maximize shareholder profits for the companies that made them.

1994 Scientists developed  a new synthetic protein to begin injecting into our dairy cows to promote growth and faster milk production.

Instead of proving these were safe before using these proteins, the FDA decided to take a different approach. They allowed it because it hasn't been proven unsafe. 


Listen Here To Robyn's Ted Talk:
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So what is in your cupboard? Do you have any cereals, crackers, cookies,  soy milk or baby formula in there?  Yes Baby Formula! How about anything with corn syrup or processed food made from corn on your shelves like chicken nuggets, breaded fish etc? If so, you are probably eating food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Our children are getting sick...

Between 1997 and 2002 the number of peanut allergies doubled, and the number of hospitalizations related to allergic reactions to food increased by a whopping 265 percent.

So what can we do?

First and foremost we need to support labeling of all GMO products. Until we get this accomplished, there will be GMO hiding everywhere in our food.

Second, we need to start eliminating foods we know contain them.
A list of GMO foods are:

• Corn  #1 : This can be from the corn we eat to the high fructose corn syrup that floods our food supply. If it's sweet, it is probably made with HFCS which is made from GMO corn.

( You can see why removing processed foods are so important)

•     Soy   # 2
•     Dairy
•     Papayas
•     Alfalfa
•     Sugar Beets (more sugar is being made from sugar beets today, then sugar cane)
•     Aspartame
•     Canola
•     Cotton
•     Zucchini
•     Yellow Squash

JUST 1 Change!

So if you were to make one small change today, I would start removing the processed foods.
Learn to cook again, and begin teaching your child those life skills. It will be so important for not only their health, but yours as well. Then when this has become a habit, make another small change, until one day you are eating real healthy food again!


To Your Health!
Marcy

To Read More:
http://greenbeanpatch.com/you-cant-unlearn-this/