tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25896553802032192002024-03-13T08:21:36.641-07:00Beth BeiselHolistic, Integrative, Health and Nutrition Information from a Politically Incorrect DietitianUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-25862501274301194782015-08-15T14:46:00.001-07:002015-08-17T05:37:03.569-07:00 3 days in Boston.Recently I spent three days outside of Boston with GMO labeling leaders from almost every state in the USA. Everyone was there for the same purpose: To learn strategies which they can take home and implement in their states to get GMO labeling laws passed. Although the DARK Act, recently passed by the House of Representatives, was discussed, it was never considered something that would impede our progress.<br />
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To inspire us further, a few days later, CT's own Senator Richard Blumenthal held a press conference where he declared: "As far as I'm concerned, the Dark Act is dead on Arrival in the Senate!... We will drive a stake through the heart of the DARK Act." He is a true hero who cares more about the rights of his constituents than lining his pockets with bribes.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of her 6/9/15 Personal Health column entitled <i>Fear, Not Fact, Behind GMO Labeling</i>, I was glad to see Jane Brody finally ask “Are there risks to GMO’s that scientists have yet to discover?” Ms. Brody needed to add independent science apart from industry-biased science to her data discovery to find there are plenty of already documented genetic engineering risks to humans, animals, soils, waters, whole ecosystems and to genomes as well. GMO technology was prematurely released as a result of political decision making, against FDA scientist warnings asking for further risk assessment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is <i>no scientific consensus on GMO safety </i>and <i>that</i> is why consumers need standardized GMO labeling. Or Ms. Brody should have simply asked citizens from “Right to Know” and GMO Labeling Groups from around the country why they are demanding GMO labeling. Or discussed it with other non-industry scientists away from conflicts such as Dr. Sheldon Krimsky, <span style="color: #363636;">head of the Council for Responsible Genetics, </span><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/08/17/with-sheldon-krimsky/oR1rIk3yspnUcJvHKtrrbM/story.html">found here</a>. Or<span style="color: #363636;"> done a literature review </span><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/08/17/with-sheldon-krimsky/oR1rIk3yspnUcJvHKtrrbM/story.html">here</a>, and searched <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>other journals to find independent studies which revealed why most of the world’s major economies require GMO labeling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently retired EPA Sr. Scientist, Dr. Ramon
Seidler, has publicly spoken out against genetically modified foods and increasing
use of pesticides with GM crops. “From the risk assessment, economic, and legal
perspectives there are many issues. There is a mixture of unfilled promises,
concerns over litigation resulting from cross pollination and seed commingling events, and a disappointment that crop management practices have had
significant negative impacts upon environmental bio safety.All of these
side effects are happening despite no yield or production advantages of GE
crops over traditional crops. There are also major concerns over whether the
increased use of pesticides on our food crops have impacts upon the human
population.” <a href="http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/june-2015/former-epa-scientist-biotech-companies-encouraging-pesticide-treadmill.php">Full article</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-69901974853807903102015-06-18T07:28:00.000-07:002015-06-18T07:28:18.245-07:00Response to NYT Post by Jane Brody<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Since my letter to the editor did not make it into the NYT, not surprising, I decided to share it here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Jane Brody’s book was the first book I read on nutrition, and it
was what incentivized me to go into dietetics in 1984. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Needless to say I was very disappointed when Brody’s recent column,
“Fear, Not Facts behind GMO Labeling,” (6/9/15) was called to my attention.
As a practicing dietitian for almost 30 years observing patient
responses from dietary adjustments, it is my opinion that genetically
engineered foods and the pesticides that accompany more than 90% of such foods
are a very risky business, especially when consumed by children with developing
immune systems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Current World Health Organization’s (WHO) findings have generated
even more controversy over FDA’s declaration of GMO foods’ GRAS (Generally
Recognized as Safe) classification. (In May, the WHO classified
glyphosate as a "probable carcinogen" in humans and carcinogenic to
animals.) Further, the vast majority of GMO food produced in the
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is used for animal feed and biofuel, in addition to highly processed food
ingredients<span class="apple-converted-space"> embedded</span> in our food
supply, many of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>which contribute
to our nation’s obesity epidemic.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">The proposed USDA’s “voluntary certification program” will not
give consumers the confidence or transparency they need to make informed
decisions,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>especially in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>light<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of budgetary cutbacks and
existing underfunded inspection programs.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Plus,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>we already have the Non-GMO Project Verified
program that is independently 3<sup>rd</sup> party verified. However this
program only covers foods from companies which have applied for such
certification. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>And, most
important, our USDA’s organic seal is the best choice for consumers who want to
avoid GMO ingredients. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> Requiring<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>mandatory
national GMO<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>labeling such as in
the CT labeling law : “this product may contain
ingredients produced with Genetic Engineering"; is a much
more forthcoming way to share critical information that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Americans need to make informed
decisions for their families.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">If the public truly has a “poor understanding of the science
behind GMOs,” let legitimately sourced science prove food safety, through long
term, peer-reviewed, and most importantly, independent studies. Long term
studies have not been done in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Most studies that show
safety are done by the manufacturers or affiliated parties and have conflicts
of interest. Over 300 independent scientists and scholars have declared
that <i><u>scientific consensus does not exist on GMO safety</u></i> (<a href="http://www.enveurope.com/content/27/1/4/abstract" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">http://www.enveurope.com/content/27/1/4/abstract</span></a> )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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citizens have no idea that the FDA doesn’t conduct food safety studies; FDA has
outsourced this extremely important safety function to food and biotech
interests. Additionally, FDA lacks resources to conduct vital food safety or
continuing verification inspections. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Lastly, the golden rice and GMO salmon technologies have been
fraught with failures and problems. In golden rice, peer-reviewed studies
are lacking to confirm the absorption of beta carotene or its conversion to
vitamin A.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Regarding GMO salmon,
in the absence of a GMO animal regulatory structure at the time of application
to FDA, the salmon was regulated as a “New Animal Drug Application.” Continued
dosing of antibiotics was apparently needed to maintain animal health and
weight until of sufficient marketable growth for human consumption.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Traditionally bred foods are not tested, because they are bred
naturally and have been shepherded over generations; they<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>have naturally evolved with the
environment over time.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> .<br />
What consumers don’t understand is that most GMO crops have been genetically
engineered to survive spraying with herbicides, and have created an explosion
of<span class="apple-converted-space"> herbicide</span> resistant
weeds, treated with yet more herbicides, which end up in our food, water and
bodies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">We have<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>witnessed
increasing rates of<span class="apple-converted-space"> auto</span>-immune
diseases, allergies, cancers, and autism<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
since GE foods have entered the food supply. While association can’t prove causality, we
have to question how genetically engineered crops, and their associated
herbicides<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>have contributed to
our health problems.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Introducing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>unnatural<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>gene traits into our food and bodies
adds multi dimensional safety risks, including increased potential for allergic
reaction. <span class="apple-converted-space">The</span> insertion of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>antibiotic markers,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>required to identify which gene traits
take hold in the novel GMO foods, increases our vulnerability to antibiotic
resistance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">In her column, Brody stated, “A legitimate safety concern involves
delayed deleterious effects of genetically modified products on
consumers…” and suggests “continued monitoring of their effects is
essential…” Yet how can we monitor without labeling and tracking?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Clearly, mandatory GMO labeling
is necessary to properly assess adverse reactions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks to Leila Baroody for helping me write this and fellow dietitian warriors for their support and edits: M.H., J.S., C.M., and J.L. I am so fortunate to know you all, and the world is lucky to have us defending it!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-34081949084837858192015-06-09T20:00:00.000-07:002015-06-09T20:21:01.044-07:00Lentil soup kicked up a nutritional notch with Liquid Hope<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was not much to choose from in the refrigerator or pantry for tonight's dinner. But the last thing I felt like doing after a long work day was to get back in the car and go to the grocery store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Since I had some organic sausage in the freezer, I decided to make some lentil soup, I LOVE the combination of lentils and sausage or kielbasa! With only carrots and onions as available veggies, the taste was a little boring. That's when I remembered that I had a sample bag of Liquid Hope in the pantry. (Liquid Hope is a tube feeding formula made with REAL FOOD, that is organic and filled with good nutrients, like garbanzo beans, peas, carrots, quinoa, brown rice, broccoli, almond butter, kale, garlic, tumeric, and ginger.) It is <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 20px;">plant based, dairy free, gluten free, soy free, corn free, non-GMO and packaged in a BPA free pouch - See more at: http://functionalformularies.com/liquid-meals/#sthash.ZTR0nsg6.dpuf</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was delicious. Most people won't have Liquid Hope in their pantry, but I hope this will encourage readers to be creative. Lots of us will have things like almonds or almond butter (pureed almonds) and a can of garbanzo beans in the pantry - why not add them to soup? Turmeric is a super-spice that acts and an anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antioxidant, pain reliever, improves brain function, and may help prevent heart disease and cancer. <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/top-10-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-turmeric/">Source</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soup is such an economical way to nourish your family! I hope you enjoy your own variation of this recipe. Have fun!!!</span><br />
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<b> Lentil Soup</b><br />
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<b>2 cups sprouted organic lentils</b>. (sprouting enhances nutrient uptake and organic lentils are a must since conventional lentils are sprayed with a cancer -causing herbicide to dry them out just before harvesting!)<br />
<b>6 cups filtered water</b><br />
<b>1 package organic sausage or kielbasa, </b>cut into small bite-sized pieces<br />
<b>4 carrots, </b><b> </b>cut into small bite-sized pieces<br />
<b>1 onion, </b>chopped<br />
<b>1 pouch of Liquid Hope</b><br />
<b>salt, pepper, and spices from the garden (basil, thyme, rosemary)</b><br />
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Boil lentils in water. In a separate pan, cook sausage and onions together, slowly, until the onions are sweet. Add to the lentil mixture. Add carrots and Liquid Hope and let simmer - the longer the better. Season with salt, pepper, and spices.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-40703280561886815632015-05-13T14:57:00.004-07:002015-05-13T14:57:45.916-07:00Eating organically on a Budget<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
Eating organically is more expensive, and the sticker
shock can be painful. Moreover, once you get used to it, (and once you
know how unhealthy “conventional” food can be) it is impossible to go back.
There are lots of ways that people can eat organically, while
saving a small amount of money, which can lead to significant savings over
time.<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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two favorite things to do, and to tell others to do, are to make lots of
soup; and decrease portion sizes of meat, but choose the best quality –
organic grass-fed or pasture-fed animal products. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Next,
eat beans!! Filled with fiber (to satisfy hunger and keep you full for
hours,) protein, and carbs for energy, these little gifts add small
amounts of calcium, iron, B vitamins, folate, phosphorus, magnesium, and
zinc. Dried beans should be organic, because they are one of the
foods that the EPA allows to be sprayed with glyphosate, for quicker
drying and ripening. Glyphosate was recently classified as a
“probable carcinogen” by the World Health Organization. The
healthiest way to eat beans is to soak them; it removes phytic acid – an
anti-nutrient.<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/living-with-phytic-acid/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/living-with-phytic-acid/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Buy
what’s in season, and locally available. Usually less expensive,
local foods are a smarter and cheaper choice because they don’t need to be
transported from far away. If this intrigues you, read the book
called <i>Animal Vegetable Miracle</i> by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s a
true story about a family that lives off the land for a year. Great
read! <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">You
can also join a CSA. Here’s how to find one near you. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.localharvest.org/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.localharvest.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Make
a rule in your house: If you want a treat, you have to make it yourself!
Have all the ingredients in your house ready to make desserts.
Benefit: Your children will learn how to cook and bake. There
are so many wonderful recipes to discover. And almost any recipe can be
transformed into a healthy one: by buying organic ingredients and cutting
the sugar by 1/3. If you replace the fat called for in the recipe with
coconut oil, you can use ¼ less than what the original recipe calls for.
(So if the recipe calls for a cup of oil, use ¾ of a cup of coconut oil.)<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Grown herbs in
pots on a windowsill or deck. Save them, dry them out in a dehydrator or
convection oven and you can use them all year long.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><u>Websites
to discover</u>:<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="https://www.azurestandard.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">https://www.azurestandard.com/</span></a></span> This delivery service
brings bulk items to you once per month. It’s like a delivery from Whole
Foods except at a much lower cost!<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Find
an organic farm that produces meat, dairy, and eggs the way nature
intended at<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.eatwild.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.eatwild.com/</span></a></span> Expensive meat can be
stretched by making a stir-fry, instead of serving a portion of meat on
each plate with vegetables on the side.<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Set
a budget and plan meals each week. You will only buy the ingredients
you need and eliminate the desire to buy extras or go out to eat. (This
takes so much discipline!) Recommended book to help you do this: <i>Wildly
Affordable Organic</i>, by Linda Watson.<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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don’t need to be completely organic! Know what foods are GMO, what
common foods are sprayed with glyphosate, and which are heavily sprayed
with pesticides and will absorb a lot of those chemicals.<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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For a list of GMOs:<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://bethbeisel.blogspot.com/2014/12/what-are-gmos.html"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://bethbeisel.blogspot.com/2014/12/what-are-gmos.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Some foods allowed to be sprayed with glyphosate
include: oats, wheat, dried beans, sugar cane, and tea. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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See<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.ewg.org/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">www.ewg.org</span></a></span> for a list of the dirty dozen and the clean 15.<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Join your favorite company’s social media pages
for special coupons and deals.</span><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> Also, remember that most
stores take each other’s coupons, so make sure to ask.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #141414; line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Did
you know you can freeze butter? When it is on sale, buy and freeze
it until needed. Favorite: Organic Pastures Grass Fed Butter. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Double or triple recipes when cooking and freeze
meals for the future. (Use glass, not plastic.)</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Grind up bread ends in a blender and freeze to
use for bread crumbs when called for in a recipe.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Be a vegetarian for breakfast and lunch, and feel
entitled to spend more on the best quality animal products for dinner.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Use a whole chicken instead of buying parts
separately. NEVER throw the carcass away. Put it in a pot or crock pot and
make bone broth; a truly medicinal food. (<a href="http://bethbeisel.blogspot.com/2014/06/homemade-chicken-broth.html">http://bethbeisel.blogspot.com/2014/06/homemade-chicken-broth.html</a></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> )<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Pre-washed foods cost more and need to be washed
anyway!</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Be the last one to leave the farmer’s market;
they often lower prices at the end, so that they don’t have to bring
things back to the farm.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Look the farmer in the eye and ask about their
spraying practices and use of GMO seeds. Some farmers don’t use pesticides
or grow GMOs, but also don’t seek the USDA label because it is so
expensive. The paperwork and bureaucracy required to use the label aren’t
worth it to many farmers. As long as you are satisfied with the farmer’s
answer, you can buy produce that is not labeled organic.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Grow your own food! It doesn’t matter how
little property you have. Here is a guide to help you get started: </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.tulanecitycenter.org/urban-farming-toolkit/"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.tulanecitycenter.org/urban-farming-toolkit/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Bring your own food while traveling. (You
can check a cooler!)</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Keep organic tea bags in your wallet and ask for
hot water when traveling, instead of buying a cup of tea for $4-$6.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">When you buy berries, soak them in water with a
little vinegar. It removes the mold spores and the berries will last much
longer.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Line refrigerator drawers with paper towels to
absorb moisture, so produce will last longer.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Save the pulp from juicing to put into soups and
stews.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #141414; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Splurge on the best quality coffee and tea and
make it yourself in the morning. Sometimes you can find great
options at Marshalls and TJ Maxx!</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #141414; line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">We
own several Zero Water Filters – approximately $30 on Amazon or at Target.
This filter is an inexpensive way to get the bleach, arsenic, lawn
pesticides and fluoride out of your water. (They don’t market it as an
effective way to remove fluoride, but if you call the company, they will
tell you that it removes 95% of it).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Sites
that give coupons on the internet include:<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.mambosprouts.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.mambosprouts.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.stonyfield.com/user/register"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.stonyfield.com/user/register</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://frugalliving.about.com/od/foodsavings/tp/Organic_Coupons.htm"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://frugalliving.about.com/od/foodsavings/tp/Organic_Coupons.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">www.wholefoodsmarket.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.earthfare.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">www.earthfare.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.retailmenot.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Online shopping:<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="https://thrivemarket.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">https://thrivemarket.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.greenpolkadotbox.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">http://www.greenpolkadotbox.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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healthfully and organically is beyond their means, it is quite possible with a
little extra effort. If you follow these suggestions, and take the
process slowly; eventually it will become second nature. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Just because you have been told your blood pressure is high,
doesn't mean you must go on medication.
Here are some suggestions that will help to lower blood pressure
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<b>Hibiscus Tea </b><br />
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Studies show that consuming the leaves and flowers of the hibiscus plant can lower blood pressure as well as some medications. Compounds in the plant may act similarly to anti hypertension medications called ACE inhibitors.There are a variety of reasons why this tea may lower blood pressure. It can open the arteries, it acts as a diuretic, and may slow the release of hormones that make blood vessels constrict. </div>
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I recommend 1-3 cups of "Hibiscus sabdariffa" per day to control blood pressure (Most studies used three cups.) <a href="http://www.webmd.com/heart/news/20081110/hibiscus-tea-may-cut-blood-pressure">Source</a> Also, please use ORGANIC tea of any kind, since most conventional tea is sprayed
with glyphosate, to dry it out. (Glyphosate is a probable carcinogen, as
classified by the World Health Organization in April, 2015). Let it steep for 5
-10 minutes. When the weather is warm, try making iced hibiscus tea, and add grated fresh ginger and honey.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Co Q 10 increases energy to the
heart muscle. </span><a href="http://drhoffman.com/article/alternative-approaches-to-hypertension-2/" style="text-indent: 48px;">Source</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Levels decrease as we age
and are depleted by cholesterol lowering drugs including statins and red rice
yeast. 60-100 mg per day may improve diastolic function and
support blood pressure.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">If you are on a
statin drug, (or red rice yeast) you may want to take a higher dose of Co Q 10, but it is a good idea to consult a naturopathic physician who is familiar with this supplement.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 22.5pt;"> Foods that contain Co Q 10
include beef, fish, poultry, peanuts, and sesame.</span><span style="text-indent: 22.5pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 22.5pt;">I recommend grass fed beef and pasture
raised poultry, wild caught fish (preferably not from the Pacific, since the Fukishima
radiation leak) and ORGANIC peanuts.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> Fish oil is
high in omega 3 fatty acids, and may help to</span><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-stretch: normal;">decrease</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span> blood pressure. It can also help to reduce blood fats called triglycerides, which may curtail the development of plaque in the artery walls. </div>
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Other benefits of fish oil supplementation include a lower chance of developing an abnormal heart rhythm, decreased likelihood of having a stroke or heart attack, and less chance of sudden cardiac death in
people with heart disease <o:p></o:p><span style="text-indent: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/omega-3-fish-oil-supplements-for-high-blood-pressure" style="text-indent: 24px;">Source</a></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> I recommend 1/2 teaspoon -1 teaspoon of liquid
fish oil, flavored with lemon, daily. (Most research indicates 3 grams/day is an adequate dosage. There are 5 grams in a teaspoon.) Make sure it is extremely clean – from a
reputable company that tests for mercury and other toxic metals and doesn't add
any genetically engineered oils.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">It should
also be sourced from wild caught cold water fish.</span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Magnesium levels have been found to
be consistently low in individuals with hypertension. </span><a href="http://drhoffman.com/article/alternative-approaches-to-hypertension-" style="text-indent: 48px;">Source</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Foods high in magnesium include:
coffee, fish sauce, leafy greens, cocoa, nuts and seeds, avocado, dark
chocolate, dairy products. (Except for avocado, with its thick skin, organic
sources are recommended.) </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Best sources include bananas, oranges,
tomatoes, and potatoes. (Organic sources are recommended.)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Best sources include dairy
products, sardines, and dark green leafies. (Organic sources are recommended.)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Note: Himalayan pink salt contains
calcium, magnesium, potassium and iodine, as well as sodium, and is a much
healthier alternative than common table salt to enhance food’s flavors.
Remember that most processed foods are very high in cheap quality salt that has
been stripped of most trace minerals and bleached.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Other supplements that may improve
blood pressure include D- ribose and L-carnitine, grape seed extract, hawthorn
berry, and resveratrol,</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">according to Dr.
Steven Sinatra, an integrative cardiologist.</span><a href="http://www.drsinatra.com/best-heart-health-nutrients-to-consider" style="text-indent: 24px;">Source</a></div>
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<b>A Low Carbohydrate,
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Avoid sugar, and limit foods that
convert to sugar, like flour (even whole grain!) pasta, potatoes, and
rice.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">100% fruit juice should be watered
down. (i.e. 1 -2 tablespoons of juice to 1 cup purified seltzer water.)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> I recommend a diet that includes
lots of healthy fats to keep you satisfied and control blood sugar. Healthy
fats include avocados, avocado oil,</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">olives, olive oil, nuts, coconut, coconut oil, pasture-raised, organic
butter, and full fat organic, grass-fed dairy and meat.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Also, include LOTS of vegetables and fruits.
Any whole grains should be eaten in VERY small quantities, as they cause an
increase in insulin production which causes weight gain, inflammation, and
insulin resistance.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Helps the blood vessels to
dilate/relax, which decreases blood pressure.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Emotional stress causes oxidative
damage and increases blood pressure. It is very important to learn how to give
the mind a rest! Concentrated breathing and yoga</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">can decrease blood pressure considerably.</span></div>
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<b>Walking Barefoot on Grass,
Sand, and Concrete<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> This is called grounding or
earthing. Electrons enter the body through the feet and can decrease oxidative
stress, limiting inflammation.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This can
help to thin the blood and balance cortisol which is too high during times of
stress. </span>S<a href="http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2012/291541/">ource</a><br />
It is
important that the grass is not sprayed with pesticides!</div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> Eat a diet high in fiber that is
free of pesticides! Foods like cilantro and organic strawberries help to remove
toxic metals from the body.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">Sweating,
from exercise or time spent in a sauna, helps to remove impurities from the
body. <a href="http://www.drsinatra.com/best-heart-health-nutrients-to-consider">Source</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-60124973320992315572015-04-02T15:41:00.000-07:002015-04-09T10:07:03.676-07:00Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; color: #141823;">Today, in
support of Senator Richard Blumenthal’s federal bill to
label genetically engineered organisms, we attended his press conference. Senator Blumenthal has introduced a fair
federal GMO labeling bill that would require mandatory labeling and would
counter the "DARK Act" which would NOT require mandatory labeling and
would pre-empt the states rights to require mandatory labeling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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90% of Americans want the
right that 64 other countries give their citizens, TRANSPARENCY. The opposition to GMO labeling is counting on
congress to do its dirty work. What has become known as the “DARK Act”
(Deny Americans Right to Know), looks like an industry wish list: pre-emption
of current and future state GMO labeling laws and codifying the failed
voluntary labeling system that has been in existence since 2001. It also gives
more power to the FDA (aka Michael Taylor from Monsanto) to insure the “safety”
of our food… If the "DARK Act" passes, the CT GMO labeling law
will become obsolete. Also, foods that are genetically engineered will be
legally allowed to be labeled as “natural.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Senator Blumenthal’s bill, The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1699/text" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.35s ease-in-out; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.35s ease-in-out;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>would require the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to label GE food and foods containing GE ingredients. This bill
is modeled after CT’s law. </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Senator Blumenthal is fighting for our right to know at the federal level, but if the opposition succeeds in passing the "DARK Act", it will shut down his efforts.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-62584201763777263502015-03-28T11:01:00.002-07:002015-03-28T11:03:24.662-07:00Cilantro Pesto!!!<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Last week, we had a family party and served “make your own
soft tacos,” (or “taco salad” for those who avoid wheat/carbs.) It was a big hit for everyone, from Nanny
(grandma) to baby cousin, Tommy.</div>
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But, we forgot to serve the cilantro <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span> Luckily, I discovered
it before it went bad, and decided to make some pesto with it. It is so delicious; I am eating it by the
spoonful, but will be serving it this weekend over fish or on black bean pasta.
It will be a good spread on bread, instead of mayonnaise, in a turkey sandwich
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My favorite thing about cilantro is that it is a chelator.
It binds with metals and escorts them out of the body. So it is a great thing to have with large
fish, like tuna, sword fish, or sea bass, because it will chelate with the
mercury from the fish and remove it from you!</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Big bunch of cilantro, leaves and stems<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">¼ cup olive oil (make sure it is REAL 100% olive
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">You can include cheese, like parmesan; I didn’t
because I thought I would freeze the pesto…. but there is no way it will last
long enough to bother freezing!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-59939149346574045332015-03-23T20:13:00.001-07:002015-03-23T20:13:09.603-07:00Some interesting Facts about FLUORIDE that you might not know: <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px;"><b>This essay was written and compiled by the ConnFACT board of directors.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333339691162px;"><b>ConnFACT (Connecticut Families Against Chemical Trespass) is advocating to have the mandate to fluoridate water lifted, so that towns can choose for themselves if they want to fluoridate the water.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">1) Fluoride is the ONLY chemical added to
our water for the purpose of medical treatment. Fluoride is NOT an
essential nutrient. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">2) The dose cannot be controlled as
fluoride goes to everyone regardless of age, health or vulnerability with no
warnings. Infants, young children and people with kidney issues &
thyroid issues are at much higher risk than others. </span><a href="http://fluoridedetective.com/kidneys/"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://fluoridedetective.com/kidneys/</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> ,</span><a href="http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/fluoride-and-your-thyroid/"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/fluoride-and-your-thyroid/</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">3) The level of fluoride in a mother's
breast milk is very low. Essentially a bottle fed baby consuming
fluoridated water can get up to 200 - 300 times more fluoride than one who is
breast-fed. In 2011, NY State Health Dept warned mothers against using
fluoridated water for bottle fed babies.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">4) The fluoride added to our water is a
toxic waste product (pollution) that we are buying from the phosphate fertilizer industry, not
the pharmaceutical grade fluoride that is in other dental products. These
companies would actually have to pay to dispose of this waste, if water
companies were not purchasing it. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/FluorideandWaste.aspx</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">5) There has never been a single randomized
clinical trial to demonstrate fluoridation's effectiveness or safety.
Dentists along with the CDC make the claim that fluoridation is "one
of the top public health achievements of the 20th century." But ask
them for the studies that PROVE this to be the case. A 2007 review in a British
Medical Journal reveals that there is a lack of strong evidence showing the
effectiveness of fluoride's benefits for dental caries </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001050"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001050</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">/. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Furthermore, a study that tracked fluoride
exposure among 600 children in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iowa</st1:place></st1:state>
in 2009 showed there is no significant link between fluoride exposure and tooth
decay. </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19054310"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19054310</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">6) In 1999, even the CDC acknowledged that
the mechanism of fluoride's benefits is topical, not systemic. So why are
we all forced to drink fluoride in our water? Do we ingest shampoo to
clean our hair? Here are some studies that indicate fluoride's main
benefits are topical: </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17333303"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17333303</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15153698"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15153698</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10086928"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10086928</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shows that tooth decay is no lower in fluoridated communities versus
non-fluoridated communities. <u><span style="color: #0020dd;"><a href="http://fluoridealert.org/studies/caries01/">http://fluoridealert.org/studies/caries01/</a></span></u> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">8) In 2010, the CDC reported that 41% of
adolescents had dental fluorosis, a mottling of tooth enamel, which may be an
indicator of wider systemic damage from children being over-exposed to
fluoride. </span><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db53.htm"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db53.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">9) Fluoride may damage the brain – recent studies
from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and a Harvard meta-analysis funded by the NIH conclude that water fluoridation
significantly lowers IQ in children and should be considered a neurotoxin.
Very recently (in the spring of 2014), Dr. Philip Landigran, the Director
of the Children’s Environmental Health Center at Mt. Sinai, and a Professor
from Harvard, added fluoride to the list of top neurotoxins as noted here in a
prestigious medical journal. Here is an abstract of the study </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24556010"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24556010</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">.
And here it appears in The Lancet </span><a href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(13)70278-3/abstract"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(13)70278-3/abstract</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">.
There was a lot of press given to this finding. </span><a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/18324-top-medical-journal-labels-fluoride-a-neurotoxin"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/18324-top-medical-journal-labels-fluoride-a-neurotoxin</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/03/the-toxins-that-threaten-our-brains/284466"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/03/the-toxins-that-threaten-our-brains/284466</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">/,
<u><span style="color: #0020dd;"><a href="http://massreport.com/researchers-at-harvard-reveal-10-toxins-that-are-causing-adhd-autism/">http://massreport.com/researchers-at-harvard-reveal-10-toxins-that-are-causing-adhd-autism/</a></span></u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">10) There are plenty of risks with fluoride
when ingested. These risks include lowered thyroid function, skeletal
fluorosis, bone damage and possible links to bone cancer. </span><a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/12/06/why-water-fluoridation-continues.aspx?e_cid=20141206Z1_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20141206Z1&et_cid=DM61638&et_rid=753841154"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/12/06/why-water-fluoridation-continues.aspx?e_cid=20141206Z1_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20141206Z1&et_cid=DM61638&et_rid=753841154</span></a></div>
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fluoridation as their nutritional status may not equip them with the ability to
handle fluoride like those with stronger nutritional status. Furthermore,
they are often unable to pay for filtration systems or bottled, purified water.
How are they to avoid fluoridated water when feeding bottle-fed babies?
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conducted, more scientists, doctors and dentists are questioning and opposing
the practice of fluoridation. So why aren't we using the precautionary
principle with fluoridation? This review article in <i>The Scientific
World Journal </i>does a great job outlining the human health effects of
fluoride. <u><span style="color: #0020dd;"><a href="http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2014/293019/">http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2014/293019/</a></span></u> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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America</st1:place> and the world are opting to get the fluoride out of their
water. Since 2010 over 50 communities in <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place> have rejected water fluoridation. </span><a href="http://fluoridealert.org/content/communities_2010"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://fluoridealert.org/content/communities_2010</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">/
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banned fluoridation for the entire country. </span><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/israel-has-officially-banned-fluoridation-its-drinking-water-267411"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.newsweek.com/israel-has-officially-banned-fluoridation-its-drinking-water-267411</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that people should come in for topical fluoride treatments and/or use
fluoridated toothpaste IF the fluoride is removed from our municipal water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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question the practice of fluoridating our municipal water although most still
buy into the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">ADA</st1:city></st1:place>'s
claim that water fluoridation is "the greatest public health achievement
of the 20th century." This is based on information from 60 years ago. Here
is an article written in a journal by a dentist and Principal Dental Officer
who was a very strong advocate for fluoridation and had even published articles
about the great benefits of fluoridation, who now admits that he was wrong. </span><a href="http://www.slweb.org/colquhoun.html"><span style="color: #0020dd; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.slweb.org/colquhoun.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> Do the risks outweigh the benefits? It
is estimated that only 2% of our municipal water is used for drinking purposes
and with that there is extremely limited topical exposure of the teeth…does it
really make sense, and is it ethical, to fluoridate our municipal
water?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-54034541407982167742015-03-05T12:49:00.000-08:002015-03-05T12:50:21.640-08:00What Lies Ahead as Biotech Prepares to Take Over the World's Food Supply19 years ago, the biotechnology industry took control of the major US cash crops, including, corn, soy, canola, and sugar beets. 94% of those crops grown in the U.S. are now genetically engineered to be tolerant of Roundup (glyphosate), filled with Bt Toxin (which makes a worm's stomach explode) or both.<br />
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Recently, GE russet potatoes and apples were approved by the USDA - the agency that oversees agriculture in the United States, to keep our food "safe."</div>
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Now, more than ever, we need to get labeling laws passed. The presence of these foods is expected to grow dramatically!</div>
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Here is a list of GMO crops being developed: apples, barley, bell peppers, cabbage,
carrots, cauliflower, cherries, chili peppers,
coffee, cranberries, cucumber, flax, grapefruit,
kiwi, lentils, lettuce, melons, mustard, oats,
olives, onions, peanuts, pears, peas, persimmons,
pineapple, popcorn, radishes, strawberries,
sugar cane, sunflower, sweet potatoes, tomatoes,
walnuts and watercress.(1)(2)</div>
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19 years ago, internal scientists in the FDA noted that genetic engineering may introduce new toxins and allergens. Their observations however, were suppressed by FDA administrators (2). Without labeling, it is impossible to track any possible impacts on human health, and once these breeds are out they can't be recalled. For these reasons and many more, it is imperative now, more than ever, that we demand GMO labeling. As more farmers hear these demands, and as consumers boycott GE food, we will stop the proliferation of these new "items" into our food supply by chemical companies. This experiment on our bodies and especially our children's bodies, will only stop if we demand labeling and push the market to respond to our preferences. Don't expect your federal government to do it for you; your health and best interests are not as important as corporate profits and the economy.<br />
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<i>Sources:</i><br />
<i>1) Dagoberto, Martin, Citizens For GMO Labeling, "A Case for Urgent State Action on Food Labeling Transparency," March, 2015.</i><br />
<i>2) Sesana, Laura, "EPA raises levels of glyphosate residue allowed in food," The Washington Times, July 5, 2013.</i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-4078527169390693032015-02-25T05:41:00.000-08:002015-02-25T05:41:18.283-08:00Why GMOs in baby food and infant formula should be labeled<div style="text-align: center;">
Written/submitted Testimony <span style="text-align: start;">In support of HB 6798 – An act requiring labeling of baby food and infant formula containing genetically engineered organisms.</span></div>
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Senator Bartolomeo, Representative Urban & Members of the Committee on Children: My name is Beth Beisel, and this is the fourth legislative session that I have come to testify in support of a GMO labeling bill, as a representative of GMO Free CT, a grassroots campaign that led CT to become the first state in the country to pass a GMO labeling law. This particular bill resonates with me because I am a mother, but as a nutrition professional, I know that infants and children are especially vulnerable to GMOs and the pesticides they contain.<br />
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Since 1996, when genetically modified foods were introduced into the food supply without our knowledge or consent, an entire generation has evolved. <br />
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Today’s children are the first to be raised on food that is started in the laboratory of a chemical company, and grown in a field where water, soil, sediment, air, and the very crops that go into most processed foods are contaminated with chemicals. These processed foods include infant formula, and baby food.<br />
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Most adults do not remember classmates having allergies to food, yet today there is barely a classroom in America that doesn't have at least one student with a food allergy, often a severe or potentially fatal food allergy. <br />
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According to the CDC, food allergies among children increased by 18% between 1997 and 2007. (Keep in mind that GMOs were first allowed on the market in 1996.) In addition, a study released by the CDC in 2013 claimed that food allergies among children increased by approximately 50% between 1997 and 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db10.htm" target="_blank">Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db121.htm" target="_blank">Trends in Allergic Conditions Among Children: United States, 1997–2011</a></div>
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Treating food allergies costs $25 billion per year in the US alone! (Gupta R, et al. The high economic burden of childhood food allergy in the United States. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, 2012; 109: A1-A162.) <br />
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Evidence is anecdotal – we can’t prove that GMOs and their pesticides are the cause of food allergies, but once we have labeling, we will have a better shot at proving it. <br />
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Children are most vulnerable to GMOs and the pesticides they are contaminated with because their macro and micro nutrient needs are higher during infancy and childhood than at any other stage of development. During growth, rapid cell division requires much higher amounts of protein, calories, and nutrients. The average adult requires 25-30 grams per kilogram of body weight; a baby (1-3 years old) requires more than three times as much, and an infant requires four times as many calories per kilogram of body weight as an adult! This means that infants and children are consuming at least 1/3 –1/2 as many gmos and glyphosate as adults, in much smaller, developing bodies. <br />
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A multitude of health problems have been linked to glyphosate and/or Roundup. </div>
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1) <a href="http://earthopensource.org/projects/gmo-pesticide-health-research/">GMO and pesticide health research</a></div>
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2) The Myths of Safe Pesticides. By Andre Leu, president of the International Federation of Agriculture Movements, 2014.<br />
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Infant formula is a chemically developed substance made primarily from derivatives of genetically engineered corn, and soy. This means that the first food many infants ingest comes from a plant that has its own pesticide number. Every kernel of genetically engineered corn is made to express a deadly toxin, which causes a rootworm’s stomach to explode. Each type of genetically engineered corn is registered with the EPA. Soy and sugar beets are genetically engineered to withstand the application of unprecedented levels of herbicides like Roundup which contains glyphosate and is genotoxic. (A toxic agent that damages DNA molecules in genes, causing mutations, tumors, etc.)<br />
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(Newer versions of these crops contain both Bt toxin, AND tolerate herbicide application.) <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/tx800218n">Studies</a> show that glyphosate, when combined with “inert” ingredients, like those used in formulating Roundup, becomes up to one thousand times more potent than glyphosate alone.</div>
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<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3955666/">Major Pesticides Are More Toxic to Human Cells Than Their Declared Active Principles</a><br />
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Infants do not have a fully developed immune system, nor is their blood brain barrier established. In Canada, BT toxin – used in GE corn, was found in the blood of pregnant women and in their unborn babies.</div>
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<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21338670">Maternal and fetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.</a><br />
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Peer reviewed medical literature demonstrates that animals exposed to genetically engineered foods develop smaller livers and brains, as well as infertility and cancerous tumors. The biotechnology industry claims that these foods are safe – but our government has NEVER proven them safe. Human safety testing has never been conducted. In fact, science is not part of the FDA approval process . Any ‘test’ summaries provided to the FDA are voluntary. The FDA's 1992 GE safety policy stands today, “Ultimately, it is the food producer who is responsible for assuring safety.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/S/Documents/Personal/Discerning%20Dietitian/Testimony%20for%20baby%20Food%20and%20Formula%20GMO%20labeling%20bill%202.24.15.doc#_ftn1">[1]</a>Yet Monsanto contends, “Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA’s job.” FDA Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties (GMO Policy) Federal Register, Volume 57, Page 129, 1992 2 - Phillip Angell, Monsanto’s Director of Corporate Communications,New York Times Magazine, October 25,1998<br />
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Despite what you will hear from the opposition today, no scientific consensus on GMO safety exists. <br />
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1) <a href="http://www.ensser.org/increasing-public-information/no-scientific-consensus-on-gmo-safety/">http://www.ensser.org/increasing-public-information/no-scientific-consensus-on-gmo-safety/</a><br />
2) <a href="http://www.gmofreeusa.org/research/gmo-safety/">http://www.gmofreeusa.org/research/gmo-safety/</a><br />
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I strongly urge you to pass this bill and put babies before corporate profits. <br />
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Thank you!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-26262839396015391422015-02-20T06:23:00.003-08:002015-02-20T06:23:29.149-08:00Correlation Does Not Mean Causation: And How Labeling Can Help.<div class="MsoNormal">
Last Month, the following graph appeared on
twitter. It seems a little ridiculous, which I believe was the original
author’s intent – to show that correlation does not always prove causation.</div>
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People have been eating organic food since the beginning of
time. It was called “food.” Autism incidence has increased dramatically since
GMOs and the chemicals they are engineered to resist were introduced into our
food supply. An increasing number of
people are purchasing “organic” food as they learn that conventional food may contain contaminants such as glyphosate, neonicotinoids, 2,4-D (a component of Agent Orange,) atrazine,
gluphosinate, dicamba, and other chemicals.</div>
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We can’t prove that the increase in sales of organic food
has anything to do with the rise in autism, which is the point, I believe that
the original author was trying to make: coincidental data does not prove
causation. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are no studies indicating that organic food causes
autism. However, over 1,800 scientific<span style="background: white;"> references including studies, surveys,
and analyses suggest various adverse impacts and potential adverse impacts of
genetically engineered (GE/GMO) crops, foods and related pesticides.</span></div>
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The rise in organic food sales has nothing to do with the
rise in the autism rate, and everything to do with the growing awareness of
food contamination. This contamination of our food and water is causing toxins
to get lodged in our bodies where they slowly degrade our health and take away
our lives. <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eight-in-ten-us-parents-report-they-purchase-organic-products-201477661.html" target="_blank">Here is an interesting article</a> indicating that 80% of American
parents report purchasing organic foods, and why.<o:p></o:p></div>
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From birth (through formula or breast milk containing
chemicals) until we’re on our death beds (where we are often given “supplemental
nutrition,”) we are being exposed to such toxins.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once GMOs are labeled, we will be able to more easily trace
intakes of GMOs and their corresponding chemicals as they relate to autism and
other chronic disease. Once GMOs are labeled, we may be able to prove that, in a
given case, correlation does indeed prove causation. Once GMOs are labeled, we may finally be able to hold
the companies who have been altering our food accountable and liable.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-33010744928147599772015-02-18T09:30:00.000-08:002015-02-19T12:28:06.520-08:00Healthy GMO Free SnacksHealthy GMO Free Snacks<br />
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<li>Air popped organic popcorn with melted organic butter or popped in coconut oil </li>
<li>Hummus on organic crackers, celery, or carrots </li>
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<li>Hummus is usually made with soy or canola oil, so if you can’t find it made with olive oil, buy organic hummus </li>
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<li>Any homemade cookie or muffin </li>
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<li>Depending on what it is, you can add chopped apricots, cranberries, carrots or berries for extra vitamins and fiber </li>
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<li>Sunflower or pumpkin seeds </li>
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<li>Yogurt or a smoothie.</li>
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<li>Pretzels, made with organic flour, water, and salt, with an organic cheese stick </li>
<li>Carrots with organic ranch dressing </li>
<li>Hard boiled organic, pasture- raised egg </li>
<li>Organic Apple sauce </li>
<li>Organic peanut, almond, cashew butter on organic apples or bananas </li>
<li>Nuts</li>
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<li>Preferably dry roasted, rather than roasted in cheap oils like cottonseed, a highly pesticided, genetically modified oil. </li>
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Note: Both trans fat and high fructose corn syrup (now called "fructose" - thanks to a "pass" from the feds) are man-made substances that provide huge profits for the food industry. They are cheap, and have a much longer shelf life than “real food” alternatives. But they are harmful to our bodies, in the long term.<br />
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Only when the consumer stops buying these foods, will the industry stop using them.<br />
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You may notice that many suggestions contain saturated fat, like butter and cheese. Saturated fat is a much healthier alternative to trans fat (partially hydrogenated oil) and if the dairy products are organic, they are GM free. It is important, however, to limit portion size. Too much of anything can be unhealthy. Look at your child’s fist; this is about the size of her/his stomach.<br />
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It is actually easy to control portion size when you eat some “real” fat, because it is more satisfying. It gives a feeling of fullness, which lasts, and prevents the rapid rise, and fall, of blood sugar caused by eating carbohydrate alone. <br />
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Did you know that the presence of fat in the small intestine produces hormones that prevent hunger contractions?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-41571001457333760442015-02-16T17:33:00.001-08:002015-02-19T12:28:23.495-08:00Healthy (GMO Free) Snack Recipes<div style="text-align: center;">
<u>Chocolate Chip Cookies</u></div>
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This recipe makes a lot of dough. You can keep it in the refrigerator and make a few every day, so that they are warm from the oven. (Added benefit – portion control!) If the batter is too dry/hard when you remove it from the refrigerator, let them sit at room temperature, then roll into balls and pat down with the palm of your hand. This recipe provides about ½ as much fat and 2/3 as much sugar as traditional chocolate chip cookies.<br />
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2 sticks softened organic butter (or 1 stick butter and 1/3 cup coconut oil)<br />
1 cup granulated organic sugar<br />
1 cup organic brown sugar<br />
2 tsp organic vanilla<br />
4 organic (pasture fed if possible) eggs<br />
4 ½ cups organic whole wheat pastry flour<br />
2 tsp baking soda (non-gmo)<br />
½ tsp. salt<br />
1 bag organic chocolate chips or chocolate bar chopped up<br />
1 cup chopped walnuts<br />
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Beat softened butter with sugar in large mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth. Sift together the dry ingredients and mix with butter mixture. Add chips and nuts. Bake @ 350 for 12 minutes.<br />
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These are extremely high in beta-carotene – which turns to Vitamin A in the body and is an anti-oxidant (fights cell damaging free radicals.) They are delicious with cream cheese frosting and can be called “cupcakes” for birthday parties. Kids love them! Please make your own frosting – canned frosting is a trans fat BOMB.<br />
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4 organic eggs<br />
1 cup organic sugar<br />
½ cup organic melted butter or avocado oil, or grapeseed oil, or coconut oil.<br />
16 oz. canned pumpkin<br />
2 cups organic whole wheat pastry flour<br />
2 tsp GMO free baking powder<br />
1 tsp baking soda<br />
2 tsp cinnamon<br />
1 tsp salt<br />
½ cup GMO free chocolate chips (optional, in lieu of frosting)<br />
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Beat eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Add dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Fills about 24 muffin tins. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. <br />
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<u>“Healthier” Frosting</u></div>
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Bakery-made and store bought cupcakes, as well as donuts, and canned frosting, are loaded with trans fat, and GMOs which are not recognized by the cells in our body as food. Trans fat, or partially hydrogenated oil, in any amount, promotes the development of chronic disease, and overweight/obesity. Also, don't forget "sugar" is 50% GM sugar beets, drowned in Round Up.<br />
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1 pound organic confectionery sugar<br />
½ stick melted or room temperature organic butter (not margarine)<br />
1 teaspoon organic vanilla<br />
3-4 teaspoons organic milk</div>
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Mix first three ingredients together, slowly add milk, while beating with electric mixer, until desired consistency is obtained.<br />
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<u>Banana Bread</u></div>
¼ cup organic butter<br />
½ cup organic brown sugar<br />
1 organic egg, beaten<br />
1 cup organic oatmeal or bran, uncooked<br />
4-5 ripe bananas, mashed<br />
1 tsp organic vanilla<br />
1 ½ cups organic whole wheat pastry flour<br />
2 tsp GMO free baking powder<br />
½ tsp GMO Free baking soda<br />
½ cup chopped nuts</div>
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Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and mix well. Stir in cereal, bananas and vanilla. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and add to first mixture. Stir just until flour is moistened. Pour batter into buttered or sprayed loaf pan. Bake at 350 x 1 hour, or until bread tests done.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-62794645611842627462015-02-15T09:34:00.000-08:002015-02-15T09:59:23.169-08:00Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic SoupThe wind is howling and blowing snow around our house in CT. We have three feet of snow piled up from a succession of recent storms. Our white mailbox is barely visible; just the red flag shows. But there is nothing I LOVE more than being hunkered down and making nourishing food for my family.<br />
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Here's a hearty soup recipe to make and enjoy during a blizzard or any time. Bonus - it has lots of cancer fighting ingredients!<br />
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<li>2 cups <a href="http://bethbeisel.blogspot.com/2014/06/homemade-chicken-broth.html" target="_blank">homemade chicken broth</a></li>
<li>1 head cauliflower</li>
<li>1 head garlic</li>
<li>1 can organic full fat coconut milk (preferably in a BPA- free can)</li>
<li>Organic fire roasted sausage</li>
<li>Sauteed organic kale</li>
<li>Salt, pepper, turmeric to taste</li>
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Cut the cauliflower into small pieces and cook it in the chicken broth until soft. Meanwhile, slice the top off of the head of garlic. (It's okay to leave on the outer paper-like skin). Drizzle olive oil over it and wrap it in foil or place it in a garlic roaster. Bake at 350 until it is soft and mushy, for about 1/2 hour.</div>
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Add the garlic to the broth/cauliflower combo by squeezing it into the broth. Discard the garlic shell. Add coconut milk.</div>
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Blend the soup with an immersion blender, blender, or food processor. </div>
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Remove the stems from the washed kale, and saute until soft. Add cut up sausage to the kale and saute until it is lightly browned. Combine with the broth mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and as much turmeric as you can; it is a miracle spice! (More on that at another time.)</div>
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If you have trouble with oxalic acid, limit the turmeric and use Lacinato kale.</div>
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There are a lot of options here to add flavor and texture. It's okay to be creative! Next time I might try adding chopped roasted tomatoes to this soup.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-82695799847082632112015-01-09T09:09:00.000-08:002015-01-09T09:09:07.870-08:00Ingredients MatterThis week, a recent report found <i>glyphosate</i> in a pediatric tube feeding product used to feed children who can’t eat by mouth. Usually these children are very sick and have compromised immune systems. I have often felt conflicted about recommending tube feedings and nutritional supplements to patients, knowing that they are made from ingredients like corn, soy, canola, and sugar, but didn't have a choice when it was imperative to provide calories, protein, and other nutrients; until recently...<br />
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As a registered dietitian, I can still hear my professors from the 1980s saying: “There is no such thing as junk food… All types of food are okay, in moderation…. The food produced in the United States is the safest, most nutritious, and most plentiful food in the world.”<br />
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That was before our food was manipulated by chemical companies. In the 1990s, without our knowledge or consent, crops (corn, soy, sugar beets, cottonseed and canola – which are currently found in 80% of processed foods in this country) became engineered to withstand the application of a substance known as glyphosate – a weed killer. That substance is also sprayed on non-GMO crops to ripen them, increase seed production, and dry them out. (Crops like wheat, sugar cane, and tea.)<br />
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Many of the components found in traditional tube feeding formulas and medical nutritional supplements are made from these crops. What is most concerning is a study which was published in Biomedical Research International, in 2014. It was entitled: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3955666/">Major Pesticides Are More Toxic to Human Cells Than Their Declared Active Principles</a>.<br />
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The study describes how glyphosate is usually evaluated for toxicity by itself. Yet, when combined with “inert” ingredients, and made into a formulation such as Round Up, the study found that the combination can be 125 times more toxic than the glyphosate alone. As a patented antibiotic, glyphosate has the ability to destroy gut bacteria, which is important to the immune system. Already compromised patients, especially children, should not, in my opinion, be exposed to this toxic chemical, especially if there is a cleaner, safer, health-promoting alternative.<br />
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There is a new tube feeding formula available, called Liquid Hope. It is made from organic, non-gmo, REAL food. There are no chemicals, and ingredients include foods like garbanzo beans, broccoli, and tumeric; just pure food in a balanced and complete formulation.<br />
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For more information, check out their <a href="http://functionalformularies.com/liquid-meals/">website</a>!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-786209044451070812014-12-03T17:35:00.002-08:002015-01-07T20:49:15.271-08:00What are GMOs?<div style="background: white;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">GMOs are
genetically engineered foods made in laboratories owned by chemical companies. The process of genetic engineering involves
the insertion of genes from one species into the DNA of an unrelated
species. This is a very new process,
which has not been around for thousands of years, as some from the biotech
industry would like us to believe. In fact, genetic engineering is only about
20 years old. IT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS CROSS BREEDING OR HYBRIDIZATION. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most of the
traits that have been engineered into our foods are done so to create herbicide
tolerant varieties and pesticide producing varieties. Herbicide tolerant crops
are resistant to chemicals such as glyphosate, dicamba, and 2,4-D (a component
of Agent Orange.) Pest resistant
(pesticide producing) varieties are engineered to contain a toxin in every cell
of the crop that causes a bug’s stomach to explode when it tries to eat the
plant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">When we eat
these foods, we are ingesting the chemicals that were sprayed on the crops
and/or the toxins engineered to kill. These substances are in 80% of the
processed foods in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>
today. They are found in human blood, breast milk, and urine. Glyphosate, the chemical sprayed on most of
these crops, was recently granted a pass by the US EPA. The allowable levels on
food were doubled. </span><span style="background: white;">To put this in
perspective, soybean oil is now allowed to contain thousands of times the limit
of glyphosate at which it can impact health. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The dramatic increase in the use of
agrichemicals, such as glyphosate, correlates with a rise in more than 30 human
diseases. Originally patented as a mineral chelator, glyphosate immobilizes
nutrients, making them unavailable for the body. Glyphosate is also patented as
an antibiotic that can devastate human gut bacteria. (Aka the micro biome, or
the immune system.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 14.4pt;">What crops are
genetically engineered/contain GMOs</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 14.4pt;">?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Herbicide tolerant: sugar beets, rapeseed (canola), alfalfa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Herbicide tolerant and pesticide
producing: corn, soy, cotton.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Resistant to virus: Hawaiian papaya,
zucchini, crookneck squash. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Corn:
There are hundreds of derivatives of corn found in processed foods, like
maltodextrine, certain vitamins, and high fructose corn syrup. For a complete list, download <a href="http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/">www.nongmoshoppingguide.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Soy: Soy containing products, such as soy lecithin,
MSG, and soy protein isolate are just some of the ingredients in processed
foods that are genetically modified. For
a complete list, download <a href="http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/">www.nongmoshoppingguide.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Canola: This is a highly processed oil,(winterized,
deodorized, bleached, genetically modified, and chemically drenched) made from rapeseed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cotton: Cotton seeds are sprayed with
the chemical hexane to expel oil, which is then used to cook things like potato
chips, other fried foods, and is used to make man-made lard and margarine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sugar beets: This type of beet is used
to make sugar. 50% of the sugar in products which list “sugar” on the label is
comprised of genetically modified sugar beets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alfalfa: A perennial, alfalfa is used
to feed grass-fed livestock. Since it has been genetically modified, 100%
grass-fed meat may not be GMO free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Russet potatoes: The newest crop to get
USDA approval.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">How did GMOs get into
our food?</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In 1996 genetically engineered foods
were secretly infiltrated into our food supply, without thorough safety
investigations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;">In fact, genetically modified foods were given
GRAS status, (generally recognized as safe) even though they did not meet any
of the criteria which is specified for products to meet GRAS status, in the
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. </span><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;">In other
words, GMOs did not meet ANY of the criteria established by our government, to
be Generally Recognized As Safe, but were </span><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;">given GRAS status anyway, despite inadequate
safety testing</span><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 14.4pt;">and warnings from FDA’s
internal scientists.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) They were not substances that have
been around for hundreds of years, and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) They had not gone through
scientific, independent, thorough, peer reviewed, long term testing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(The two requirements to meet GRAS
status.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The US Government was advised that GE
foods were “substantially equivalent,” yet the EPA determined that GE corn was
so FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT, they decided that it must be regulated as a
pesticide, and GE corn was given an EPA registration number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the same time, the US Patent and
Trademark Office agreed to patent GMO seeds, (because the unique
characteristics made them a novelty.) This enhanced and protected
profitability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Steven M. Druker, J.D., an attorney,
sued the FDA for 44,000 sealed documents. These documents were written by
internal FDA scientists concerned about the dangers of GMOs. Druker states that
allowing these substances into the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> food supply was/is illegal,
based on these documents and the GRAS status they were given. <span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">What are the possible
health risks associated with GMOs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Genetically Engineered foods have never
been scientifically tested in human trials. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When
animals fed GM foods and/or glyphosate, are studied by independent scientists
for a period greater than three months however, results find damage to vital
organs like the liver and kidneys, damage to gut tissues and gut flora, immune
system disruption, reproductive abnormalities, and tumors.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>These scientific studies continue to
be ignored by those who should be protecting us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There
is also a strong correlation between the onset of GMOs into our food supply and
the rapid rise in many health problems including: food allergies, autism, ADHD,
asthma, infertility, stage II diabetes, obesity, birth defects, inflammatory
bowel disease and cancer. Without
labeling, these correlations can not be proven. We must have GMO foods labeled
so that we can trace and hold accountable what may very well be causing such a
rapid rise in debilitating health trends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Currently,
the FDA, EPA, and USDA rely on outdated studies and other information funded
and supplied by chemical companies that, not surprisingly, dismiss all<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il"><span style="background: #FFFFCC; color: #222222;">health</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>concerns. (These companies profit from
the sale of the GM seeds as well as the sale of the pesticides that the seeds
are resistant to.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Currently 64 countries ban or require labeling of foods
containing GMOs. These countries include </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri;">member nations of the European Union, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region>
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of countries that ban or require labeling, please consult <b><i>The Center For Food Safety’s</i></b>
website: <a href="http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/976/ge-food-labeling/international-labeling-laws">http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/976/ge-food-labeling/international-labeling-laws</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Books</b>: <u>Seeds of Deception</u> by Jeffrey Smith, <u>Organic
Manifesto</u> by Marie Rodale, <u>Genetically Altered Foods and Your Health</u>,
by Ken Roseboro, <u>GMO Myths and Truths</u>, by Michael Antonio, Claire Robinson,
and John Fagan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Websites</b>:
<a href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/">www.responsibletechnology.org</a>,
<a href="http://www.centerforfoodsafety/">www.centerforfoodsafety</a>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.mercola.com/">www.Mercola.com</a>,
<a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/">www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/</a>,
<a href="http://www.nofa.org/">www.NOFA.org</a>, <a href="http://www.nongmoproject.org/">www.nongmoproject.org</a>,
<a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/">www.organicconsumers.org</a>, <a href="http://www.biointegrity.org.%2Cwww.gmofreeusa.com/">www.biointegrity.org.,www.gmofreeusa.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.gmofreeplanet.com/">www.gmofreeplanet.com</a>,
<a href="http://www.discerningdietitian.com/">www.discerningdietitian.com</a>, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">State initiatives and
Facebook Pages: GMO Free USA, <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">GMO Free CT</st1:address></st1:street>(and
other states,) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Movies:</b> <i>Genetic
Roulette, Seeds of Deception, GMO OMG, Deconstructing Supper, Food Inc., The
World According to Monsanto, Seeds of Death, Seeds of Destruction</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">The easiest way to avoid GMOs is to purchase products labeled "Non GMO Project Verified." However many of these products, although not GMO, are still sprayed with glyphosate, to dry them out right before harvest. Three of the biggest culprits are wheat, sugar cane, and tea. If you want to avoid GMOs AND glyphosate (as well as dicamba and 2,4-D (1/2 of Agent Orange) ) choose USDA ORGANIC.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Meat:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Organic meat is expensive. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Serve much smaller portions of meat
and increase the vegetables significantly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Vegetarian
fed” meat means the cows were fed GMO corn, soy, and alfalfa. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The healthiest beef is 100% grass fed,
AND organic. (Organic cows can’t be fed GMO alfalfa, 100% grass fed cows
can.) <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Grass-fed animal
protein is higher in CLA – conjugated linoleic acid- that may help prevent
cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is possible to find</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> grass fed
meat of all kinds, but make sure you ask for 100% grass fed/organic and avoid “vegetarian
fed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Poultry: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The healthiest poultry is
allowed to graze on pasture eating bugs and getting sun. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Chicken that is “cooped up” in tiny
cages, and fed GM corn and soy should be avoided.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Organic
free range chicken is the next best choice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fish:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Buy wild caught fish, not
farmed fish. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Eggs: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The best eggs come from
chickens that are pastured. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Local
farmers may sell them, but you must ask them if their feed is organic. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>If it is not organic, the chickens are
getting GM corn and soy as their food. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Organic,
cage free eggs from the store are the next best choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Peanut
Butter:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Luckily,
peanuts are not yet GMO. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>But
the oils mixed into peanut butter may be. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>It is best to buy organic peanut butter
to avoid the trans fat that is a component of typical peanut butter. Also,
since peanuts are rotated with cotton, which is gmo and sprayed with
glyphosate, it is best to avoid non-organic peanut butter, in case the soil
they were grown in contains glyphosate from the previous year’s cotton
spraying. Make sure that the only
ingredients are peanuts and salt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Other nut butters: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is best to buy<b> </b>organic nut butters. It is easy to make; soak nuts first to
increase the nutrient content. Then roast, and puree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cheese:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Make sure the label
states “from cows not injected with bovine growth hormone” (RBST) <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Also, if the cheese is organic, this
means the cows were not given GM feed. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Cheeses
from Europe that are not organic are<i> less likely</i> to be from GM fed animals, but in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"> April 2013 many UK supermarkets abandoned their long-standing non-GM feed policies. Europe <b>does</b> accept imported GMO animal feed. </span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> American-made</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 13.65pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 13.65pt;">cheese will most
likely come from GM fed animals, unless it is organic. Also, the rennet used to coagulate the cheese is usually genetically modified. (Although European cheese makers don't use the type of rennet that is GMO for domestic use, they do use it for cheese to be shipped to America, because it is cheaper.) Bottom line, buy organic cheese whenever possible. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fats</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Healthy fats include organic
butter, (pasture butter is even better), olive oil, (the regulation in this
industry is very poor and often olive oil is cut with cheaper oils such as
corn, soy or canola, so to be sure use organic olive oil, or purchase from a
quality vendor. Many olive oils are now labeled “non- gmo project verified.”
See the book,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Extra Virginity,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></u> by Tom Mueller,<span class="apple-converted-space"><u> </u></span>for more information.) Other
healthy oils include grape seed oil, sesame oil, avocado oil, organic peanut oil,
coconut oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A very
healthy oil to saute with is called “Mary’s oil Blend.” It is made by combining 1/3
olive oil, 1/3 coconut oil, and 1/3 sesame oil. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>It was developed by a lipid chemist
named Mary Enig, PhD, an authority on fats and fat metabolism. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>For great information on fat, google
her. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>If you’re concerned
about eating saturated fats, google: “The Oiling of America, by Mary Enig.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Avoid margarine,
vegetable oil, and vegetable shortening. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>These are all heavily pesticided,
genetically modified, processed oils, and usually contain trans fat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Breads</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Choose organic whole grain
bread. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Most whole wheat
bread that is not organic contains high fructose corn syrup. Sprouted wheat
bread is another excellent choice. Avoid white bleached flour that injures the
pancreas, and often contains unnecessary additives that are GMO. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Organic cereal is a must to avoid GM
corn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vegetables</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: Currently the only fruits and vegetables that are
genetically modified include some zucchini, crookneck squash, Hawaiian papaya,
and sugar beets. (“Sugar” on a label, is usually 50% GMO sugar beets. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Insist on 100% organic cane sugar,
since conventional cane sugar is sprayed with glyphosate to dry it out before
harvesting. The same is true for wheat
and tea. ) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-12269989518927378742014-11-12T16:14:00.002-08:002014-11-12T16:14:38.281-08:00There will be no trans fats in Heaven<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; margin: 0.1pt 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">"It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Mary Enig, PhD.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mary was a founding board member of the Weston A<span class="578154616-09092014">.</span> Price Foundation and for several years a board member emeritus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">She was a driving force in the move to alert the public to the dangers of <em>trans</em> fatty acids, contributor to <em>Nourishing Traditions</em>, co-author of <span class="421294016-09092014"><em>Eat Fat Lose Fat</em></span>, author of <em>Trans Fatty Acids in the Food Supply </em>and<em> Know Your Fats,</em> and a frequent contributor to the <em>Wise Traditions</em> Know Your Fats column."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This announcement came from the Weston Price Foundation last week, and has saddened me. Mary was a mentor to me and under her supervision, I was able to obtain 50 continuing education credits to maintain my registration as a registered dietitian. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">During the time I worked with her, one of the most profound things she said was: " I was present at the National Cholesterol Consensus Conference when they decided to make 200mg/dl the cutoff. The way they decided on 200 as the magic number was because they worried that if they made it 240 or 260, there wouldn't be enough people in the study and they wouldn't get their government funding."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">So there you have it - you go to the doctor and get told your cholesterol is 201 and you need to be on a statin drug so you won't have a heart attack. All because of that magic number; profound...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">It never made sense to me and it never made sense to Mary. I was so lucky to have found her book, <u>Know Your Fats, </u>which rocked my dietitian's world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mary had a PhD in lipid chemistry. She was brilliant and brave. It is because of Mary Enig that I practice nutrition the way that I do; NEVER recommending vegetable oils like corn, soy, canola, or cottonseed, and always encouraging God's fats: butter, coconut oil, olive oil, and other saturated or monounsaturated oils.</span></span></div>
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NGOs, scientists, anti-GM groups, celebrities, food manufacturers, and others representing 57 million Americans today publish an Open Letter to the UK and the entire EU warning of the serious and manifold hazards of GMO crops - and promising their support in our fight against them.</h2>
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Today in the US, from seed to plate, the production, distribution, marketing, safety testing, and consumption of food is controlled by a handful of companies, many of which have commercial interests in genetic engineering technology.</div>
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We are writing as concerned American citizens to share with you our experience of genetically modified (GM) crops and the resulting damage to our agricultural system and adulteration of our food supply.</div>
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In our country, GM crops account for about half of harvested cropland. Around 94% of the soy, 93% of corn (maize) and 96% of cotton grown is GM. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">i</sup></a></div>
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The UK and the rest of the EU have yet to adopt GM crops in the way that we have, but you are currently under tremendous pressure from governments, biotech lobbyists, and large corporations to adopt what we now regard as a failing agricultural technology.</div>
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Polls consistently show that 72% of Americans do not want to eat GM foods and over 90% of Americans believe GM foods should be labeled.<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote2sym" name="sdendnote2anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ii</sup></a></div>
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In spite of this massive public mandate, efforts to get our federal <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote3sym" name="sdendnote3anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">iii</sup></a> and state <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote4sym" name="sdendnote4anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">iv</sup></a> governments to better regulate, or simply label, GMOs are being undermined by large biotech and food corporations with unlimited budgets <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote5sym" name="sdendnote5anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">v</sup></a> and undue influence.</div>
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As you consider your options, we'd like to share with you what nearly two decades of GM crops in the United States has brought us. We believe our experience serves as a warning for what will happen in your countries should you follow us down this road.</div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Broken promises</strong></div>
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GM crops were released onto the market with a promise that they would consistently increase yields and decrease pesticide use. They have done neither. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote6sym" name="sdendnote6anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">vi</sup></a> In fact, according to a recent US government report yields from GM crops can be lower than their non-GM equivalents. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote7sym" name="sdendnote7anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">vii</sup></a></div>
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Farmers were told that GM crops would yield bigger profits too. The reality, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, is different. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote8sym" name="sdendnote8anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">viii</sup></a> Profitability is highly variable, while the cost of growing these crops has spiraled. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote9sym" name="sdendnote9anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ix</sup></a></div>
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GM seeds cannot legally be saved for replanting, which means farmers must buy new seeds each year. Biotech companies control the price of seeds, which cost farmers 3-6 times more than conventional seeds. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote10sym" name="sdendnote10anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">x</sup></a> This, combined with the huge chemical inputs they require, means GM crops have proved more costly to grow than conventional crops.</div>
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Because of the disproportionate emphasis on GM crops, conventional seed varieties are no longer widely available leaving farmers with less choice and control over what they plant. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote11sym" name="sdendnote11anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xi</sup></a></div>
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Farmers who have chosen not to grow GM crops can find their fields contaminated with GM crops as a result of cross pollination between related species of plants <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote12sym" name="sdendnote12anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xii</sup></a> and GM and non-GM seeds being mixed together during storage.</div>
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Because of this our farmers are losing export markets. Many countries have restrictions or outright bans on growing or importing GM crops <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote13sym" name="sdendnote13anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xiii</sup></a> and as a result, these crops have become responsible for a rise in trade disputes when shipments of grain are found to be contaminated with GM organisms (GMOs).<sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup><a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote14sym" name="sdendnote14anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xiv</sup></a></div>
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The burgeoning organic market here in the US is also being affected. Many organic farmers have lost contracts for organic seed due to high levels of contamination. This problem is increasing and is expected to get much bigger in the coming years.</div>
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The most widely grown types of GM crops are known as 'Roundup Ready' crops. These crops, mostly corn and soy, have been genetically engineered so that when they are sprayed with the herbicide Roundup - the active ingredient of which is glyphosate - the weeds die but the crop continues to grow.</div>
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This has created a vicious circle. Weeds have become resistant to the herbicide, causing farmers to spray even more. Heavier use of herbicides creates ever more 'superweeds' and even higher herbicide use.</div>
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A recent review found that between 1996 and 2011, farmers who planted Roundup Ready crops used 24% more herbicide than non-GMO farmers planting the same crops. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote15sym" name="sdendnote15anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xv</sup></a></div>
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If we remain on this trajectory with Roundup Ready crops we can expect to see herbicide rates increase by 25% each year for the foreseeable future.</div>
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This pesticide treadmill means that in the last decade in the US at least 14 new glyphosate-resistant weed species have emerged, <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote16sym" name="sdendnote16anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xvi</sup></a> and over half of US farms are plagued with herbicide-resistant weeds. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote17sym" name="sdendnote17anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xvii</sup></a></div>
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Biotech companies, which sell both the GM seeds and the herbicides, <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote18sym" name="sdendnote18anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xviii</sup></a> have proposed to address this problem with the creation of new crop varieties that will be able to withstand even stronger and more toxic herbicides such as 2,4-D and dicamba.</div>
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However it is estimated that if these new varieties are approved, this could drive herbicide use up by as much as 50%. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote19sym" name="sdendnote19anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xix</sup></a></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Environmental harm</strong></div>
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Studies have shown that the increased herbicide use on Roundup Ready crops is highly destructive to the natural environment. For example, Roundup kills milkweeds, which are the key food source for the iconic Monarch butterfly <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote20sym" name="sdendnote20anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xx</sup></a> and poses a threat to other important insects such as bees. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote21sym" name="sdendnote21anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxi</sup></a></div>
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It is also damaging to soil, killing beneficial organisms that keep it healthy and productive<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote22sym" name="sdendnote22anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxii</sup></a> and making essential micronutrients unavailable to the plant. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote23sym" name="sdendnote23anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxiii</sup></a></div>
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Other types of GM plants, which have been engineered to produce their own insecticide (e.g. "Bt" cotton plants), have also been shown to harm beneficial insects including green lacewings <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote24sym" name="sdendnote24anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxiv</sup></a>, the <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Daphnia magna</em> waterflea <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote25sym" name="sdendnote25anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxv</sup></a> and other aquatic insects, <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote26sym" name="sdendnote26anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxvi</sup></a> and ladybugs (ladybirds). <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote27sym" name="sdendnote27anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxvii</sup></a></div>
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Resistance to the insecticides in these plants is also growing <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote28sym" name="sdendnote28anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxviii</sup></a>, creating new varieties of resistant "superbugs" and requiring more applications of insecticides at different points in the growth cycle, for instance on the seed before it is planted. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote29sym" name="sdendnote29anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxix</sup></a> In spite of this, new Bt varieties of corn and soy have been approved here and will soon be planted.</div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A threat to human health</strong></div>
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GM ingredients are everywhere in our food chain. It is estimated that 70% of processed foods consumed in the US have been produced using GM ingredients. If products from animals fed GM feed are included, the percentage is significantly higher.</div>
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Research shows that Roundup Ready crops contain many times more glyphosate, and its toxic breakdown product AMPA, than normal crops. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote30sym" name="sdendnote30anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxx</sup></a></div>
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Traces of glyphosate have been found in the breastmilk and urine of American mothers, as well as in their drinking water. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote31sym" name="sdendnote31anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxxi</sup></a> The levels in breastmilk were worryingly high - around 1,600 times higher than what is allowable in European drinking water.</div>
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Passed on to babies through breastmilk, or the water used to make formula, this could represent an unacceptable risk to infant health since glyphosate is a suspected hormone disrupter. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote32sym" name="sdendnote32anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxxii</sup></a> Recent studies suggest that this herbicide is also toxic to sperm. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote33sym" name="sdendnote33anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxxiii</sup></a></div>
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Likewise, traces of the Bt toxin have been found in the blood of mothers and their babies.<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote34sym" name="sdendnote34anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxxiv</sup></a></div>
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GM foods were not subjected to human trials before being released into the food chain and the health impacts of having these substances circulating and accumulating in our bodies are not being studied by any government agency, nor by the companies that produce them.</div>
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Studies of animals fed GM foods and/or glyphosate, however, show worrying trends including damage to vital organs like the liver and kidneys, damage to gut tissues and gut flora, immune system disruption, reproductive abnormalities, and even tumors. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote35sym" name="sdendnote35anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxxv</sup></a></div>
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These scientific studies point to potentially serious human health problems that could not have been anticipated when our country first embraced GMOs, and yet they continue to be ignored by those who should be protecting us.</div>
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Instead our regulators rely on outdated studies and other information funded and supplied by biotech companies that, not surprisingly, dismiss all health concerns.</div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A denial of science</strong></div>
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This spin of corporate science stands in stark contrast to the findings of independent scientists.</div>
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In fact, in 2013, nearly 300 independent scientists from around the world issued a public warning that there was no scientific consensus about the safety of eating genetically modified food, and that the risks, as demonstrated in independent research, gave <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"serious cause for concern."</em> <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote36sym" name="sdendnote36anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxxvi</sup></a></div>
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It's not easy for independent scientists like these to speak out. Those who do have faced obstacles in publishing their results, been systematically vilified by pro-GMO scientists, been denied research funding, and in some cases have had their jobs and careers threatened. <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote37sym" name="sdendnote37anc" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xxxvii</sup></a></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Control of the food supply</strong></div>
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Through our experience we have come to understand that the genetic engineering of food has never really been about public good, or feeding the hungry, or supporting our farmers. Nor is it about consumer choice. Instead it is about private, corporate control of the food system.</div>
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This control extends into areas of life that deeply affect our day-to-day well-being, including food security, science, and democracy. It undermines the development of genuinely sustainable, environmentally friendly agriculture and prevents the creation of a transparent, healthy food supply for all.</div>
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Today in the US, from seed to plate, the production, distribution, marketing, safety testing, and consumption of food is controlled by a handful of companies, many of which have commercial interests in genetic engineering technology.</div>
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They create the problems, and then sell us the so-called solutions in a closed cycle of profit generation that is unequalled in any other type of commerce.</div>
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We all need to eat, which is why every citizen should strive to understand these issues.</div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Time to speak out!</strong></div>
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Americans are reaping the detrimental impacts of this risky and unproven agricultural technology. EU countries should take note: there are no benefits from GM crops great enough to offset these impacts. Officials who continue to ignore this fact are guilty of a gross dereliction of duty.</div>
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We, the undersigned, are sharing our experience and what we have learned with you so that you don't make our mistakes.</div>
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We strongly urge you to resist the approval of genetically modified crops, to refuse to plant those crops that have been approved, to reject the import and/or sale of GM-containing animal feeds and foods intended for human consumption, and to speak out against the corporate influence over politics, regulation and science.</div>
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If the UK and the rest of Europe becomes the new market for genetically modified crops and food our own efforts to label and regulate GMOs will be all the more difficult, if not impossible. If our efforts fail, your attempts to keep GMOs out of Europe will also fail.</div>
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If we work together, however, we can revitalize our global food system, ensuring healthy soil, healthy fields, healthy food and healthy people.</div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">See below</strong> for <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#signed-by" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Signatories</a> - NGOs, academics, scientists, anti-GM groups, celebrities, food manufacturers, and others representing around 57 million Americans.</div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">References</strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">i</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the US 1996-2014 - Recent Trends in GE Adoption, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), July 2014,<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#.U9aA4fldUz0" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetically-engineered-crops-in-the-us/recent-trends-in-ge-adoption.aspx#.U9aA4fldUz0</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote2anc" name="sdendnote2sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ii</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup>Consumer Support for Standardization and Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food 2014 Nationally‐Representative Phone Survey, Consumer Reports® National Research Center Survey Research Report, <a href="https://consumersunion.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014_GMO_survey_report.pdf" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">https://consumersunion.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014_GMO_survey_report.pdf</a> ; see also Brinkerhoff N, Americans overwhelmingly want GMO labelling...until big companies pour money into election campaigns, AllGov News, January 7, 2014 <a href="http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-the-money-going/americans-overwhelmingly-want-gmo-labelinguntil-big-companies-pour-money-in-election-campaigns-140107?news=852102" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-the-money-going/americans-overwhelmingly-want-gmo-labelinguntil-big-companies-pour-money-in-election-campaigns-140107?news=852102</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote3anc" name="sdendnote3sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">iii</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> GE Food Labelling: States Take Action, Fact Sheet, Center for Food Safety, June 2014,<a href="http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/ge-state-labeling-fact-sheet-620141_28179.pdf" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/ge-state-labeling-fact-sheet-620141_28179.pdf</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote4anc" name="sdendnote4sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">iv</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ibid</em></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote5anc" name="sdendnote5sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">v</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> Jargon J and Berry I, Dough Rolls Out to Fight 'Engineered' Label on Food, Wall Street journal, October 25, 2012,<a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203400604578073182907123760" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203400604578073182907123760</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote6anc" name="sdendnote6sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">vi</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> Benbrook C. Evidence of the magnitude and consequences of the Roundup Ready soybean yield drag from university-based varietal trials in 1998: Ag BioTech InfoNet Technical Paper Number 1. Sandpoint, Idaho; 1999, <a href="http://www.mindfully.org/GE/RRS-Yield-Drag.htm" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.mindfully.org/GE/RRS-Yield-Drag.htm</a>; see also Elmore RW, Roeth FW, Nelson LA, et al. Glyphosate-resistant soyabean cultivar yields compared with sister lines. Agron J, 2001;93:408-412; see also Ma BL, Subedi KD. Development, yield, grain moisture and nitrogen uptake of Bt corn hybrids and their conventional near-isolines. Field Crops Res. 2005; 93: 199-211; see also Bennett H. GM canola trials come a cropper. WA Business News.<a href="http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/en-story/1/69680/GM-canola-trials-come-a-cropper" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/en-story/1/69680/GM-canola-trials-come-a-cropper</a>January 16, 2009; see also Gurian-Sherman D. Failure to yield: Evaluating the performance of genetically engineered crops. Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists; 2009. Available at:<a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/failure-to-yield.pdf" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/failure-to-yield.pdf</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote7anc" name="sdendnote7sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">vii</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States, USDA, Economic Research Services, February 2014 <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#.U7vzi7Hrzbx" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err162.aspx#.U7vzi7Hrzbx</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote8anc" name="sdendnote8sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">viii</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> Fernandez-Cornejo J, Wechsler S, Livingston M, Mitchell L. Genetically engineered crops in the United States. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture; 2014. Available at:<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#.U0P_qMfc26x" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err162.aspx#.U0P_qMfc26x</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote9anc" name="sdendnote9sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ix</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> Fernandez-Cornejo J, McBride WD. The adoption of bioengineered crops. Agricultural Economic Report No. 810. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture; 2002,<a href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer810/aer810.pdf" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer810/aer810.pdf</a>; see also Gómez-Barbero M, Rodríguez-Cerezo E. Economic impact of dominant GM crops worldwide: A review. European Commission Joint Research Centre: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies; 2006, <a href="http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/eur22547en.pdf" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/eur22547en.pdf</a>; see also Benbrook CM. Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the United States: The first thirteen years. Washington, DC: The Organic Center; 2009. Available at: <a href="http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/13Years20091126_FullReport.pdf" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/13Years20091126_FullReport.pdf</a>; see also Howard P. Visualizing consolidation in the global seed industry: 1996-2008. Sustainability. 2009; 1: 1266-87; see also Neuman W. Rapid rise in seed prices draws US scrutiny, New York Times, March 11, 2010, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/12seed.html?_r=1" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/12seed.html?_r=1</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote10anc" name="sdendnote10sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">x</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> Benbrook CM. The magnitude and impacts of the biotech and organic seed price premium. Washington, DC: The Organic Center; 2009. Available at: <a href="http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/Seeds_Final_11-30-09.pdf" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/Seeds_Final_11-30-09.pdf</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote12anc" name="sdendnote12sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xii</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> D'Hertefeldt T, Jørgensen RB, Pettersson LB. Long-term persistence of GM oilseed rape in the seedbank. Biol Lett. 2008;4:314-317; see also Gilbert N. GM crop escapes into the American wild. Nature. 2010. Available at: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100806/full/news.2010.393.html; see also Black R. GM plants "established in the wild", BBC News, August 6, 2010,<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10859264" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10859264</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2632105/living_with_gmos_a_letter_from_america.html#sdendnote13anc" name="sdendnote13sym" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xiii</a><sup style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </sup> The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity.<a href="http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/default.shtml" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/default.shtml</a>; see also GMO-Free Europe, <a href="http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/" style="color: #384936; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">http://www.gmo-free-regions.org</a></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Rachel Carson Council</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Food Democracy Now</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Cornucopia Institute</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Weston A Price Foundation</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Move on</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Farm & Ranch Freedom Alliance</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Council for Responsible Genetics</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Biosafety Alliance</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Green America</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Institute for Social Ecology</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Citizen's Trade Campaign</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Popular Resistance/Flush the TTP</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">The Berry Center</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">etc group</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Demeter USA</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Slow Food USA</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Rodale Institute</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Organic Seed Alliance</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Institute for Responsible Technology</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Corporate Accountability International</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Healthcare Without Harm</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">National Black Farmers Association</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Ecological Farming Association</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Food Chain Workers Alliance</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">CT NOFA</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">The Acequia Institute (TAI)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Environmental Stewardship Concepts</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Earth Open Source</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Farm Food Freedom Coalition</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Our Family Farms Coalition (OFFC)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">American Academy of Environmental Medicine</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Alliance for Natural Health US (ANH-USA)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Healthy Child, Healthy World</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Physicians for Social Responsibility</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Care2</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Label GMOs</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free USA</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Inside</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Teens Turning Green</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Kids right to know</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free Maryland</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">NH Right to Know GMO</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Citizens for GMO Labelling</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free CT</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free PA</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">California Certified Organic Farmers</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free New Jersey</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">ConnFACT</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Oregonians for Safe Farms and Families</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free Canada</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Moms Across America</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Moms Advocating Sustainability</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Californians for Pesticide Reform</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Babes Against Biotech</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Green Lifestyle TV</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free Planet</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free DC</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Wood Prairie Farm</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free Florida</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">California State Grange</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Living Seed Company</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Seed Library of Los Angeles</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Sweetly Seeds/Taos Seed Exchange</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">NOFA NY</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">NOFA MA</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Hawai'i Seed</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free Arizona</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Heirloom Seed Exposition</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Free Nevada</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">NOFA New Hampshire</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">GMO Action Alliance</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">NoGMO4Michigan</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Nature's Path</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Jimbo's...Naturally!</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Nutiva</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Annmarie Gianni Cosmetics</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">NYR Organic</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">Good Earth Natural Foods</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-88891772028681142582014-08-14T19:37:00.000-07:002015-02-16T17:37:25.519-08:00<img alt="Food quote" src="http://thinkingmomsrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Food-quote.png" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-16621406642029189132014-08-04T14:26:00.001-07:002015-02-15T10:22:48.804-08:00LOW CARB Cauliflower Rice<br />
Although there is nothing like hot crunchy bread from the oven or a loaf of soft multi-grain, many people are trying to eliminate or reduce gluten intake. My personal reason is to cut down on carbs, which become sugar, soon after the digestive process begins<br />
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The most difficult part for me is not having a sandwich at lunch; which is convenient, satisfying, and sometimes an event, if the filling is fabulous! (i.e. chicken salad on molasses bread with grapes, cinnamon, and homemade mayonnaise)<br />
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One substitute which I enjoy because it has satiety value, (unlike leafy greens on a plate) is a chick pea salad. I found it at Costco; it is organic and called Pita Pal's Organic Balela. I am going to make it myself, eventually, but right now the convenience is appreciated. Here are the ingredients: All organic - chickpeas, black beans, onion, parsley, sun dried tomatoes, olive oil, vinegar, tomatoes, salt, mint, spices, and love.<br />
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Although rice does not have gluten in in, it is still a carbohydrate, and should be limited if you are trying to lose weight or keep blood glucose under control.<br />
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The other night at Book Club, my friend Cristina, who is a Latino and grew up on rice, told us about a wonderful rice substitute. It is made from a vegetable - cauliflower - and Latino approved! My family loved it. I followed the recipe below exactly, and topped it with a stir fry of organic andouille sausage/kale/and canned chopped tomatoes, with a splash of white wine.<br />
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Next time I make it, I will take a picture and add it to this post :) (We were so hungry, and the smells were fabulous, so it was devoured before I could pull out the camera!)<br />
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3 T Olive Oil</div>
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1 Medium Onion, finely chopped (about one cup)</div>
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4 Stalks Celery, finely chopped</div>
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1 Large Head Cauliflower, trimmed and coarsely chopped</div>
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1/4 t Sea Salt</div>
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Heat the Olive Oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the onion for 8 to 10 minutes, until soft and translucent. Add the celery and sauté for 5 minutes.</div>
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In a food processor, pulse the cauliflower until it is the texture of rice. Add the cauliflower to the skillet, cover, and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft. Stir in the salt and serve.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-30437855504929844482014-08-02T16:41:00.001-07:002014-08-04T14:01:03.449-07:00How to DEFY DISEASE - a 20 minute videoThe link below is a must see if you want to understand why what we eat has a huge impact on preventing and even REVERSING disease.<br />
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The physician who speaks (for 20 minutes ) is Terry Wahls.M.D. She talks about how she was diagnosed with MS, and after years of the "best" medical treatment money could buy, she "progressed" to a wheelchair.<br />
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It wasn't until she changed her lifestyle, by eliminating toxins in her diet and cosmetics, avoiding gluten, increasing her vegetable intake, meditating, and exercising, that she was able to get out of her wheelchair and ride a bike! She defied disease!<br />
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Very powerful video to share. Thank you to my friend, Robin, for sharing this with me. <3.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-14451/how-i-went-from-wheelchair-to-walking-by-changing-my-diet-dr-terry-wahls.html">Defying disease through lifestyle change</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-49221668736079560882014-07-23T11:34:00.000-07:002015-02-18T05:47:08.542-08:00Our Children's Future; Taking Back Our Food!<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
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On July 19, 2014, The CT NOFA Conference,<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>A Summer Gatheing,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>took place at the beautiful Winvian Resort in Morris Connecticut.</div>
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It was humbling to be a keynote speaker with three incredible people, including
Taylor Cocalis Suarez, Joan Dye Gussow, and Richard McCarthy. </div>
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Taylor, founder of the website GOODFOODJOBS.com, spoke about how her
life, education, and career plans led her to create a website which now has
55,000 followers and helps thousands of people find jobs in the food industry,
particularly the wholesome/healthy/real food industry. Her website, to date,
has posted 15,000 jobs.</div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #252525;">Joan Dye Gussow, an 86 year old
professor, author, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_policy" title="Food policy"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">food
policy</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #252525;"> expert,
environmentalist and gardener,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has
been called the "matriarch of the eat-locally-think-globally food
movement." One thing that she mentioned that really impacted the audience
was how truly terrible water bottles are for our world. She described
plastic boulders accumulating on the ocean's floor, destroying our world as we
know it.</span></div>
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Richard McCarthy, executive director of Slow Food <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">described the core values of the Slow Food global
organization – that everyone has the right to good, clean and fair food. He
described how American conversation about food is changing and must include
topics like childhood obesity, dwindling farm communities and inadequate food
safety.</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525;"> </span></div>
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The final talk (mine) is detailed here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14.0pt;">Activism,
Glyphosate, and GMOs <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #252525; font-size: 20.0pt;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #252525;">Native American
Women/MOTHERS chose their leaders, monitored their leaders’ performance, and
removed leaders that weren't working for their people. This is a quote
from the <st1:placename w:st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype> of the American Indian, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place>:
"Democracy or representative government was a hallmark of some Native
societies. The 50 chiefs of the Haudenosaunee Grand Council continue to be
chosen by clan MOTHERS who also retain the power to remove leaders based on
their performance." (Thanks to Zen Honeycutt, from Moms Across
America for sharing this.) </span></div>
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The point is: PARENTS need to take our government back. The American
Government is supposed to be for and by the PEOPLE - NOT Corporations. Using
our fierce protective instinct and love for our children, we need to take back
our government and our food. Seeds should not be owned and sold by chemical
companies, period. If we use our voices with intelligence, integrity, and
intuition, we can heal the world, one step at a time. </span></div>
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Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Round Up, is used on 160 foods as a dessicant
- to ripen or dry out - things like tea, wheat, sugar, beans and potatoes. To
avoid GMOs, sugar, listed on the label, must be "100% cane sugar.” To
avoid glyphosate, 100% cane sugar must be “organic.” Avoid tea that is not
organic. Bread, and other wheat containing products should be organic.
Unfortunately, organic food is an expensive suggestion, and this is not
fair. But as more people demand chemical free food, manufacturers will
start to provide it, and purchasing organic may not be as necessary. (Organic
food is what our grandparents called “Food.”)
<i>Progress</i> will be going back to
growing food without dangerous chemicals. </span></div>
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In May, 2014, the EPA - employees paid with our tax dollars- doubled the amount
of glyphosate allowed on/in our food. They were petitioned by big ag and big
biotech to increase allowable levels, and they did. Now soybean oil can contain
40 parts per million of glyphosate. Recently, a scientist named Monika Krueger,
from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Lustig</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, did a </span><a href="http://omicsonline.org/open-access/detection-of-glyphosate-residues-in-animals-and-humans-2161-0525.1000210.pdf" target="_blank">stud</a>y<span style="background: white; color: #252525;"> which showed
that </span>1/10 of 1 part per million of glyphosate can<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>destroy beneficial gut bacteria <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> (Glyphosate
is a patented antibiotic, too.) This means that something like soybean oil
is now allowed to contain 4000 times the known limit at
which glyphosate may impact health. </span></div>
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Promoting biotechnology has been more important than the health of US
Citizens since George H. W. Bush. President Obama has appointed many people
connected with the biotech industry into high level
government positions. These include Michael Taylor, second in command at
the FDA, in charge of Food Safety, who previously served as Monsanto’s Vice
President and before that Monsanto’s attorney. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture (leader
of the USDA,) also has ties to biotechnology. </div>
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Are GMOs
going to save the world and its growing population? No. Better and more
equitable distribution will. We throw away approximately 1/3 of the food
produced<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>. There
is not a food shortage; there is a distribution problem. This is not something
that can be fixed by genetically modifying every food seed. We don’t
need food made in a laboratory, and made to withstand chemical
contamination to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>feed the
world. We need to figure out a way to stop letting real food go to waste.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Readily available
and inexpensive processed food is contributing substantially to the obesity
epidemic. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN, HEALTHY, SAFE FOOD. Not
just those who can afford organic. This economic discrepancy is a
human rights issue; it is wrong.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our tax
dollars subsidize and support the huge factory farms, which treat their crops
with chemicals and grow genetically engineered food. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Organic
farmers, on the other hand, can’t use GMOs and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>chemicals –yet they must PAY fees to
label<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>them as organic and PAY
fees to prove that they<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are safe.
This just seems so backwards.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Why don't
we in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
have the same rights as citizens in 64 other countries in the world do - where
GMOs are either banned or labeled? Is it because illness is a commodity?<span style="color: #a3c145;"> </span>We spend significantly
more on healthcare in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
as they do in other countries. This is depressing for those of us who love
our country. It is also depressing for anyone who gets sick. Do they
wonder what caused the illness, and/or wonder if all the drugs they are prescribed
will just make them sicker, while making the medical industry richer?<o:p></o:p></div>
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On a happy note, in 2013, CT passed the first GMO labeling law in the nation. Then <st1:state w:st="on">Maine</st1:state>
passed a GMO labeling law. <st1:state w:st="on">Vermont</st1:state>
passed one with no trigger clauses. More are on the way, thanks to Citizens for
GMO Labeling and a lot of hard working GMO labeling advocates. Our spending
counts. Boycott GMOs and chemically contaminated foods. When our collective
voices are heard, we will make a difference. We must own our planet, own our food,
own our government, and protect future generations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589655380203219200.post-8338920353671560652014-07-11T19:38:00.001-07:002014-07-12T17:36:55.693-07:00Everyone deserves transparency, and everyone deserves clean ice cream!<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"> Having spent most of my life going on vacation to the same beach, I have many memories of walking to the Dairy Queen....in the afternoon when we had had enough sun and sea, or at night, after dinner. </span><br />
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It breaks my heart that I don't let my children go to DQ, like I did. The ingredients, which include high fructose corn syrup and milk from cows injected with growth hormone, make me uncomfortable and I work very hard to keep them out of my loved one's bodies. However, having counseled children with eating disorders, I realize how important it is to not deprive children (or anyone) of certain foods, because it only makes them crave them more. </div>
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So grateful to have a fabulous alternative - Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream! No sugar containing product is good for us, but in the real world, I would prefer to allow some sweets, made with "real food" than have my children crave something that they can't have, and then overdo it.</div>
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Jerry, of Ben and Jerry's came to CT last year and lobbied to help us pass the first GMO labeling law in the country. He is a hero and continues to work to get Americans the transparency they deserve.</div>
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Today, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=10461186460" href="https://www.facebook.com/benandjerrysUS" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Ben & Jerry's</a> co-founder, Jerry Greenfield, will deliver over 500,000 of your signatures to Capitol Hill urging Congress not to block GMO labeling laws!</div>
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Hi Beth—</div>
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It was hot out yesterday – or, as I like to call it, perfect ice cream weather. I came down from Vermont to deliver your signatures to Congress yesterday, and it was well worth the trip.</div>
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Firstly, I just want to thank you for organizing for a cause you believe in. It’s something Ben and I have a huge amount of respect for and have always aspired to, which is why we’re in the process of transitioning all of our euphoric Ben & Jerry’s to source only non-GMO ingredients.</div>
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Over half a million of you added your signatures telling Congress not to pass the DARK act, which gave us more than enough reason to celebrate. It was a really great vibe, complete with a giant pint to of Food Fight Fudge Brownie (what’s a political press conference without an oversized pint of ice cream?), some of our most inspiring Congressional reps—and, of course, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.</div>
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You know what though, Beth? You were the star of yesterday’s event. Because without you, none of this would have happened in the first place.</div>
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Over 500,000 signatures is something Congress simply can’t ignore. I’m asking you to do just one more thing, and it only takes a click.</div>
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Here’s the link to get the word out about yesterday’s event: <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gtIIa8OGjVgt59nDqMhNwffvOwtClQou" style="color: #6ba744;" target="_blank"><b>http://fpa.ac/D</b></a></div>
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You’re doing great work. Keep it up!</div>
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Jerry</div>
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Jerry Greenfield<br />
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