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Posted by truedelphi in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Mon Feb 08th 2010, 08:22 PM
My household recently stopped eating wheat. In the last twomonths,w e have given up the costipation (and its opposite) we have traded our fatigue for energy, we have discovered that it ws not our age that was limiting our healthiness but the food staple we were consuming: Wheat.

What is going on with this?

Here is one explanation


What's Wrong with GMOs?
Written by Winston Kao

I have asked numerous people to define the term GMO and I have yet to come across one person who could give a totally correct answer, so I thought it was time to give some space in a newsletter explaining it.

GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. When a plant’s genes are manipulated by the Biotech industry, the result is no longer a plant, due to animal, fungus, and chemical induced genes mixed into it. It is an “organisms.” Disregarding the basic laws of nature, scientists crossbreed plants to animals, fungus, parasites, viruses, antibiotics, petro-chemical fertilizer, fungicides, & herbicides, creating results that can no longer be recognized by Mother Nature as plant or animal. Now you understand what Frankenfood, GE food (Genetic Engineering), & GMO’s are.

A good example is wheat. It has flounder genes (fish), ergot (fungus), petro-chemical fertilizer, herbicide (Round Up) and synthetic hormones…etc which make up the gene composition of your modern GMO wheat. This is why you may not call it a wheat plant because it is not a plant, having multiple organisms’ genes. What does Mother Nature think of GMO wheat? “Well, let’s see,” she scratches her head in bewilderment. “It resembles a plant I created called wheat, but a plant doesn’t contain fish genetic material, nor fungus material, nor chemicals in its genes. The end product is esoteric, bizarre, never ever seen before sugars, proteins, starches… etc. So what do I do with all this weird, basically unrecognizable stuff that you have eaten? I use what I can, then throw a big hammer, called sulphuric acid, to try to break it down, and then the rest creates allergies, disease, and cancer.” You wonder why so many people are allergic to wheat and so many other common foods? Or why they are becoming more acid? Wonder no more.

Two year old information from the Organic Consumers Association (http://www.organicconsumers.org /) stated that lab tests and industry disclosures indicate that 60-70% of all non-organic supermarket food tests positive for the presence of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. The actual percentage is much higher because there are no labeling law requirements for GMO food. The wholesalers, when purchasing grain, will usually mix non-GMO product with GMO product so the presence of GMO ingredients is probably in the high 90%.
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You can read the rest of his piece at http://ow.ly/155Rd

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