Intro: "The average supermarket is full of genetically modified foods. Here's how you can avoid those products."
A chart estimates the percentages of GM foods found on store shelves. (photo illustration: Mother Earth News)
How to Avoid Genetically Modified Food
08 October 12
n the United States, 70 percent or more of the foods in your supermarket directly or indirectly contain genetically modified (GM) ingredients. The illustration below shows how prevalent GM foods have become on grocery store shelves.
The only way to avoid GM food is to know which ingredients are likely to be genetically modified and read labels carefully, or to always choose organic foods, which are certified GM-free.
Below are estimates of the percentages of GM foods found on store shelves. To learn more about this issue, see The Threats From Genetically Modified Foods.
Dairy/Eggs. Unless it's labeled organic or rBST-free, everything in the dairy case, including milk, cheese and yogurt, probably contains milk from cows injected with rBST, a GM hormone used to make cows give more milk. It's also likely that the cows and chickens were fed GM corn, soy and canola.
Meat. GM corn and soy are so dominant in the United States that almost everything in the meat case comes from animals fed GM crops.
Fresh Produce. Not many GM items yet, but GM sweet corn arrived in 2012.
Cereals. Unless labeled as organic, cereals probably include GM ingredients, primarily high-fructose corn syrup and other corn products, soy and milk proteins. Don't be fooled by "natural" labels; they mean nothing.
Cookies/Snacks/Chips. Almost all include high-fructose corn syrup; soy, corn or canola oil; soy lecithin and other soy isolates; or other additives derived from GM corn and soy.
Pasta/Rice/Beans. You're pretty safe here, because wheat, rice and beans are not (yet) genetically modified, but watch out for the heat-and-eat pasta meals that include GM ingredients.
Ice Cream/Frozen Prepared Meals. Unless labeled organic, these are virtually guaranteed to have GM ingredients, including corn and soy products, whey protein from rBST milk, and GM beet sugar.
Oils/Fats/Shortening. Olive oil is non-GM. "Vegetable oil" usually is GM, as are corn, soybean and canola oil. Solid shortenings are hydrogenated canola, corn and soybean oil.
Condiments/Prepared Foods. All of these items contain GM soy, corn and/or canola unless labeled organic.
Bread/Crackers. Almost all commercial bread is made with corn syrup and soy-based ingredients.
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I don't want to take 8 years of war with Iran, ending Social Security and making public education punishable by death to say, "SEE!?" "We told ya so! Twit REALLY WAS lying!"
Meanwhile, listening to 5th and 6th party liberals complaining that the left doesn't have enough Presidential candidates to dissipate our vote effectively, and the repug party unveils its newest robotic threat to the environment, human civilization and the American way of life IS GETTING OLD!
This predictable routine is getting O - L - D!!!!!!!!
VOTE -- USE IT OR LOSE IT !
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
The alternative is a catastrophe.
Elminate National Health care states would provide health care by uninsured going to ER
Medicaid funding would be reduced.
Vouchers for Medicare for those under 55 yrs would be made mandatory.
Conservative Supreme Court Justce would be appointed and Roe -vs- Wade would be reversed
War with Iran would be conducted.
Military expenditures would be expanded by $ 2 trillion
20% flat tax and deductions would be eliminated. Bottom 1/3 would pay at higher rate than to 1/3.
Inheritance taxes would be eliminated and wealth would be concentrated with the top 1/3
Alternative energy subsidies would be eliminated
EPA scrubbers for coal power plants to eliminate mercury would be reversed
Regulations to reduce CO2 in atmosphere would be eliminated as Romney says science re: global warming no proved
NPR, PBS and Arts for Humanities would be eliminated
Dream Act not passed and make life measerable for illegals so they would self deport
To reduce deficit caused by tax cuts, military expenditures and war all social programs and entitlements would be decreased
Federal deficit would balloon
Thanks
Gallup's daily tracking poll tells different story - plus look at the debate results.
And Pew Research center:
www.pollingreport.com/wh12gen.htm
puts Romney ahead 49% to Obama 45% of likely voters nationwide.
Gallup is right leaning poll (look at the sources cited in the article).
Sad that Americans are treating the election as another football game - blinded to the reality.
www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57528936/romney-takes-slight-lead-in-new-gallup-poll/
RSN please update:
Obama Regains 5-Point Lead Over Romney
is obsolete
http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/78-78/13868-as-the-rich-get-richer-two-who-were-once-desperately-poor-inspire