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Health See other Health Articles Title: GMOs Are Ravaging Your Health Are genetically modified (GM) foods making you fatter while damaging your organs? A new study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences strongly suggests that the answer is an overwhelming 'yes.' The study found that mice who were fed GM corn had an increase in overall body weight of about 3.7%. An 11% increase in liver weight was also observed. Approximately one-third, 33%, of their diet consisted of GM corn from Monsanto. An increase in liver weight is indicative of degrading liver function. If your body cannot filter your blood supply and metabolize fat as it should, overall health degrades and losing weight is more difficult. Increases in glucose and triglyceride levels in the blood caused by the GM corn diet, liver function disruptions, and increased weight is indicative of a pre-diabetic profile. This is not the first study to find strong evidence of organ damage. Gilles-Eric Séralini of the Commission for Biotechnology Reevaluation stated in the previous study's introduction: “For the first time in the world, we’ve proven that GMO are neither sufficiently healthy nor proper to be commercialized… Each time, for all three GMOs, the kidneys and liver, which are the main organs that react to a chemical food poisoning, had problems.” The study specifically cited Bt toxins used in biopesticides and Monsanto's Round-Up as the causes of damage. Séralini’s team also assessed the effects of Roundup alone on human kidney cells. The dose that killed half of the kidney cells was 200 times below normal agricultural use. Without pursuing expensive dietary restrictions, the dangerous grains are hard to avoid. At least 86% of all corn, 93% of canola, and 95% of sugar beets are genetically modified. Even then, the chemicals may affect you even if you purposely avoid them. A late 2010 study showed that 41% of groundwater samples in Catalonia, Spain contained Round-Up residue even though the chemicals are supposed to rapidly break down in the soil after the application. Medical researchers from the Sherbrooke Hospital in Quebec found the BT toxin in the bloodstream of 55 out of 69 pregnant and non-pregnant women they tested. Of the fetal blood samples from the expectant mothers, 80% contained the toxin as well. None of the subjects had ever come in direct contact with the chemical. Doctors state in their report: “Given the widespread use of GM foods in the local daily diet (soybeans, corn, potatoes), it is conceivable that the majority of the population is exposed through their daily diet … trace amounts of the [Bt] toxin were detected in the gastrointestinal contents of livestock fed on GM corn … there may be a high risk of exposure through consumption of contaminated meat.” +11 Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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