Green Topics-Create A Change

  Green Topics-Create A Change

Well here I am again talking about food.  Mainly-our poisoned food. I have a passion about this subject, and I think people need to become aware of what is happening. This is one thing that we can change and have control over. WHAT WE EAT. This country is in big trouble, and I think we all feel helpless to do something to make it better. The POWERS that be are in charge, and they are in charge of our food. Why? Take a guess…….profit? Money the root of all evil.

In my other Green blogs about GMO products and sewer sludge, there is a lot of information. Here’s MORE. I just watched a video by Robyn O’Brien, 2011. She tells a story of her family, and a horrible experience with one of her children and a food allergy. She speaks about her journey of learning what is going on in the food industry, and how it’s affecting Americans, herself, and her family.
Her big questions were– why were the incidences of food allergies, cancers, and sickness when she was growing up-so low-compared to today? Yes —why?

I’ll give some information from her video, in case you don’t want to watch this highly informative video for 18 minutes. Well worth it!

Food allergies are much more prevalent today than in the past. From 1997-2002 allergies to peanuts have doubled. 1 out 17 babies under age 3 has a food allergy. The Center For Dis-ease Control said there has been a 265% increase in the rate of hospitalizations that are related to food allergy reactions. They also say-”A food allergy is an abnormal immune response to a certain food that the body reacts to as harmful.” An estimated 4% to 6% of U.S. children of children under age 18 have food allergies. Is there something foreign in the food? Why is this?

Milk is the most common food allergy in the U.S. The USDA says that in the 1990’s, new proteins were engineered into our food supply, to maximize profits of the food industry. No human trials were conducted to see if these genetically engineered proteins were safe. The argument was “well they haven’t been proved dangerous.” I guess there was no proof either way.

Well all this genetically modified everything-like grain-fed to cows-cows get sick-ovarian cysts, lameness, skin disorders-which called for…Ta Da

guess….antibiotics. The cows are sick from GMO’s and add to that antibiotics….hmmm….yummy to the tummy.

In Robin’s video, she mentions that in the late 1990′s, corns DNA was genetically engineered to release it’s own pesticide as it grows. The Environmental Protection Agency–GET THIS!!!–listed corn as a pestiside. Yummy!!  Just think of all the corn products out there AND the corn fed to animals. I eat organic so I don’t have to worry about this disgusting thing the powers that be have inflicted upon us. We’re probably injured already at this point since this has been going on for over 15 years. A poor baby in the womb hardly stands a chance.

The rest of the world wasn’t as ignorant and adoring of the government that supposedly protects us. Ha! Canada, the UK, Japan, and New Zealand banned this frigging crap, which was introduced into the US in 1994. These countries are also WAYYYYYY ahead of us by implementing complementary alternative medicine, preventative medicine, and the like.

The US relies on allopathic medicine to cure a country with the HIGHEST cancer rate in ALL the world. US??????  Imagine-the greatest country in the world. The American Cancer Society has said that someone that moves to the United States increases their cancer risk 4 fold. My God!! They also say that 1 in 10 breast cancers are genetic, and 9 in 10 are from the environment.

1 in 4 people don’t know what gmo’s are. That’s why I keep writing about this. The statistics about getting cancer for the Baby Boomers is astounding. The US spends more money on healthcare than any other country in the world. I feel that is because we are being poisoned for profit, and the populace is uneducated.

Our Food-Quote From Seeds Of Deception

“Even though evidence of this apparent fraud at the FDA was presented at a Washington, D.C. press conference in 1999 with major media in attendance, the media didn’t alert the public.  In fact, most Americans know so little about this subject, that only about 1 in 4 consumers even know if they’ve ever eaten a GM food in their lives, even though the vast majority of processed foods contain derivatives from the four major GM crops: soy, corn, cottonseed and canola.”

The Pros & Con of Genetically Modified Seeds

“Earlier this month, Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, admitted that its genetically engineered “Bt” (bacillus thuringiensis) cotton seed wasn’t all that farmers in India had hoped.”

Farmers sue Monsanto over GMO seeds-Quote From grist.org

“The case, Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association, et al. v. Monsanto, was filed in federal district court in Manhattan and assigned to Judge Naomi Buchwald.  Plaintiffs in the suit represent a broad array of family farmers, small businesses and organizations from within the organic agriculture community who are increasingly threatened by genetically modified seed contamination despite using their best efforts to avoid it.  The plaintiff organizations have over 270,000 members, including thousands of certified organic family farmers.

“This case asks whether Monsanto has the right to sue organic farmers for patent infringement if Monsanto’s transgenic seed should land on their property,” said Dan Ravicher, PUBPAT’s Executive Director and Lecturer of Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. “It seems quite perverse that an organic farmer contaminated by transgenic seed could be accused of patent infringement, but Monsanto has made such accusations before and is notorious for having sued hundreds of farmers for patent infringement, so we had to act to protect the interests of our clients.”

The false claims of GMOs

An article to read if you like. There is a lot of information out there.

Global Competition

The US has gotten itself in a bind. You all know that most of our manufacturing has gone overseas. A sad situation. To add to that, we can’t even compete in the food business. None of the countries that have more education and money, are willing to compromise their health for US food products. The third world countries can’t afford or don’t even have access to US food products. I’ve heard there are a few US companies producing food that is not contaminated (a sideline to their tainted products that Americans eat and accept), and selling these products to other countries.

All in all-WE have the power to change what food we choose to eat and therefore maybe the process. I’m trying to spread the word. Yes-GOOD food is more expensive at this moment in time. A bit of prevention and we all will need less healthcare and the expenses that go with it, and lead a happier life.

Sorry for doom and gloom. This is one subject that an individual has control over. Signing off. Eat right.

Ali O.