227: Are GMOs Dangerous?
CONSISTENT by Primal Potential
Elizabeth Benton
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2016
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Are GMOs dangerous? What are GMOs? Where are they? Should I avoid them?
These are all the questions we're answering in today's podcast.
I'll share my thoughts on whether or not these are something you need to worry about and what risks exist with exposure to genetically modified organisms.
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Are GMOs Dangerous? What Are They?
GMO stands for genetically modified organism. Genes from one plant, animal, virus or bacteria are transferred to another plant or animal.
Generally, this process is used to make crops more resilient against environmental factors like frosts or insects, or to enhance physical features or increase shelf life and reduce spoilage.
In today's episode, in addition to discussing my thoughts on the question, "Are GMOs dangerous", we talk about how they are created and what impact they have on the modified organism.
Using corn as an example, we explain how corn is genetically modified. Did you know that the genetic modification of corn causes every cell in the corn plant to emit a pesticide?
Plus, the genetic modification of corn appears to change the nutrient profile.
Take a look at the side-by-side comparison of GMO and Non-GMO corn below.
What does this mean for our health?
The technology used to create GMO crops has developed so rapidly, we cannot be certain of the long-term health effects. The burden of proof on large agricultural companies is limited and most of the research has been done on mice and rats.
How to avoid GMOs
Buy foods and ingredients that are USDA-certified organic, or from local growers you trust that don't use herbicides. Check out the link for the Non-GMO Shopping guide below to find out more information.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Benton. |
| 0:06.6 | Through education, motivation, and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and |
| 0:13.7 | doing so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential. |
| 0:21.3 | Let's get started. |
| 0:24.4 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the Primal Potential Podcast. |
| 0:28.3 | I am Elizabeth Benton and we are going to be talking about a serious and sort of heavy science topic today. |
| 0:35.7 | A controversial one too. Bring on the controversy. |
| 0:39.0 | We are going to be talking about GMOs or genetically modified organisms. |
| 0:44.8 | I will start by saying you guys know if you've been listening to the show for a while you know |
| 0:49.3 | I'm not a purist you know I'm not an alarmist you know I'm not going to be the person that says |
| 0:54.2 | you know don't touch another processed food or you're going to die. |
| 0:57.6 | And I am not here to tell you that you can't eat GMOs or that you can or that you should. |
| 1:05.2 | I just want to kind of talk about what they are where they are the pros and the cons and why |
| 1:12.0 | they even came into being and if you choose to avoid them how you can go about doing so because |
| 1:18.4 | sometimes even if we want to avoid them it seems like you're everywhere so is it even feasible? |
| 1:23.5 | How can we go about it before we dive into the nuts and bolts and you guys know I love the |
| 1:29.3 | science stuff. I want to start with my thesis because many times when we talk about organic or we |
| 1:38.7 | talk about toxins or we talk about GMOs people think this is just too much there's nothing I can |
| 1:44.6 | eat everything's bad what am I supposed to do or they become really freaked out and they start |
| 1:50.0 | perseverating on everything that could be potentially harmful and I think that's kind of a waste |
| 1:57.0 | of energy. I will tell you that I am not a doctor I am not a GMO expert I certainly have an |
| 2:03.6 | opinion and what I choose to do for my health now is very different from what I chose to do when |
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