Are GMOs Safe To Eat?

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.5 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Are GMOs Safe To Eat? | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp Over twenty years ago, Europe banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs) while the United States went full steam ahead, especially with soybeans and corn. In fact, it’s estimated that about 75 percent of the food in our supermarkets contains genetically modified ingredients. The promise of GMO foods held lots of promise—they would produce high yields, solve our world hunger problems, and be insect resistant, thereby decreasing our dependence on toxic pesticides. But did GMOs live up to their promise? Dr. Hyman explored these topics in his interview with Ocean Robbins. Ocean Robbins is the author of 31-Day Food Revolution: Heal Your Body, Feel Great, & Transform Your World. He serves as CEO and cofounder of the Food Revolution Network—one of the largest communities of healthy eating advocates on the planet, with more than 500,000 members. Ocean comes from a long line of food-lovers, though they didn’t all necessarily fit the same bill. His grandfather and great-uncle founded Baskin Robbins and his father walked away from the family fortune to pursue a career that promoted a cleaner and more nourishing diet. Ocean continues the legacy his father started by encouraging people to vote with their fork and think of the impacts our food choices have on the environment, socioeconomics, and of course health. This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Betterhelp is an app that lets you get affordable counseling anytime, from anywhere. They’ll match you with a licensed, professional therapist based on your unique needs. As a Doctor’s Farmacy listener you can get 10% off right now by going to betterhelp.com/drhyman Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Ocean Robbins, “From 31 Flavors of Ice Cream to a 31-Day Food Revolution,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/OceanRobbins

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy, we know that since GMOs have been a
0:05.1	mass cultivation and since we've been consuming more and more glyphosate, food allergy rates
0:09.2	have been skyrocketing. Hospitalizations for kids in the last generation of tripled
0:13.7	for food allergies. This isn't just some overprotective mom freaking yet because her kid gets a
0:17.6	bruise. Hospitalizations here we're talking about. Hey everyone it's Dr. Mark. I think we can
0:23.3	all agree that COVID has presented us with a new kind of stress and I've talked to lots of
0:28.4	friends and patients who've noticed changes in their mental health and their emotional health
0:32.7	and these really tough times. Now of course our diet and our lifestyle habits are foundational for
0:38.3	creating great overall health and that includes promoting good mental health but sometimes we also
0:44.4	need personal support to talk through bigger issues and that's really important. Mental wellness
0:49.7	should be a priority for all of us especially right now. If you happen here my episode with our
0:54.5	previous surgeon general Vivek Murthy we talked about the rising epidemic of loneliness and how this
1:00.8	is a huge threat to public health. Anxiety and depression are also on the rise but so many people
1:06.4	are dealing with these difficult issues and are just suffering alone. It's time for us to break
1:11.3	down the stigma of caring for mental health and make it something easy to talk about and seek
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