Americans are being sold another \u201chealth-conscious\u201d craze\u2014gluten-free foods\u2014but are gluten-free foods actually healthier for you?<\/p>\n
Many people assume that gluten-free foods are healthier, but a recent study warns that most gluten-free foods are made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).\u00a0 Costing significantly more than supposedly \u201cless healthy\u201d foods, gluten-free foods are fast becoming regular fare at many restaurants and bakeries as well as on grocery store shelves.\u00a0 But health-conscious consumers need to be aware that the majority of gluten-free foods sold in the U.S. are made with GMOs.<\/p>\n
According to Health Ranger Mike Adams, \u201cEveryone who buys \u2018gluten-free\u2019 foods should be aware that the majority of them are made with GMOs!\u201d\u00a0 This is because most \u201cgluten-free foods use conventionally-grown corn, and 85% of the corn grown in the USA is genetically modified corn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additionally, that corn is \u201cengineered to produce its own deadly insecticide right inside every grain.\u201d\u00a0 When the modified corn is made into gluten-free food, the insecticide ends up in the food, and eating it exposes you to that toxicity.<\/p>\n
So what are the risks of eating toxic, insecticide-laden GMO corn?\u00a0 In a first-ever study examining long-term effects of eating GMO<\/a>s, researchers at the University of Caen in France fed rats a diet of Monsanto\u2019s genetically modified corn maize (NK603, MON 810 and MON 863) which are \u201cpresent in food and feed in the world.\u201d\u00a0 The researchers linked the rats\u2019 diets to an increased risk of developing massive tumors, increased organ damage, and premature death.<\/p>\n The study, “A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health,”<\/a> was published in The Food & Chemical Toxicology Journal<\/em>, and found \u201cup to 50% of males and 70% of females suffered premature death.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0The study also found that rats fed Monsanto\u2019s NK603, which \u201chas been modified to be tolerant to the broad spectrum herbicide Roundup,\u201d also \u201csuffered severe organ damage including liver damage and kidney damage.\u201d<\/p>\n What is especially disturbing and significant about this study is that the rats were fed a variety of GM corn which is commonly grown throughout the U.S. and North America for both human and animal consumption\u2014Monsanto NK603. \u00a0Very little testing has ever been done on the health effects of GMs on humans, yet this strain of corn is used in everything from corn tortillas and chips to many of your favorite breakfast cereals and a host of other products for both consumption and use.\u00a0 It\u2019s fed to chickens, pigs and cattle as well as being in our pets\u2019 foods.<\/p>\n So what can you do to avoid these toxins?\u00a0 If you\u2019re choosing or need to eat gluten-free, check labels.\u00a0 Avoid any foods that contain corn or corn products such as maltodextrin or corn syrup.\u00a0 The only gluten-free foods that are safe<\/a> are either those that do not contain any corn or those that use only USDA certified organic corn.\u00a0 Unfortunately, because most foods do not list GMOs on their labels, it\u2019s difficult to know what you\u2019re buying and eating.<\/p>\n Americans need to stand up and refuse to be lab rats for companies like Monsanto.\u00a0 This week Poland<\/a> joined many other nations around the world that have either banned or restricted the import, distribution, sale, or use and planting of GMOs.<\/p>\n Here in the U.S., a few cities and states are beginning to stand up.\u00a0 According to the website Pure|Zing<\/a>, \u201cMaryland has banned GE (genetically engineered) fish and North Dakota and Montana have filed bans on GE wheat. The Municipalities of Burlington, Vermont (declared a moratorium on GE food), Boulder, Colorado (bans on GE crops) and the City and County of San Francisco (urged the federal government to ban GE food) are the only towns or states to take some sort of stand against plants, animals, foods, crops and body products that are, or contain, Genetically Modified Organisms.\u201d<\/p>\n