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Post by Karla on Apr 29, 2024 23:59:38 GMT
I avoid genetically modified foods and bioengineered foods. I'm not sure what the difference is between the two. I just know that I want to eat food the way nature created it. My husband is okay with eating them. I'm not sure if restaurants use bioengineered food ingredients but guess that they probably do. What do you think about them?
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Post by jldx2in2000 on Apr 30, 2024 13:08:31 GMT
I think this is a complex topic and there is ultimately no one/right way. Bioengineered/GMO foods to me are not necessarily all good or all bad. Some foods are created to be less resistant to insets/diseases which might mean less pesticides and herbicides might be used on them. Others are also created to last longer which potentially could help reduce food waste. Similarly many people think organic means healthy and no pesticides have been used but in reality it means that the pesticides being used must also be organic/natural. In the end, I think it is just about understanding what the different labels mean and making the best decision for each individual.
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Post by dede on Apr 30, 2024 16:46:19 GMT
I, personally, avoid all GMO and bioengineered foods. Like you, Karla, I eat food the way the Divine created it, not the way man has 'engineered' it. I don't judge others who support the endeavor or eat such foods; it's just not something I care to put into my body.
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Post by fatkat555 on May 3, 2024 3:34:52 GMT
I have concerns about nutritional value of the GMO and bioengineered foods. I’d heard way back in the day that if it doesn’t have seeds (fruits for the most part), it doesn’t have the same nutritional value. Seedless watermelons are an example, grapes are another.
I can’t even stomach the thought of lab grown meat. 🤢🤮
Any time big money is involved, you can bet quality and purity suffer.
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Post by rhbrand on May 3, 2024 3:49:14 GMT
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Some changes I think are ok. Like putting the DNA that resists drought, something Iowa has been dealing with for years now, into corn or other plants that might suffer/die during a drought, is probably ok. I mean a drought never seems to stop ditch weeds from growing, so find what gene manages that and put it in something a farmer might want to make money from.
But when you know they are putting artificial pesticides and such into the same stuff, it does make me a little like "ummmm"
If I could afford to buy all organic fruits and veggies I would. I do try to buy more organic from the "dirty dozen" the foods that seem to have the highest rates of pesticides still on them at the grocery store.
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