RE: GMO vs Organic
March 22, 2016 at 5:26 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2016 at 5:27 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
I'm not going to try and convince people that they should eat organic or stay away from it. Although I personally find that a lot of people who don't eat organic, seem to have a need to convince those that do eat organic that they are wasting their money. It makes me think that they are trying to make themselves feel better about their own decisions. I'm not interested any more in responding to people trying to convince me otherwise. Choose what you want to do and be confident in your decision, or re-evaluate it.
I'm not bothered about GMO food. I am bothered about the abundant use of artificial chemicals and hormones not fit for human consumption. For me it is about probability. I want to reduce the probability of being at risk from dodgy farming practises employed to reduce cost and increase profit, such as feeding cow brains to cows.
Primarily though I want to reduce both the build up and variety of artificial chemicals in my body over the course of my lifetime, most of which are not tested for human consumption. The only concern I have with GMO food is in relation to increased use of pesticides. I believe that eating organic food where possible reduces this risk and the amount and variety of artificial chemicals that I consume.
This doesn't just relate to food, but to all kinds of chemicals. For example cleaning chemicals. The stuff you use to clean your floors were never tested for toxicity in the body, but the liquid dries off leaving a toxic dust behind that gets breathed in as it gets kicked up into the air. Adverts for washing up liquid often show a pile of sparkling bubbly dishes, but this leaves a distinguishable film and taste on your crockery and cutlery that you can taste the next time you eat from them. These can contain many carcinogenic chemicals that were never meant to be ingested, e.g. Dawn (Fairy Liquid in the UK). I've even spoken with Americans that wash their shop bought vegetables in Dawn. Make-up is another one. Where does all that lipstick go? It doesn't flake off so I am probably unconsciously consuming it when I lick my lips to stop them getting dry. And we know that chemicals can be absorbed through the skin.
I'm not bothered about GMO food. I am bothered about the abundant use of artificial chemicals and hormones not fit for human consumption. For me it is about probability. I want to reduce the probability of being at risk from dodgy farming practises employed to reduce cost and increase profit, such as feeding cow brains to cows.
Primarily though I want to reduce both the build up and variety of artificial chemicals in my body over the course of my lifetime, most of which are not tested for human consumption. The only concern I have with GMO food is in relation to increased use of pesticides. I believe that eating organic food where possible reduces this risk and the amount and variety of artificial chemicals that I consume.
This doesn't just relate to food, but to all kinds of chemicals. For example cleaning chemicals. The stuff you use to clean your floors were never tested for toxicity in the body, but the liquid dries off leaving a toxic dust behind that gets breathed in as it gets kicked up into the air. Adverts for washing up liquid often show a pile of sparkling bubbly dishes, but this leaves a distinguishable film and taste on your crockery and cutlery that you can taste the next time you eat from them. These can contain many carcinogenic chemicals that were never meant to be ingested, e.g. Dawn (Fairy Liquid in the UK). I've even spoken with Americans that wash their shop bought vegetables in Dawn. Make-up is another one. Where does all that lipstick go? It doesn't flake off so I am probably unconsciously consuming it when I lick my lips to stop them getting dry. And we know that chemicals can be absorbed through the skin.
