• Pharmers: These bioscience professionals are responsible for developing new foods that are both safe and therapeutic. Think of them as glorified gardeners with a PhD in biology and a passion for orthomolecular nutrition. Imagine a world with healthy foods that actually protect you from diseases. You will get all your vitamins and minerals from your daily intake of milk because Bessie the cow was eating specially formulated hay.
If you don't want to click the link, here is one tiny excerpt. (rBSG is a growth hormone permitted in the USA.)
On September 30, 2010, a U.S. court of appeal found based on studies presented that there is a "compositional difference" between milk from rBSG-treated cows and untreated milk. The court found that studies have shown that rBST milk has: increased levels of the hormone IGF-1; lower nutritional quality when produced at certain points in the cow's lactation cycle; and more pus in the milk (increased somatic cell counts), which "make the milk turn sour more quickly and is another indicator of poor milk quality."
OK, I'm going down to the basement now where I can bury my head in the sand.
Stick with your "plain, old" fruits and veggies. They are much safer for you than anything the chemists can come up with. Not only that, but you are still allowed to propagate them yourself since they have not been genetically modified to be sterile, so save a few seeds.
ReplyDeleteThe shorter the distance from the dirt to the table the better off you are! It also means that you have control over the chemicals that are applied to your foods.
LOCAL farmers markets and neighbors who raise produce & livestock are really the way to go if you can. And if you can't, then go for the stuff with the least amount of processing available. It may mean more work in the kitchen, but it is better for you.