Posts by cappytan

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Evidence based folks: what is your stance on GMO's and why?

by cappytan in

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friends

so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.

chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.

i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.

cappytan

lady bugs for a farm trying to make a profit?

That's like the JFK magic bullet.

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Evidence based folks: what is your stance on GMO's and why?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.

chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.

i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.

cappytan

Billy: that was a very balanced viewpoint and reply. Thanks!

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Evidence based folks: what is your stance on GMO's and why?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.

chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.

i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.

cappytan

But there is a broad consensus from the best science in the world that GMOs are safe.

Well, I would reword that sentence and say there is "broad consensus from the best science in the world that there is no evidence to support the assertion that GMO's are harmful."

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Crazyguy: You stated that "being allergic to gluten is in direct relation to the changes in GMO foods." I will go out on a limb and say that that is absolutely NOT the case. Gluten is a protein found in wheat. Although there have been experiments in genetically modifying wheat in the laboratory, there are no commercially available genetically modified wheat.

So, in conclusion, a gluten allergy in no way can relate to GMOs as there are no commercially available GMO grains that contain gluten.

EDIT: See DJS information above also about gluten allergy being falsely linked to GMOs.

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Evidence based folks: what is your stance on GMO's and why?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.

chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.

i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.

cappytan

Years ago you never heard of anyone having a severe reaction to peanuts. But now many children have this affliction, and I'm sure there was a study done at some time stating these cases were all bunk.

Peanuts have nothing to do with GMO. There are currently no GMO peanuts on the market for public consumption.

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Geoffrey Jackson is a Furry?

by cappytan in

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friends

who knew?.

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cappytan

wifibandit!

Priceless! I love it.

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Evidence based folks: what is your stance on GMO's and why?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.

chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.

i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.

cappytan

Do to the modification of the crops by companies like Monsanto people are finding that thier body's can no longer process the food properly and many have become allergic to them or have other reactions.

Where is the documented medical proof that GMO's are the cause?

I have a friend that if she eats any GMO food has a serious reactions and becomes very ill.

That's a case of the placebo effect. Some will read a bunch of scary stuff on GMO's, then feel ill when they eat them.

So whatever your opinion remember there are people that are getting sick because of this.

Again, where is the documented medical proof that these are the cause?

Let me put it another way:

Due to the world conditions getting worse, many people are finding that they have a deep seated concerns as to their spiritual well being. I have a friend with cancer, that when she prayed to God, her tumors shrank she she was cured. So, whatever your opinion on prayer and God is, remember there are people that could be cured because of this.

Does the above sound like rational, evidence based reasoning to you?

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Evidence based folks: what is your stance on GMO's and why?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.

chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.

i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.

cappytan

Since there is no evidence that GMO's are harmful, labeling should be the other way around.

It's more logical for a company that wants to appeal to consumers like 20years_to_get_free to label their products non-GMO than to force all food that has GMO's to have the label.

You don't see Celiac's folks demanding that foods be labeled to indicate they contain Gluten. No, they go to the store and buy foods that they either already know are gluten free, or they are labeled Gluten Free.

And there is hard evidence that people that suffer from gluten sensitivity and Celiac's disease are adversely effected by Gluten.

No such similar evidence exists on the adverse effects of GMOs.

That's why it's far more reasonable for foods that are nonGMO to label themselves as such.

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Evidence based folks: what is your stance on GMO's and why?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.

chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.

i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.

cappytan

So, the anti-GMO movement scored another victory today. Chipotle has opted to only use non-GMO food items.

Hooray for them.

I'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, I have seen no evidence to avoid GMO's for health reasons.

Basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that I'll buy non-GMO, so long as the price is reasonable.

So, back to the question, what is your stance on GMO's and why is that your stance, and what evidence to you have to back up that stance?

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