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Originally Posted by GGG
So what is your standard for evaluating the safety of food to eat? What kind of research would change your mind and eat a GMO as part of your diet?
And then does the food you eat meet that same requirement or are you just applying a naturalism fallacy?
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Thats the tough part.. Unfortunately the way food production has evolved or devolved, depending on how one looks at GMO practices, there is no avoiding GMO completely.
Even worse, the price.. Non-GMO is ridiculously expensive due to it being "niche" currently, because lack of public demand, it is almost considered a luxury.. its a luxury to eat food that isn't destroying your body from the inside..
So my wife and I have to be selective on what we can afford to eat that is NON-GMO and there are things that I refuse to give up such as "International Delight Butter Pecan Coffee Cream" that stuff is terribad for you but so is being deprived of good coffee.
Other than that, we are dairy free now and drink a lot of Almond Chocolate Milk (Non-GMO) and use coconut milk and ghee as a cream base for recipes.
I bake with almond flour and coconut flour... You get my drift.
What standard do I use to evaluate? Well I have to rely on packaging labels and read ingredients that arent non-gmo. Lecithin Corn Starch and Soy I avoid like a mother... They use a harsh chemical to extract the concentrate and that chemical lingers in the drying and grinding stages of the Soy and Corn. I also avoid Aspartame and other synthetically developed "foods".
I also have a cheat day where I say Efff it once a week... That usually involves eating Sushi. Did you know much Rice around the world is GMO?..
My standard is education on what I am putting in my body and what im feeding to my family. Some people care... Some don't. But I assure you that there will be that day, like there was with Lead, asbestos, Cigarettes... etc where suddenly society will look back at this era and go "WTF were they thinking".. Thats my standard.
If anyone is ever considering trying to eat healthier, look at a cook book called "Everyday Paleo" or "Against All Grains".. Great, easy family recipes and its like you eat gourmet every night and I promise after a couple weeks you will feel better than ever before.