Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Grocery stores begin to answer consumer demand for non-GMO food labels (Photos) - Raleigh health | Examiner.com

Grocery stores begin to answer consumer demand for non-GMO food labels (Photos) - Raleigh health | Examiner.com

Had California Proposition 37 passed last November, California would have joined over 61 countries containing over 40% of the world's population that require significant restrictions or outright bans of genetically modified foods. What are genetically modified foods? According to the National Institute of Health website, Medline Plus, "Genetically engineered foods have had foreign genes (genes from other plants or animals) inserted into their genetic codes."

According to the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, health risks associated with the consumption of genetically modified foods include "... infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system."

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