Archive for the "pesticides" Tag

SOS 3: Problem: Roundup in your body? Solution: Non-GMO Certified Food

Roundup in breast milk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why is it important to avoid genetically modified food?

Let’s look at the problems, one at a time and then think of the possibilities to deal with the problems.

First of all, why are many food crops genetically engineered (GE) or modified (GM)?

GE modification of corn, soy, sugar beet, cotton, canola and other seeds produces plants that live after being sprayed with Roundup (glyphosate). The weeds die but the food crops survive. So application of glyphosate saves the farmer lots of time and labor costs for dealing with weeds.

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Dirty Dozen and Clean 15

dherry tomatoes

 

Wow! For the first 2 weeks of May we ran a marathon. But we didn’t really run! It just seemed like that much effort and was as exhilarating as running a marathon.

 

This marathon-like event was actually a 3-unit college course on nutrition taught in only 2 weeks by yours truly at Shasta Bible College in Redding, CA. College age students, staff and faculty and a few other older adults enlivened the class. Many made changes in their eating habits early on in the course and already had some great results like:
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