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I think a lot of this stuff sounds scarier than it actually is. If scientists can modify a gene in fruit to make it grow bigger (or anything else), it’s not really affecting the end product or how our body reacts to it - we don’t take on the genetics of what we eat. Plus, we put so many other chemicals and unhealthy things into our bodies, I really think this is the least of our worries.
Disclaimer: I have a biochemistry background but haven’t used it in a long time / don’t claim to be an expert. I’m open to being corrected by someone actively working in the field.
As an example corn has been grown by humans for approximately 10,000 years and its genetics have been heavily modified through breeding and mutation to improve its utility as a crop over this very long period. It’s not that weird. You should really direct your concern at the first ingredient on the list
Ha! Super valid points second the first ingredient check in general always! It implies the most significant ingredient. for this particular product... the sugar will have a greater impact on you than GMO
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So many foods are genetically engineered. Ever have a banana?
Most fruits are genetically engineered.
Aye, manager 1 is thinking of cross-breeding. It’s common to conflate the two
If bioengineered food weirds you out, then I’d suggest completely and totally avoiding corn. For my MBA , we toured one of the major name brands who breeds and engineers corn and it was incredible to see.
They actually had this cool series of rows of corn that started with pure, old school Native American-style (for lack of a better word) corn, and then progressed through 10 or so permutations of corn over the past 150 years to their current state of the art breed. It was really interesting to see how the corn progressively had more rows of kernels, larger kernels, fewer aborted kernels, increased resistance to drought, increased resistance to pests, increased resistance to pesticides, went from needing 2-ish feet of space between each stalk to about 6 inches, and so on.
It begs a lot of questions, such as the impact that is levied upon the soil when you pull that many nutrients out of the ground. But from a scientific standpoint it was really cool to see what is possible. I don’t personally care whatsoever about the fact that it is bioengineered, but it was amazing to see the results of 150 years of work physically arrayed out over the course of 100 yards of corn.
If your food looks neat and consistent, it is almost always a matter of some sort of genetic modification. The truth is in the past it was a slower process. Now it is very fast and visible it has a lot of attention. You eat daily GMOs so if you're weirded out because it's in your face you're going to have to be comfortable sourcing your own food from heirloom seeds. Even things labeled non-GMO I take with a grain of salt.
Genetic modification is fine and good. It can’t alter your body in any way. It’s usually a modification in something making it drought/fungus/pest resistant.
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A lot of the foods we eat have been genetically modified to some degree or another. I think broccoli is a good example of that
Unless a product has a “no GMO” label, it probably has genetically modified ingredients. That being said, we can’t feed 8 billion people without GMOs…
I’d be more concerned with the dairy ingredients.
You wouldn’t believe what’s on labels these days. I had a bag of chips from Walmart and it literally says that there are ingridents kown to cause cancer 😳
Genetic engineering is not the same as GMO. Basically Genetic engineering is just a faster version of multiple cross pollinations of varieties of the same plant.
Genetic modification involves engineering that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination.
It’s probably the soy oil. Most soy in the US is genetically modified to make it more resistant to pests and herbicides
My concern with GMOs isn't the engineering but the fact they are able to withstand high levels of pesticides and are often grown with glyphosate (main active ingredient in Roundup) which is a known carcinogen
There is exactly 0 research that would indicate that GMO is bad for you, and plenty to indicate the opposite. This isn't like alcohol or coffee, where there's not really a consensus and conflicting info comes out all the time. It's pretty clear cut: GMO is just fine, and it's common knowledge.
Pretty much everything is modified in the US in some way with the exception of organic. It’s the reason why many people who are sensitive (sensitive not celiac) to US wheat can eat pasta in Europe.