{"id":13502,"date":"2013-09-02T17:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T21:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2013\/09\/how-moms-pets-and-faith-can-save-the-health-of-future-generations.html"},"modified":"2017-11-28T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T19:49:24","slug":"how-moms-pets-and-faith-can-save-the-health-of-future-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2013\/09\/how-moms-pets-and-faith-can-save-the-health-of-future-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"How Moms, Pets, and Faith Can Save the Health of Future Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

By Sarah A.
\nLoBisco, ND<\/p>\n

The quality
\nof our food supply has reached a tipping point! We are at a crossroads in
\nchoosing if we will follow the European guidelines which prohibit Genetically Modified
\nFoods (GMOs) into their own body and into their children’s mouth.<\/p>\n

On my homepage blog (dr-lobisco.com), I discussed all the negative health, environmental, economic,
\nand societal consequences of consuming GMOs. These include:<\/p>\n

1. Health Detrimental Effects: Animal studies link the consumption of GMOs to harm the
\nreproductive system (including infertility), the digestive system, liver, and
\nkidneys. <\/p>\n

2. Environmental Effects: The increase of the use of toxic pesticides, hormones, and
\nmono-agriculture on our environment. <\/p>\n

3. Economic Effects: The banning of our food products to certain countries due
\nto their GMO content.<\/p>\n

4. Political Effects:The political division and the controversy about the Monsanto Protection Act.<\/i> <\/p>\n

This past
\nweekend, Dr. Mercola reported on some very exciting news about our power to
\nmake a decision. Specifically, the tipping point in consumer spending for
\nverified Non-GMO or GMO-free sales has leaped by 15-30 percent since the Prop.
\n37 campaign to label GMOs in California. What this means is that within the
\nnext few months, what consumers buy will ultimately determine our democratic
\nvoice to be heard by food producers, governmental organizations, and political
\nparties.<\/p>\n

So, what do moms, pets, and faith have to do with GMOs? These groups,
\nbased on love, facts, and belief have sparked this change to begin with! According to Dr. Mercola’s article:<\/p>\n

The Institute for
\nResponsible Technology began a massive campaign this summer to drive the
\nnon-health conscious shopper – the Walmart and Safeway shopper – into the
\nnon-GMO product category by focusing on the following four categories:<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/i><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Mothers<\/b>. Moms may sometimes not switch
    \n their own diet for themselves but they’re dedicated when it comes to
    \n protecting their children, and there’s ample evidence showing that
    \n children are most at-risk from GE foods. An impressive 1.7 million people
    \n watched Jeffrey Smith’s film “Genetic Roulette” during free-showing weeks
    \n in 2012, and many of them were parents, who immediately acted on the
    \n information and saw the results for themselves. Says Smith: <\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    <\/i><\/p>\n

    “I
    \nwas speaking at MIT recently and someone from the audience said, “We saw the
    \nfilm. Before that, my six-and-a-half-year old was violent and out of control.
    \nThey wanted to take him out of school and actually label him retarded. After
    \nchanging his diet, a month later, I had a new child. All of those problems went
    \naway.” We’re getting that information out to the moms.” <\/i><\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    <\/i><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. The sick,<\/b> and their doctors<\/b>.
      \n Mounting research has linked GE foods to a number of diseases and
      \n disorders. Studies are also implicating two of the main toxins related to
      \n GE foods, Roundup and Bt toxin, to all sorts of diseases. <\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      <\/p>\n

      <\/i><\/p>\n

      “I
      \ngo around the country and ask audiences, “How many of you have significantly
      \nremoved GMOs from your diet? And then I say, “Okay, tell us all what
      \nimprovements you’ve noticed.” We hear: allergies; headaches; fatigue;
      \ngastrointestinal disorders; kidney- and liver problems; diabetes; high blood
      \npressure; skin problems; aggression; depression; infertility. <\/i><\/p>\n

      <\/p>\n

      <\/i><\/p>\n

      Someone said, “My
      \nclient couldn’t get pregnant for five years, switched to a non-GMO diet, and
      \nwas pregnant three weeks later. Another woman said, “My four-year-old started
      \ntalking.” We hear from parents of autistic kids -even from an autistic person
      \ndirectly – who told me when they switched to a non-GMO diet, the symptoms
      \nalleviated. An autistic man in his 60’s came up to me and said, “I would never
      \nbe able to come to this meeting with you had I not changed my diet, because
      \nthese symptoms were preventing me from this type of social interaction… A lot
      \nof people also lose weight when they get rid of GMOs. It’s another main feature
      \nthat we have to highlight, which we haven’t done a good job at.”<\/i><\/p>\n

      <\/p>\n

      <\/i><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Religious groups<\/b>. The Institute is also talking to
        \n people of various religious faiths, whose scriptures tell them to respect
        \n the natural way of things. <\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        <\/p>\n

        <\/i><\/p>\n

        “They
        \nrealize when they look inside this technology of mixing and matching across
        \nkingdoms and species and forcing DNA into new species that have never been
        \nthere before, that it is against their faith. And then when they see the
        \nevidence showing that it’s actually causing health problems, it confirms what
        \nthey believe. Many of them are getting onboard to direct their congregations to
        \navoid GMOs.”<\/i><\/p>\n

        <\/p>\n

        <\/i><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Pet owners<\/b>. Many pet owners will tell you,
          \n their animals are just as much part of the family as any child is. And, as
          \n with children, animals are also among the most at-risk. <\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          <\/p>\n

          <\/i><\/p>\n

          “We
          \nare finding – based on the experiences of veterinarians and pet-owners – that
          \nanimals that eat the byproducts of the human food supply are suffering from the
          \nsame diseases and disorders that humans are suffering from. We have veterinarians
          \nsaying that animals and livestock – pets and horses – are all suffering from
          \neating GMOs and improve when they get rid of GMOs,” Smith says.<\/i><\/p>\n

          Mercola, J. How
          \nGenetically Engineered Foods Will Be Eradicated. Mercola.com. September 1,
          \n2013.<\/i><\/p>\n

          Furthermore,
          \nmaternal nutrition prenatally could have lasting impact even before baby is
          \nborn and have consequences on the health of our future generation. For this reason, I’d like to add pregnant moms as the fifth most influential group.<\/p>\n

          According to these two highlighted studies
          \nbelow optimal maternal nutrition
          \nsaves lives:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n