Still think SOY is safe? GENE ATTACK...IS THIS DELIBERATE??.

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Read this one and weep if you are a user of soy products! Soon we will all

have injested so many genetically engineered products that we will be

even more genetically engineered than we already are!! What next? Donna

 

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This article is from the May 2001 issue of TOTAL WELLNESS, a monthly

Newsletter by Dr.Sherry Ro-gers, M.D.

 

THE WORLD'S MOST VICIOUS MACC ATTACK

Up until now I never dreamed there could be anything worse than the chemical

catastrophes we have experienced in this century, but I was wrong, for at

least with chemical sensitivity you can find evi-dence for it's

bioacumulation in the

body, and get rid of it.

 

On the other hand there is a newer plague that is nearly impossible to

detect and it is irreversible. Worse, it causes an unmistakable, inescapable

domino

effect.

 

GENETIC

ENGINEERING is the culprit.

 

You probably were first aware of genetic engineering when I told you about

Monsanto inserting genes from plants of unrelated species into the soybean

plant to make it resistant to the potent herbicide, Roundup [glyphosate].

The Roundup resistant soybean seed can now be heavily sprayed with Roundup

to kill

weeds, and never damage the soybean.

 

However, the beans do pack quite a wallop for those who ingest them because

they are heavily con-taminated with the toxic herbicide, Roundup. These

genetically modified soybean products, which comprise about 80% of the beans

available, have been found in most baby formulas including Carna-tion,

Similac, Enfamil, Isomil, and Neocare as well as Doritos, Fritos, vegetable

oils, soybean oil, mar-garine, and much more.

 

As well, one of the genes is from the petunia plant which is a nightshade.

That means folks with nightshade-induced arthritis can now get arthritis

from soybean products. When Monsanto inserted the Brazil nut gene into soy,

folks allergic to Brazil nuts were suddenly anaphylaxis [serious life

threatening reaction where one is not able to breathe] from soybean.

They quickly re-moved the gene because the symptom was so dramatic.

 

Unfortunately, genetic engineering is not limited to a simple matter of

trying to improve

upon a few species of plant food. For when a gene from one species is placed

in a wholly

different animal or plant, you need a vector, or something that will carry

that gene into

the genetic factory of the unrelated or-ganism. Oftentimes a VIRUS is used,

since a virus

is merely a piece of genetic material with a protein coat that is so small

that it can easily " infect " other genetic material.

 

CANCER VIRUSES ARE DELIBERATELY INSERTED INTO YOUR FOOD

Cancer in chickens, often results from infection with the Rous Sarcoma

virus. Hold your

seat, for you'll probably find this as difficult to believe as I did.

Scientists who make money for companies through genetic engineering have

decided there is

no problem with using this chicken cancer virus as a vector or carrier to

implant the growth

hormone gene into farmed fish so they will grow faster.

 

The problem is that once inside the fish, this virus can persist and infect

the next host,

you, that eats that fish. Scientists glibly say that there is no danger

here and can get

away with it because the U.S Government does not require any testing or

proof of the safety

of genetically engineered foods. And the scary part is far from over.

 

LEUKEMIA virus in chicken has been used as a vector to carry genes, many of

which

are human, into developing poultry. In addition, a retrovirus was used as a

virus vector in

pigs to insert human fetal cells to grow aortas for transplantation into

humans. These have

led to infections in humans with the pig's retrovirus. Have they lost their

minds and all ethics?

 

These viruses can also combine with one another to create new plant and

animal diseases.

And more important, foreign genetic material from these viruses can be

absorbed through our

intestines and be-come incorporated into the cells of our own bodies

creating new diseases in us.

Wow! What a sci-fi nightmare!

 

Genes inserted into plants are put there to make them resistant to certain

pests, pesticides,

herbicides or antibiotics. But these vectors or gene transporters can also

infect the bacteria and other organisms in our intestinal tracts.

 

Creating a new antibiotic resistance in them. How would you like to be

harbor-ing Klebsiella or Candida in your gut

that is resistant to all treatments?

 

If that weren't enough of a problem, one of the most common genes inserted

into plants is the Bt gene. Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, a

particular bacteria that secretes a toxin that kills many types of pests

that infect plants. The problem is

that this toxin, once inside some people makes them extremely ill. It can

mimic the symptoms of night- shades where you seemingly overnight have to

crawl to the bathroom for days because of such sore body muscles and joints.

 

As with a nightshade attack [November 1999 issue] days or weeks later it can

end as precipitously as it began, baffling every physician. The Bt gene has

been put in potatoes, corn and not only have soy-beans become Roundup

resistant but so

has the sugar beet from which vitamin C powder can be made.

 

Genes have been put into tomatoes to change their ripening time, into cotton

[used in junk food oil called vegetable oil, as on roasted nuts given out on

airlines] to make that plant resistant to pesticides. Canola oil is another

product of genetic engineering and should never be ingested.

 

In 1994 the U.S FDA approved the genetically engineered hormone rBGH which

is a growth hormone designed to increase milk production in cows. This

growth hormone caused increased mastitis and need for antibiotics [which go

into the milk] and as well over 800 farmers using it reported adverse health

problems in their cows.

 

Monsanto, the developer, tried to bribe Health Canada Govt. officials with

several million dollars to approve this hormone which is used by about a

third of U.S. farmers.

 

The prestigious medical journal, Lancet [May 9,1998], shows that breast

cancer is SEVEN times higher in women with tiny increases in growth hormone,

Insulin like Growth Factor [iGF-1], which comes from cows injected with BGH.

In January 1996 the International Journal of Health Sciences reported that

IGF-1 concentrations are ten times higher in BGH milk and can be absorbed

through our intestines and increase our risk of cancer.

 

As well, there is evidence that it has caused abnormal cysts on the thyroid

gland and in the prostate gland and a myriad of other symptoms. There is no

turning back. By forcing genes from one species to another entirely

unrelated species, we

are creating new entities.

 

This is an-other example of the arrogance and ignorance of man when he

thinks that he can one-up God and create an improved organism.

 

There are so many fallacies with this reasoning that over a dozen books have

already been written to begin to collate much of the evidence against

genetically modified organisms.

The difficulty is that there are not enough people even aware of the

problem to make a significant impact.

 

By the time the damage is done it will be to late. It's not like cleaning up

a lake from decades of pollu-tion. Once we have [1] lost thousands of

species of plants, [2] driven all small farmers out of business, [3] created

Frankenstein foods, [4] super weeds resistant to all herbicides, [5] plants

resistant to pesti-cides, [6] new viruses and new illnesses in humans, there

will be no turning back.

 

You might be surprised as I was to find that there is no testing required

even after these and many more facts have come to light. Genetically

modified foods are already unavoidable and there is absolutely no labeling

required. We are already

eating genetically modified foods, as 60% of processed foods now contain at

least one genetically modified food.

 

A common snack might be chips with firefly gene or potato chips with chicken

gene [watch out for leu-kemia and sarcoma, muscle cancer, virus genes]. Or

perhaps you like salsa with tomato having a floun-der gene. A common meal

might include

creamy broccoli soup with a bacteria gene and a salad made with canola oil,

vegetable oil or soybean oil, all GMO products.

 

People like myself who are nightshade sensitive are really out of luck

because the tobacco gene is used in lettuce and cucumbers and the petunia

gene is used in soybeans and carrots.

 

Folks with celiac disease might be fooled because walnuts can have the

barley gene in them.

And some foods like strawberries have " undisclosed genes " so all bets are

off.

 

Would we expect anything different from an industry that has carte blanche

regulation-free control over our total food supply? You might think cheese

is a safe food but they've genetically engineered bacte-rial rennet. Apple

juice can have the silkworm gene and grapes can contain a virus gene. Well

in-cluding trout, salmon, catfish, bass and even shrimp. In May of 1999,

three giant multinational food companies announced they would no longer

market genetically engineered foods or their ingredients in England,

because the Limeys were smart enough to protest, so guess who will get the

leftovers? U.S.

 

Proponents of GMO foods say they will lessen the amount of pesticides that

must be used, but that is not true. Didn't we already fall for this line

with the promise that new pesticides would reduce the need for others?

 

First of all many of the toxins that plants have been genetically

manipulated or forced to produce also kill beneficial things like ladybugs

so that even more pesticides are needed to do the job that they would have

done. These genes can also spread from the crops to the weeds making the

weeds more resistant and stronger than ever, creating an epidemic of super

weeds.

 

Also disturbing is a report that Monsanto's Roundup ready resistant GE

soybeans have higher than nor-mal levels of estrogen. Is this something we

want for male babies growing up on soybean formula? As well, some of the

viruses used as vectors for

genes and inserted into plants to make them virus resistant can be combined

with genetic material from another invading virus [as from a cold] forming a

brand new more virulent virus and creating a new fatal epidemic that has

never before been seen.

 

Clearly NAFTA has allowed our illegal " recycled " pesticides access to us,

while our FDA and USDA cannot police what they already have on their plates,

much less handle the billion dollar graft associ-ated with genetic

engineering that is so carefully

documented in BEYOND EVOLUTION.

 

The FDA has allowed Olestra into your foods, which has no proven ability to

decrease the rampant obesity. But it does decrease you absorption of

priceless nutrients like vitamin E, D, and K that are ab-solutely crucial in

inhibitingthe top two

most common causes of death and disease, arteriosclerosis and cancer. In

the past we have talked about how many people

are not " Better Through Chemistry " as DuPont's old motto suggested.

 

Because many have lost loved ones to cancer and other diseases caused by

environmental chemicals, they have become

" bitter through chemistry " . These chemicals are allowed in our air, food

and water so that multinational corporations can make huge profits. Now

with the wildfire spread of genetic engineering, small farms will fade into

extinction as multinational agriculture and chemical corporations [MACC]

gain control over all of your food.

 

Are you ready for the greatest MACC attack in the history of the world?

Worse than chemical pollution ever thought of being, genetic pollution has

the irreversible potential and probability of changing the very nature of

all of or food and even our own genetics. As veterinarian, Michael W Fox,

warns in his excellent and highly

recommended book, BEYOND EVOLUTION [which details and references the

dangers of GMO foods], our only chance to save ourselves and the future is

with people power.

 

But uninformed people are powerless. Multinational corporations are changing

our food and animals and they have free reign. They're not accountable to

anyone since they do not have to label their foods and they are not required

to do any safety

testing. It is irreversible, unstoppable and has the ca-pability of

snowballing us into a veritable Jurassic Park.

 

You vote with your shopping basket and can make your voice heard by letting

your legislators know that you want all genetically engineered food labeled

and all engineering stopped until there are appropri-ate studies done on the

long range human side effects and safety.

 

Recommended reading: Fox, Michael W BEYOND EVOLUTION,

the Lyons Press, 123 W 18th New York, N.Y. - 10011 - Phone 212 620-9580

Cummins R Lilliston B. GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS, A SELF DEFENSE

GUIDE FOR CONSUMERS,

available from Natural Lifestyles, 1 800 752 2775

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Friday, November 23, 2001 11:04 AM

Still think SOY is safe? GENE ATTACK...IS THIS

DELIBERATE??.

 

 

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> > > " Donna Clawson " <dclawson

> > > Friday, June 08, 2001 7:40 AM

> > > Fw: Still think SOY is safe? GENE ATTACK...IS THIS

> DELIBERATE??.

> Read this one and weep if you are a user of soy products! Soon we will all

> have ingested so many genetically engineered products that we will be

> even more genetically engineered than we already are!! What next?

 

Hi Donna,

 

We have been eating genetically modified foods since agriculture began.

 

It was called selective breading and grafting. Now we call the high tech

variety gene modification. Both did the same

thing for the same reason. Better tasting, more healthy plants which make more

money for the farmer. No one will buy

bad food.

 

What upsets me about the current techniques is that the seed manufacturers can

make the adult plants produce barren

seeds so the farmer must buy new seeds every year. This is what I consider a

VERY dangerous game!!!!

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Good Health & Long Life,

Greg Watson, gowatson

USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/

PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe

KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe