How to enjoy healthy non-GMO thanksgiving

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of course, I'm not recommending meat consumption, but for those that

are, some say what's below is a more conscious approach; a client of

mine, Natural Solutions Foundation, is adamant about allowing more

disclosure of something being free of GMOs (for more on my client,

click on their name at www.cfrohman.com).

 

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How to enjoy healthy non-GMO thanksgiving

By Institute for Responsible Technology

Nov 5, 2007 - 3:55:10 PM

 

HOW TO ENJOY A HEALTHIER NON-GMO THANKSGIVING

 

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

(November 3, 2007- Los Angeles, CA) For a growing number of

Americans, Thanksgiving this year will mean avoiding Genetically

Modified (GM/GMO) Foods. Read our tips below for a great non-GMO

Thanksgiving.

 

Keeping Our Traditions Healthy

 

Turkey

 

Look for the best turkey supplier you can find because most domestic

animals are fed genetically modified corn. If it is a prepared turkey

dinner or brined turkey, look to see that it has no preservatives such

as sodium benzoate recently linked to hyperactivity in children.

 

Vegetarians can look for non-GMO turkey alternatives. There are

several on the market. Remember it must say non-GMO or organic,

otherwise, if made in North America from soy, it is almost certainly

GMO.

Potatoes – Mashed & Sweet

 

Genetically modified potatoes were removed from the market in 2001,

but keep your eyes peeled and let your store know you want 100%

Non-GMO foods, dairy and produce.

 

Cranberry Dishes

 

Avoid high fructose corn syrup or soy lecithin in the sauce or

gelatin. Use organic apples to avoid pesticides from the apple's flesh

for those cranberry dishes that include apples. In 2007, just peeling

many fruits is no longer sufficient to remove toxins.

 

Pies – Minced & Pumpkin

 

Lookout for GM vegetable oils in the pie crust and avoid the GM

sweeteners high fructose corn syrup and aspartame in pie fillings and

in ice cream. This spring, the sugar industry plans to start planting

GM sugar beets unless we can convince them otherwise. GM beet sugar

may be in your favorite products as early as next fall and you will

have no warning label to let you know if you are ingesting real sugar

or GM sugar.

 

Green Bean Casserole

 

Lookout for soy protein concentrate in your cream soup as well as soy,

corn, cottonseed or canola oils. Avoid canola oil or vegetable oil

which contains corn, soy or cottonseed oils to stir fry or sauté your

green beans. All of these oils are genetically modified. Use other

oils such as olive oil, safflower oil, grapeseed oil or peanut oil.

 

Ice Cream and Dairy

 

Buying organic dairy will assure that the cows have not been fed GM

corn and soybeans or injected with GM bovine growth hormone. If you

can't get organic, you may at least want to look for labels on the

milk and ice cream showing that the growth hormone, called rBGH or

rBST, was not used.

 

Remember the 4 Major GMO crops are: Corn, Cotton, Canola and Soy.

Sugar beets may be here in 2008, and GM Hawaiian Papaya, zucchini and

Crookneck Squash are marketed in small amounts.

 

Biotechnology companies are trying to force many other GMO crops into

the market, don't buy them! Go to www.responsibletechnology.org for

more non-GMO information.

 

The Institute for Responsible Technology,

www.responsibletechnology.org , is a public education nonprofit that

works on non-GMO initiatives with scientists, activists and concerned

citizens from around the world.

 

Institute for Responsible Technology

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Phone: +1-310-377-0915

 

 

 

 

 

 

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