GMO Tip: Top GMO Foods to Avoid & to Buy Organic

Genetically Modified Foods are becoming more and more prevenlant in the marketplace, in fact,  91% of soy produced in the United States is genetically modified, as is 85% of corn and 88% of cottonseed (acc. to the USDA economic research service). 

‪A GMO food contains genes replicated in a lab from other plants, animals, bacteria or even viruses that give these foods different characteristics – such as a resistance to insects, increased yield, or drought resistance.  This is not crossbreeding.  GMO crops are specifically engineered to withstand the direct application of herbicide, and /or to produce insecticide.‬  Long term, independent studies are showing that GMOs could be the underlying cause for many of our modern diseases, including food allergies.  Read more about Organic Labeling & GMO's here:

The top eight GM food crops are the following - and the safest route is to buy these organic:

corn

soybeans

canola

cottonseed

sugar beets

Hawaiian papaya

and some zucchini and yellow squash.