GM FOODS. For or against? discussion in Food & Recipes at Yoga Teaching Subjects/Topics at Yoga Teaching Forum - the premier forum for discussion between students and teachers involved in yoga teacher training GM FOODS. For or against?


	MAIN INDEX	SEARCH POSTS	WHO'S ONLINE	LOG IN

Forum Home: Yoga Teaching Subjects/Topics: Food & Recipes:
GM FOODS. For or against?

yoga teaching forum home for discussions between students and teachers

Rod
Administrator/ Moderator

Mar 16, 2004, 7:17 AM

Post #1 of 4 (4129 views)
Shortcut

GM FOODS. For or against?	Can't Post

Personally, man's interference with nature scares the hell out of me and so I'm not a GM food fan. If you feel the same you may like to follow these link to voice your opinion.
If you support GM foods - be interested to hear your view too.

Namaste,

Rod
_________________
Yoga au
Yoga is a light; which, once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
--BKS Iyengar

Bec
Yogi

Mar 16, 2004, 4:08 PM

Post #2 of 4 (4116 views)
Shortcut

Re: [Rod] GM FOODS. For or against? [In reply to]	Can't Post

I not keen on the GM foods either. I try to avoid them. I especially try to avoid feeding them to my kids. I have a little GM guide book that tells me which brands that do and don't use GM foods, The 'True Food Guide' printed by GreenPeace. I Picked it up free from my local health food shop. If any one wants me to bring it into class i'd be happy to. It also explains what GE is, its effect on the environment and the potential risk to our health.

Bonnie
Forum Advanced Yogi

Mar 17, 2004, 11:00 AM

Post #3 of 4 (4113 views)
Shortcut

Re: [Bec] GM FOODS. For or against? [In reply to]	Can't Post

Yeah, I have that book as well it was very good and I have to admitt I was a little shocked at some of the things which were actually GM, just things I would not have thought that they would have bothered to GM.

Eveline
Yogi

Mar 17, 2004, 1:28 PM

Post #4 of 4 (4111 views)
Shortcut

Re: [Bonnie] GM FOODS. For or against? [In reply to]	Can't Post

I studied genetics at Uni, and I know that eating GM is no different to eating anything else. Everything has DNA in it. You can't catch DNA. I guess the question is whether any of the proteins coded for by the altered DNA is toxic. I've satisfied myself that toxicity is very thoroughly tested with GM - more so than with non-GM foods.

My problem with GM is the potential environmental effects. You are effectively giving the evolution of one species a big helping hand, but all the other species around it haven't evolved in synergy with it. You are throwing things out of whack in a big way, the results of which can't predicted. In fact I have the same issues with monoculture in general. You are putting in vast swathes of a foreign plant into an environment not evolved to cope with it. Everything around it suffers because a vital link is now missing. You are having to pump extra water and nutrients into the area, you are removing food sources etc. You are also greatly reducing the genetic diversity out there. The diversity is designed to allow life to continue if conditions change that wipe out most of the population. A few 'mutants' who survived because of their difference will continue the chain. If we've planted the whole of Australia with nothing but wheat, then a nasty new wheat virus may wipe out our whole food source.

So oppose GM, but do so in an educated way. That way we can't be dismissed as not knowing what we are talking about, and our arguments are much more effective.

Thus ends today's sermon.

-Eveline

Search for (options)