I love soy burgers, tofu stir fry and I use soy milk in my coffee. I eat chicken too so I'm not a vegatarian, but I don't eat red meat.
The majority of soy that makes it to North America, however, is genetically enngineered. It's still reletively unknown the effects of such engineering, so I use my soy products sparingly, usually 2-3 times a week.
The majority of soy that makes it to North America, however, is genetically enngineered. It's still reletively unknown the effects of such engineering, so I use my soy products sparingly, usually 2-3 times a week.
Well, I already do, on certain special nights out with the, uuhhhhhhhhhh, boys.As long as you wear a nice, black lace man-bra, and a matching black lace man-thong, and some man-stockings and some man-heels, it's no big deal.So my man-boobs are my fault
CaptainHawk1
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Thank you. I'm curious to hear a response to that as it is such a knee-jerk reaction.
Hmm, it's a good question.
The implication is that Big Farm (or possibly Big Pharm) is making money out of genetic manipulation, patenting genes and plant types that previously didn't exist. And then sell said produce without proper testing that they are entirely suitable for human consumption. Or, indeed with soy snd corn, for foodstack animals as well. Example, the whole mad cow thing.
Not saying this is absolutely true, just what the mindset is. I suppose only long term consumption is going to show if it's okay or not. And if it isn't, it'll be too late for some people, and possibly their kids.
We tend to stick with what we know works. So if something was genetically engineered a hundred years ago, we know where it's at now, and even more for stuff changed 5000 years ago, like wheat and barley.
The implication is that Big Farm (or possibly Big Pharm) is making money out of genetic manipulation, patenting genes and plant types that previously didn't exist. And then sell said produce without proper testing that they are entirely suitable for human consumption. Or, indeed with soy snd corn, for foodstack animals as well. Example, the whole mad cow thing.
Not saying this is absolutely true, just what the mindset is. I suppose only long term consumption is going to show if it's okay or not. And if it isn't, it'll be too late for some people, and possibly their kids.
We tend to stick with what we know works. So if something was genetically engineered a hundred years ago, we know where it's at now, and even more for stuff changed 5000 years ago, like wheat and barley.
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Well, like the toads that were intoduced to Australia, we can fuck things up introducing the wrong dna into a strain of grain.
There is a big difference between breeding and gene splicing. You can't breed a potatoe-corn cross, but you can splice it. So the comparison is invalid. The fact that breeding has been fairly safe, beneficial and shown limited problems has nothing to do with gene splicing.
Also, breeding has not been 100% problem free. Plants and animals have developed congenital weaknesses, could not survive free-range, are suceptible to diseases, etc. Breeding programs result in less diversity when certain breeds become overwhelmingly popular. Very common problem in cattle, and the orignal animal that cattle are decended from are now extinct. Disasters like the Irish potatoe famine occured by becoming too dependant on one crop. It hasn't been a problem free 5000 years, you're just looking at what we have left over today as the success stories.
There is a big difference between breeding and gene splicing. You can't breed a potatoe-corn cross, but you can splice it. So the comparison is invalid. The fact that breeding has been fairly safe, beneficial and shown limited problems has nothing to do with gene splicing.
Also, breeding has not been 100% problem free. Plants and animals have developed congenital weaknesses, could not survive free-range, are suceptible to diseases, etc. Breeding programs result in less diversity when certain breeds become overwhelmingly popular. Very common problem in cattle, and the orignal animal that cattle are decended from are now extinct. Disasters like the Irish potatoe famine occured by becoming too dependant on one crop. It hasn't been a problem free 5000 years, you're just looking at what we have left over today as the success stories.
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