logo
logo
AI Products 

5 Reasons to Avoid GMOs in Your Diet

avatar
usman
5 Reasons to Avoid GMOs in Your Diet

GMO means genetically modified organism. Anything that has had its genes altered including foods we eat is considered GMO. In the food industry, since the early 1980s, the use of GMOs in crops, produce, seeds, cattle, chicken, and pigs have become pervasive. Here are 5 good reasons to avoid GMOs in your diet:  

 

Heavy use of chemical ingredients

 

You wouldn’t raid your garden shed and start drinking the various chemicals in there used to kill pests and destroy weeds in your garden, so why should your everyday food ingredients be any different?

 

One of the biggest downsides to consuming a diet with a lot of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is the fact that they tend to contain such large volumes of chemical ingredients. These food products tend to be mass-produced on an industrial scale hence the use of GMO’s, pesticides, and herbicides for quick and cheap production.

 

Generally, GMOs are grown in conditions that require heavy dosages of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to help the crops to grow fast and to prevent bugs and insects from feasting on the crops. These chemical ingredients in large volumes will do the human body no good at all.

 

The more GMO crops and livestock containing GMOs you consume, the more of these toxic chemical pesticides and fertilizers you will likely be consuming.  

 

In the context of meat for example, we always recommend choosing organic lamb, beef or pork to ensure no GMOs.

 

collect
0
avatar
usman
guide
Zupyak is the world’s largest content marketing community, with over 400 000 members and 3 million articles. Explore and get your content discovered.
Read more