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GMO Foods To Avoid<\/b><\/h2>\n

Genetically-modified foods also known as GMOs are now being linked many health problems and immune disorders.\u00a0 It should come as no surprise that more and more people are trying to avoid them.\u00a0 Six very common foods that are often thought of as healthy are unfortunately almost always genetically modified.\u00a0 Eating fresh, organic foods is the best way to avoid these GMO foods to avoid<\/em>. These foods hide in most packaged, prepared and processed products.<\/p>\n

GMO Foods to Avoid<\/h2>\n

\"GMO1. Wheat<\/b> \u2013 Although wheat is technically not genetically modified, modern day wheat is also not your grandmother\u2019s wheat. \u00a0As a mutated offspring of the ancient grain, modern wheat is quickly becoming one of the biggest culprits on the food allergy list.\u00a0 Modern day wheat contains a protein called gliadin which binds into the opiate receptors in your brain and in most people stimulates appetite.\u00a0 \u00a0As this common food is found in most pastries, cakes, breads, buns, pancakes, waffles and other baked goods as well as gravies and sauces, this one can be tricky to avoid but certainly not impossible.\u00a0 To read more check out this article about gluten allergies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"GMO2. Corn<\/b> \u2013 According to the Center for Food Safety, currently up to 85% of corn is now a GMO food<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0Most packaged foods will contain high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, corn starch, corn flour, cornmeal, corn oil, dextrose, fructose, glucose or \u201cmodified food starch.\u201d\u00a0 If the food you choose contains any of these ingredients it is highly likely to be a consuming a GMO food to avoid.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Soy<\/b> \u2013 According to the Center for Food Safety, currently up to 91% of soy is genetically modified.\u00a0 Be sure you choose \u201cCertified USDA Organic\u201d or \u201cCertified Organic\u201d soy if you \u00a0eating it.\u00a0 That includes soy milk, soybeans, soy flour, soy oil, tofu, miso, tempeh, soy sauce and other soy-based foods.\u00a0 It also includes food or supplements containing lecithin, protein isolate, vegetable oil, vegetarian protein and isoflavones.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Canola<\/b> \u2013 Most canola is not what it once was.\u00a0 Canola is a GMO food to avoid<\/strong> at all cost.\u00a0 Canola is now grown mostly from genetically-modified seeds.\u00a0 It is found in canola oil, vegetable oil and rapeseed oil.\u00a0 When baking, choose coconut oil or organic extra-virgin olive oil as an alternative.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Cotton<\/b> \u2013 I know, you probably are thinking \u201c cotton is not a food.\u201d And although that may be true but if you are buying any processed, packaged or prepared foods you\u2019re probably eating cottonseed oil.\u00a0 Beware, it is most likely derived from GMO<\/strong>-cotton and should be avoided.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Sugar<\/b> \u2013 Most processed, boxed and packaged foods contain sugar derived from sugar beets.\u00a0 According to the Center for Food Safety, 95% of sugar beets are currently GMO foods to avoid<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0If you must use sugar, look for 100% cane sugar, 100% organic sugar or evaporated cane sugar. \u00a0Other sweet alternatives like stevia, coconut sugar or coconut sap should also be considered when you need a little sweetness.<\/p>\n

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GMO Foods To Avoid Genetically-modified foods also known as GMOs are now being linked many health problems and immune disorders.\u00a0 It should come as no surprise that more and more people are trying to avoid them.\u00a0 Six very common foods that are often thought of as healthy are unfortunately almost always genetically modified.\u00a0 Eating fresh, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21],"tags":[22,23,24,25,26,27,28],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empower-network","category-health-and-wellness","tag-genetically-modified","tag-genetically-modified-foods","tag-genetically-modified-foods-to-avoid","tag-gmo","tag-gmo-foods","tag-gmo-foods-to-avoid","tag-what-are-gmo-foods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/tonyahamblin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}