madmalloy

GMOs: Genetically Modified Foods Risks and Dangers of GMOs

https://www.wanttoknow.info/gmoinyourfood

Hey_Sunshine

How does my body, which uses food for fuel, break down the energy of GMO'd food differently than non GMO food?

Since when did Cavendish bananas become bad for you?

badruns

You're postulating that all "food" is the same. GMO foods have some additional things present and other things missing. If a crop is modified to excrete it's own kind of pesticide, guess what - you're now consuming that pesticide as well.

Hey_Sunshine

ya, pretty sure that's why coffee beans came to contain caffeine. the point im failing to make is rather simple. the first law of thermodynamics(conservation of information?).

1 g of angus beef will be just as energy dense as 1 g of GMO angus beef.

GMO is a retarded term anyways. Think about it, English Bulldogs are "Genetically Modified Organisms", I somehow doubt that the chemical energy stored in a english bull dog is any different than another canine of same size.

although I would love to be proven wrong

qwop

GMO isn't about equivalent caloric energy. DNA is used to make proteins. When you modify the DNA, the cells start to produce proteins that never existed in nature before. These proteins can be toxins, they can be allergens, they may be both.

In addition to that, synthetic genetic manipulation may insert genes from a completely unrelated species into another species. For example, insert the genes of an insect into a fish. Something that never happens in nature, and for good reason.

This video explains the basics of what is going on pretty well. Hope you learn something new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9LmFLaC18

Hey_Sunshine

I'll concede that gene splicing like he's talking about here could have dangerous ramifications. But how can it be said that modified cells produce proteins that never existed before in nature, when these proteins came from nature it's self?

I don't condone man trying to modify the DNA of other organisms, that's Pandora's box and needs to stay shut for the World's sake.

qwop

This is a good question. It is also explained a little bit towards the end of the video with the rat study and the GM peas. In the end they found that the GM peas produced a protein that had never existed before (but produced by nature none the less), and it was so toxic that they had to abort the whole project.

So yes you could call the protein "natural", as in "produced by nature", but it is also "unnatural", because nature would never have produced it in the first place, unless it was forced to by man.

Forcing nature to do things which it would not do under normal circumstances, is at least for me what puts something like that in the "unnatural" category.

I hope that helps a little bit. So yes, it is possible to make nature do things it would not normally do, and in some cases, if we are not careful, it could be the Pandora's box like you say.

i_scream_trucks

yeah disinformation tends not to sway me but feel free to waste your time anyway

madmalloy

So I'm guessing you think GMO's are great. You can have my share.

Tallest_Skil

You’re brain damaged. Enjoy starving to death. All food is modified. Has been for millennia.

qwop

Tallest_Skil you usually seem to know what you are talking about, but in this case, and I mean this sincerely, you seem to be missing some crucial bits of information.

I suggest you watch these two videos. The 3 minute introduction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCI_R8kciA

And then part two for the real meat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9LmFLaC18

Now if you still think it's all fine and great, and selective breeding is just like synthetic gene splicing. Well..you can bring up your counter arguments and we'll see.

You also have to understand this industry is not run by sane people, but by and large by profit seeking corporations. It is very naive to think "if they would just use it for good". No, they will almost never use if for good; they will use it for PROFIT. This is a very important difference to understand. And you of all people should know, that when there it profit to be made, then safety and truth are one of the first items that get thrown out the window. Please watch the videos.

qwop

Tallest_Skil I usually respect your opinion, but your are unfortunately woefully misinformed here. And I don't mean it in any way to be rude. I see that you are missing many crucial bits of information, that make you draw conclusions which are not valid when the full picture is brought to light.

First, genetically modified food is definitely not the same as selective breeding. Every scientist worth their salt, knows that the generally accepted term "genetic modification" implies inserting FOREIGN genetic material into an organism. Something which never happens in nature, NOR with selective breeding.

And what does FOREIGN imply? It implies inserting genes from a bacteria into a plant. Or inserting genes from an insect into a fish. These type of insertions would never occur in nature, and for good reason. Nature is designed to allow only compatible species to mate, precisely to prevent this type of cross-species contamination.

But it does not end there. Synthetic gene insertion is never a "clean" process. Even CRISPR, which is marketed as being laser like in its precision, can and does create unpredictable modifications to genes other than at the intended splicing location.

And what is the result of unpredictable modifications? Genes are used for protein manufacturing. An unpredictable modification will therefore create a genome that manufactures proteins which do not exist previously in nature.

And what is a foreign protein? It's a toxin, it's an allergen, or both.

There is a reason why many people heal from chronic diseases when they stop eating GM food. All GM foods contain, and this has been scientifically verified, significantly more allergens (foreign proteins) than conventional food.

This is not an accident. This is a straight consequence of the reckless introduction of foreign genetic sequences into our plants, food, and environment. It creates new novel proteins, which our environment and ourselves have not had time to adapt to.

And we have not even touched on many other subject, like horizontal gene transfer, or the chemical unlocking (removal of natural protection barriers) from the genetic material as a consequence of the modification process.

The whole industry of genetic modification is a rabbit hole that goes deep, and you will never know the truth nor understand the full implications, if just doing some cursory browsing on Wikipedia.

I expect you can appreciate and understand this very well.

If you want to really understand the details, I suggest to start with this 3 minute video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCI_R8kciA

And then if you want to take it to the next step, watch part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9LmFLaC18

But please, do not call selective breeding the same as synthetic genetic modification again. It is simply not true, and they are not the same thing. You can never selectively breed a mosquito with a coconut, but you can with synthetic gene modification, and you can do many other unnatural things with it too.

badruns

Elaborate? Selective breeding of crops is in no way the same thing as what is done to GMO crops.

Tallest_Skil

Not currently, sure, but it doesn’t have to be. He thinks his false dichotomy is going to be accepted here. Monsanto modifies its plants to not die when sprayed with poison, and then they’re sprayed with poison. This isn’t the only manner in which genetic modification can be done. Genes can be selected for which simply create larger produce, etc. This can be done in laboratory settings rather than through brute force. That’s “GMO.” There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

madmalloy

Yeah, ancient Egypt had CRISPR and other GMO techniques. Bon Appetit.

Tallest_Skil

Nice false dichotomy.

madmalloy

Comparing GMOs to cross breeding shows you know nothing of GMOs, good job!

Tallest_Skil

Congratulations, you’ve proven yourself a retard. All plants are genetically modified. All animals are genetically modified. Both historically AND due to modern techniques.

Go. Starve. To. Death.

You’re too stupid to comprehend the difference in what Monsanto (et. al.) do and a modernized extension of what we’ve done since the dawn of man, so enjoy the psychoses that come with starvation borne of your holier-than-thou stupidity.

madmalloy

Like I said, no clue. Keep on rambling.

Tallest_Skil

Enjoy starving to death, hypocrite. You can’t eat a single thing now.

madmalloy

You might want to educate yourself on GMOs. Just sayin'

Tallest_Skil

So no argument, then. Got it. You were already proven wrong.

madmalloy

Go away you silly, stupid, clueless faggot.

Tallest_Skil

So no argument, then. Got it. You were already proven wrong.

madmalloy

You really need the last word, don't you. Not a question, only an observation

Tallest_Skil

Prove ME wrong by refusing to reply again without any content. You’ve posted NOTHING thus far. Enjoy starving to death.

madmalloy

**Difference Between Cross Breeding and GMO **

https://pediaa.com/difference-between-cross-breeding-and-gmo/

Tallest_Skil

Yes, I’m aware. There is literally nothing wrong with genetic engineering. Genetic engineering can be done maliciously, just as cross-breeding can be done maliciously.

SavageSeasons

The main difference between cross breading and GMO is that cross breeding is the mating of two organisms from two breeds whereas GMOs are the organisms whose genetic material is altered by genetic engineering. The main advantage of cross-breeding is to mate two genetically-related organisms that are never crossed naturally. At the same time, genetic engineering introduces some tremendous and elite qualities to GMO.