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Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality in Hamsters

(From the Huffington Post- Jeffrey Smith Apr 20,2010)

This study was just routine,” said Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of this century. Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction. What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar industry.

After feeding hamsters for two years over three generations, those on the GM diet, and especially the group on the maximum GM soy diet, showed devastating results. By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies. They also suffered slower growth, and a high mortality rate among the pups.

And if this isn’t shocking enough, some in the third generation even had hair growing inside their mouths—a phenomenon rarely seen, but apparently more prevalent among hamsters eating GM soy.

The study, jointly conducted by Surov’s Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Association for Gene Security, is expected to be published in three months (July 2010)—so the technical details will have to wait.

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Further evidence of dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup:

CBC news reported March 30th on the latest research on the dangerous effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) in the body and specifically on the liver. Link: http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&clipid=1444422465

Based on a study by Duke University Medical Center, people’s high consumption of the controversial sugar substitute High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is associated with liver scarring or fibrosis, similar to the cirrhosis damage caused by heavy consumption of alcohol. Children are seen now with liver damage that was more often seen in the past, in people who were heavy drinkers of alcohol.

There is no present medical therapy for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD or cirrhosis. Health officials have previously targeted high fructose corn syrup as a potential cause of the growing rate of obesity, and the alarming increase of Type II Diabetes throughout the population. This recent study highlights more dangers of this ubiquitous toxin.

In response to recent criticism of the sweetener and in flagrant lack of concern for the truth, the High Fructose Corn Syrup industry has recently begun an advertising campaign touting the merits and safety of the syrup. So read all the labels on your food and avoid products with High Fructose Corn Syrup. If you are addicted to the stuff, get help but get off it! Your life, your children’s lives may depend on it!