Summary of Engineered food and your health the nutritional status of GMOs

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The video discusses the potential health consequences of genetically modified foods, and how they can be harmful. The video also discusses the difference between genetically modified foods and traditional food, and the various countries in which these foods are not available.

• 00:00:00 GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are crops that have been modified with a gene from another organism, typically a bacterium or virus. The herbicide Roundup, which is sprayed on these crops, is made of glyphosate, a very small molecule. It binds to metals and kills plants.
• 00:05:00 GMOs pose a potential health risk as they are made up of large molecules that can cause serious damage to the body. The glyphosate molecule binds to the metal atom at the center of metalloproteins, which is how it is supposed to work. However, this mechanism has been disrupted in people and animals exposed to GMOs.
• 00:10:00 The crop the yield from the crop contains less minerals it's not surprising when you understand how the chemical works because the chemical works by binding to metal atoms and basically making them unavailable those metal atoms have basically disappeared so they're not there and this is a series of paper published by the US Department of Agriculture's Oh Billy and his team work for the US Department of Agriculture and published in twenty ten and twenty eleven a series of papers showing that yes indeed in soybean there is depletion of minerals some of them quite severe so by definition if the crops have been sprayed with this chemical that binds to metals those metals are not available anymore they are bio unavailable This brings an interesting question because in 1996 when the crops were registered to be commercialized the concept of substantial equivalence was put forward yes mrs. corn it has one extra gene it has a bacterial gene but it really looks like corn it grows like horn it behaves like corn it has exactly the same amount of protein it tastes like corn it is substantially equivalent therefore it does not need to be tested and the USDA has recently
• 00:15:00 The video discusses how the microbiome, or the flora of the gut, plays a significant role in human health and behavior. It also explains how the microbiome is affected by pesticides and GMOs.
• 00:20:00 GMOs, glyphosate, and cell death are all discussed in this video. The authors suggest that glyphosate may be responsible for the increase in conditions like asthma and allergies, as well as various types of cancer. They also suggest that glyphosate may be damaging the microbiome, which may lead to a host of health problems.
• 00:25:00 This study found that rats fed genetically modified corn had damaged liver and kidneys, and developed tumors. The study was published in 2012, but was quickly retracted by the journal that published it after biotech companies objected. In 2014, another study was published showing that glyphosate (a component of GM crops) can cause human breast cancer cell growth.
• 00:30:00 According to a study published last week, glyphosate residues in food and urine of chronically ill people are significantly higher than those of healthy people. This study provides further evidence that glyphosate is a possible contributing factor to the increase in rates of autism.
• 00:35:00 The video discusses the potential health consequences of genetically modified foods, and shows how glyphosate, which is used in these foods, can be harmful. The video also discusses the difference between genetically modified foods and traditional food, and the various countries in which these foods are not available.