GMO's on Crops

            Freshly looking plant’s texture but pernicious inside? Nutritious, healthy, and economic are the best choice of foods for most of the consumers. But in today’s world, modern term is “in”. Even to the food, want it to be modern. One of these modernizations of food is the injection of genetic modified organism (GMO) to plants. Many are asking if it bring wide benefits. Or would it bring catastrophic effect?

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            Genetic modified organisms are the injections or the insertions of gene from one to other types of gene in order to achieve desire results to improve new gene. These improvise genes still waiting of what are next effects for human and the environment. This unknown world of organisms can now enter into our body. Through this modern science of genetic modified organisms on food. Other people including biotechnologist see genetic modified organisms as the solutions for world hunger. Some people see it as a problem and a threat to the health. GMO should not be administered to plants because it causes gastrointestinal tract and increase allergy that are dangerous to health. 

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Genetic modified organisms are dangerous to health. As the food enter into our body, all the nutrients absorb including these GMO’s that has reactions into molecular level might not notice until symptoms appear. According to the International Organization of Physicians (IOP), eating GM foods are perilous to health, such as infertility, immune system troubles, proliferate aging, disruption of insulin and cholesterol regulation, gastrointestinal problems, and organ damage (Better Nutrition 48). These health problems are the accumulations and reactions of GMO to the human body over a period of time.  

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Genetic modified organisms have effect on gastrointestinal tract. Cummins says, possible those genes from GE foods transform to the DNA of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. When foods comprising N-acetyl-L-glufosinate (NAG) are consumed, it converts to guifosinate a highly toxic herbicide, in the digestive system (Better Nutrition 31). This is one cause of intestinal problems. After the foods enter into the body, it stays in the intestine for hours and some for days. And some of this organism from GMO’s had the chance to transmit to the cell wall of the intestine that causes inflammation.    
    

            Genetic modified organisms increase allergy. Seeds containing protein like soy has naturally potential to react that results allergy. When GM soy was presented, the circumstances of soy allergies proliferated by 50 percent in the United Kingdom (Better Nutrition 48). This evidence shows that the genetic modified organisms trigger the level of allergens of food especially, which has protein composition.

Genetic modified organisms help for pest resistance. Injecting GMO’s to plants are the best way to fastest and harvest abundantly than in traditional or conventional way. Plants were created to resist pests and diseases and to tolerate herbicides used to kill weeds (FDA Consumer 33). On the other hand, plants are naturally instinctive to fight against pests. Experts say most plants yield low level of toxin inherently as protection from pest (Better Nutrition 31). Using organic pesticides is one way to eliminate GMO’s.  And by seriously monitoring the crops can ward of those pests.

            Genetic modified organisms boost nutrition. It helps tolerance for sufficient nutrition needed. They are intensifying nutrients to foods to help impede diseases, diminishing allergens and toxins, and making foods tastier (FDA Consumer 34). However, sufficient nutrients provide by GMO’s might be equal or greater to the risk it provides. Foods can have a better and sufficient nutrition without injecting this kind of organism when individual will base on their daily value diet or intake. Using organic raw materials for certified safe is more nutritious than injecting this unknown gene that can have serious health risk.

The effect might not be spontaneous but some are evolutions of these modified genes that have staggering results to human health and to the environment due to reactions of these unknown genes. Because of this evolution of new genes, human being should learn the effects before it become severely an outbreak. Therefore, GMO’s should not really use on crops because it has serious effect in human health and this should not be taken for granted. By continue using organic raw materials for crops are the safest way to administer. But what is the bottom line of these genetic modified organisms?

Reference

Bren, Linda. "Genetic Engineering: The Future of Food? ." FDA Consumer. 37.6 (2003): p28-34, 7p, 3color Photographs, 2 Diagrams. Print.

Smith, Melissa Diane. "Say No to GMO's." Better Nutrition. 73.3 (March2011): p46-50, 4p. Web. 1 Dec. 2011.

Turner, Lisa. "Playing with our Food." Better Nutrition. 69.4 (apr2007): p30-33, 3p. Print.