Posted by
timothy
on from the new-improved-just-like-the-last-one dept.
guttentag writes: "The FDA has approved a new sugar substitute from the people who brought you NutraSweet. It's 7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar and unlike NutraSweet (aspartame), Neotame apparently doesn't give rats cancer and is safe for people with phenylkeotonuria."
Stevia and genetically modified foods (eg Monsanto
by
cdn-programmer
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First off, Stevia is about 40 times sweeter than sugar but it can't be called a sweetener. It can be called a dietary supplement. You can buy the powder in health food stores. So a good way to "supplement" your iced tea for instance:
3 tea bags. 1/8 lemon squeezed, 1/4 tsp stevia, 1 tsp sugar, 4 oz lemon juice. Makes 2 litres (or 2 quarts - either US or Imperial measure) Serve over ice (fill the glass). This eliminates 2 tablespoons of sugar and tastes better.
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Monsanto is also heavily into genetically modifed foods such as Canola. I urge everyone reading this to demand certified canola products such as margarine which do not contain any genetially modified products . The problem with this idea is that the genetically modified canola currently planted is spreading these genes throughout the natural canola crops. Futhermore the genticially modified plant cannot be killed as easily because (you guessed it) the specific gene that was introduced was designed to make it hard to kill with normal herbicides like Roundup.
Please read the plight of this Saskatchewan farmer who has now been ordered by the court to pay damages because his seed got contaminated.
Surprise surprise, plants naturally try to spread their genes all over the place as every hay fever sufferer knows. But the ignorant Saskatchewan judge who ruled in this matter clearly doesn't know all that much about plant biology.
It is sad that the great unwashed public knows so little about this threat. But the introduction of genetically modifed genes affects and threatens each and every one of us because _NO_ONE_ can predict the effect a new gene will have in the wild.
The ONLY way to fight that I can think of is to make the message loud and clear: BOYCOTT MONSANTO!!
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First off, Stevia is about 40 times sweeter than sugar but it can't be called a sweetener. It can be called a dietary supplement. You can buy the powder in health food stores. So a good way to "supplement" your iced tea for instance:
3 tea bags. 1/8 lemon squeezed, 1/4 tsp stevia, 1 tsp sugar, 4 oz lemon juice. Makes 2 litres (or 2 quarts - either US or Imperial measure) Serve over ice (fill the glass). This eliminates 2 tablespoons of sugar and tastes better.
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Monsanto is also heavily into genetically modifed foods such as Canola. I urge everyone reading this to demand certified canola products such as margarine which do not contain any genetially modified products . The problem with this idea is that the genetically modified canola currently planted is spreading these genes throughout the natural canola crops. Futhermore the genticially modified plant cannot be killed as easily because (you guessed it) the specific gene that was introduced was designed to make it hard to kill with normal herbicides like Roundup.
Please read the plight of this Saskatchewan farmer who has now been ordered by the court to pay damages because his seed got contaminated.
Surprise surprise, plants naturally try to spread their genes all over the place as every hay fever sufferer knows. But the ignorant Saskatchewan judge who ruled in this matter clearly doesn't know all that much about plant biology.
It is sad that the great unwashed public knows so little about this threat. But the introduction of genetically modifed genes affects and threatens each and every one of us because _NO_ONE_ can predict the effect a new gene will have in the wild.
The ONLY way to fight that I can think of is to make the message loud and clear: BOYCOTT MONSANTO!!