We often hear of GM foods but do we know what they are?
A transgenic food is one in which they have used genetic engineering techniques to modify its design pursuing different purposes.
Manipulating genetically the food that we then ingest has a series of consequences for our organism but, also, for the environment.
Effects of genetically modified foods
According to a study by Greenpeace, Asamblea Pagesa and Plataforma Transgènics Fora carried out jointly, the use of transgenics in crops will produce an increase in contamination in the fields and biodiversity will disappear due to the increase in the use of chemical products.
In addition, genetic contamination in plants and can not be deleted because, as living beings, genetic contamination has the ability to reproduce and spread.
Effects on health
Meanwhile, as to the effects of GM foods on the health of people they may be varied. At the moment, already it is taking the case to find new allergies, so far unknown and the appearance of new toxic antibiotic resistant our food.
Some good things of GM
But not everything is bad in the use of transgenics. Thanks to genetic engineering, we managed to improve the production of the plants. You get plants resistant to harmful organisms, you can create plants that support large amounts of chemicals such as herbicides, as well as a higher yield of crops.
So far, despite the use of GMOs is being regulated, think about your benefits or harms it is up to each consumer what is certain is that more and more markets and shops as well as individual farmers are opening a gap with sale of natural foods, grown traditionally.
Denia, one of the stores that sells all kinds of natural products is La Botiga d'Angels, an herbalist in which you can find all kinds of healthy and natural foods, free of transgenics and additives harmful to health.
