Top 7 GMO Foods That You Must Avoid-Dr Burg<br /><br />0:00 Introduction: A deeper look at GMO foods<br /><br />0:25 What are bioengineered food ingredients?<br /><br />4:08 Unexpected GMO foods<br /><br />5:25 Check out this video on what "GMO" really means!<br /><br />Let's talk about GMO foods and identify some foods you may not have realized are actually GMO.<br /><br />Some food manufacturing companies are putting a new term on their labels, "bioengineered food ingredients."<br /><br />The definition of bioengineered food ingredients:<br /><br />"Food that contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature."<br /><br />Certain companies were concerned that their products would be labeled as GMO and that people would avoid them. So, they decided to develop a new term, "bioengineered food ingredients," and gave it branding to make it appear healthy.<br /><br />"Bioengineered food ingredients" is essentially another name for GMO. But, this new term now allows companies to bypass the GMO labeling problem they were having.<br /><br />On top of that, once a product has been highly processed, the traces of GMO become undetectable, and the company no longer has to add the label stating it contains bioengineered food ingredients.<br /><br />They also don't necessarily have to use the term "bioengineered food ingredients." Instead, they can use a QR code or a number to text or call to get more information.<br /><br />Unexpected GMO foods (unless labeled as organic):<br /><br />1. Yellow squash<br /><br />2. Beets<br /><br />3. Papaya<br /><br />4. Eggplant<br /><br />5. Green zucchini<br /><br />6. Certain apples<br /><br />7. Salmon (unless labeled as "wild-caught")<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />
