The biggest fallacy about GMOs is that we need them to feed the world: WFP
For a growing global population facing dwindling resources, non-GMO plant-based proteins are the future, says 29-year-old non-GMO and organic soybean and corn supplier World Food Processing (WFP).
‘The Fat Drug’ from The New York Times is worth reading, whether you agree or disagree.
“In 2002 Americans were about an inch taller and 24 pounds heavier than they were in the 1960s, and more than a third are now classified as obese. Of course, diet and lifestyle are prime culprits. But some scientists wonder whether there could be other reasons for this staggering transformation of the American body. Antibiotics might be the X factor — or one of them…
Of course, while farm animals often eat a significant dose of antibiotics in food, the situation is different for human beings. By the time most meat reaches our table, it contains little or no antibiotics. So we receive our greatest exposure in the pills we take, rather than the food we eat. American kids are prescribed on average about one course of antibiotics every year, often for ear and chest infections. Could these intermittent high doses affect our metabolism?…
In the Blaser lab and elsewhere, scientists are racing to take a census of the bugs in the human gut and — even more difficult — to figure out what effects they have on us. What if we could identify which species minimize the risk of diabetes, or confer protection against obesity? And what if we could figure out how to protect these crucial bacteria from antibiotics, or replace them after they’re killed off?…
It has become common to chide doctors and patients for overusing antibiotics, but when the baby is wailing or you’re burning with fever, it’s hard to know what to do. While researchers work to unravel the connections between antibiotics and weight gain, they should also put their minds toward reducing the unnecessary use of antibiotics. One way to do that would be to provide patients with affordable tests that give immediate feedback about what kind of infection has taken hold in their body. Such tools, like a new kind of blood test, are now in development and could help to eliminate the “just in case” prescribing of antibiotics…”
Chobani, a yogurt brand and producer, has been a huge success story: over $1 billion in 2013 revenue
Whole Foods decided to no longer sell Chobani yogurt in Dec. 2013. While the reason was not GMO-free entirely as reported initially on WSJ, Whole Foods wanted to make room for product choices that aren’t available on the market: such as its own private label products and Stonyfield Greek yogurt.
American yogurt market was estimated at $7.6 billion, and the Greek segment would account for 50%+ of the market. In the Greek yogurt market, Chobani has had almost 50% share, followed by Danone‘s 20%.
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