{"id":3786,"date":"2022-10-15T15:27:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T15:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2022-10-15T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T15:27:53","slug":"why-the-fake-food-race-is-worth-3-trillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/15\/why-the-fake-food-race-is-worth-3-trillion\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Fake Food Race Is Worth $3 Trillion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/authors\/dr-joseph-mercola\/\">Dr. Joseph Mercola<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/fake-food-race-trillion-profit-feature-800x417.jpg\" alt=\"fake food race trillion profit feature\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Story at-a-glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Industrial agriculture is a key driver of environmental destruction and ill health, yet this destructive cycle is defended in the name of affordable food and the need to feed the masses.<\/li><li>Industrial agriculture uses 75% of available farmland yet produces just 30% of food consumed globally. Small biodiverse farms use 25% of land and provide 70% of our diet. If the industrial agriculture share continues to rise, it will eventually kill the whole planet and eliminate any possibility of growing food.<\/li><li>The rise of fake meat is an attempt at recreating the same global control of the food supply that Monsanto and others achieved through patented GMO seed development.<\/li><li>Once living animals are eliminated and replaced with patented plant-derived alternatives, private companies will effectively control the food supply in its entirety, and those who control the food control the people.<\/li><li>Testing reveals Impossible Burger contains 11.3 ppb of glyphosate; animal studies show 0.1 ppb of glyphosate can alter the function of more than 4,000 liver and kidney genes and cause organ damage.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, I have advocated for an organic diet to optimize your health, avoid common health problems and help regenerate the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choosing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/buy-fresh-organic-food\/\">organic foods<\/a>&nbsp;reduces your exposure to pesticides, herbicides, genetically engineered (GE) foods, synthetic food additives and nano ingredients, many of which do not appear on the food label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to protecting the environment and rebuilding soil, buying organic also supports animal welfare and promotes the biodiversity of plants and wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, Americans not only eat a preponderance of processed food, but 57.9% of it is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/content\/6\/3\/e009892\">ultra-processed<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 products at the far end of the \u201csignificantly altered\u201d spectrum that have been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2608221\">robustly<\/a>&nbsp;linked to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-metabolism\/fulltext\/S1550-4131(19)30248-7\">obesity<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/article-abstract\/2723626\">ill health<\/a>&nbsp;and early&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l1949\">death<\/a>&nbsp;in a number of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/365\/bmj.l1451\">studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developed world in general eats significant amounts of processed food, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/360\/bmj.k322\">disease statistics<\/a>&nbsp;reveal the ramifications of this trend. Any food that isn\u2019t directly from the vine, ground, bush, body of water or a tree is considered processed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the amount of change the food undergoes, processing may be minimal or significant. For instance, frozen fruit is usually minimally processed, while pizza, soda, microwave meals and lab-created meat alternatives fall into the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/world.openfoodfacts.org\/nova\">ultra-processed<\/a>&nbsp;category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise of processed and ultra-processed food as dietary staples also has a largely hidden impact, in that it threatens overall food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While edible gardens have become more popular in recent years, few are growing their own food these days, relying instead on processed fare from the grocery store, much of which is made with patented GE ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who profits the most from GE food? The patent holders \u2014 large, multinational corporations beholden to their shareholders rather than the local community in which the crops are grown, reap the profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Vandana-Shiva\">Vandana Shiva, Ph.D.<\/a>, has been an outspoken critic of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender_category\/big-food\/\">industrial food<\/a>&nbsp;movement and the GE food takeover, specifically, highlighting the many social and environmental problems a patented food system creates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Industrialization of food threatens mankind\u2019s survival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentsciencenews.org\/health\/fake-food-fake-meat-big-foods-desperate-attempt-to-further-industrialisation-food\/\">Independent Science News<\/a>&nbsp;article, Shiva discusses the progressive attempts at industrializing the global food system with more fake foods and fake meats, and the destruction that inevitably follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shiva said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFood is not a commodity, it is not \u2018stuff\u2019 put together mechanically and artificially in labs and factories. Food is life. Food holds the contributions of all beings that make the food web, and it holds the potential of maintaining and regenerating the web of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFood also holds the potential for health and disease, depending on how it was grown and processed \u2026 As an ancient Upanishad reminds us \u2018Everything is food, everything is something else\u2019s food\u2019 \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHippocrates said \u2018Let food be thy medicine.\u2019 In Ayurveda, India\u2019s ancient science of life, food is called \u2018sarvausadha\u2019 the medicine that cures all disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIndustrial food systems have reduced food to a commodity, to \u2018stuff\u2019 that can then be constituted in the lab. In the process, both the planet\u2019s health and our health has been nearly destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c75% of the planetary destruction of soil, water, biodiversity, and 50% of greenhouse gas emissions come from industrial agriculture, which also contributes to 75% of food-related chronic diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importantly, the industrialization of agriculture, in which heavy use of chemicals is the norm, denatures soil, destroys its fertility and does not return organic matter back into it. As a result, it degrades land and turns it into desert \u2014 the complete opposite of what a healthy system does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/industrial-ag-planetary-human-health-emergency\/\">Industrial agriculture<\/a>&nbsp;also threatens global water supplies, draining aquifers faster than they can refill and contaminating what\u2019s left with toxic chemicals and excess nutrients that drive toxic algae growth, resulting in vast dead zones. Plant and wildlife diversity \u2014 especially pollinating insects \u2014 are also decimated by chemical monoculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you look at the whole ecological cycle, you can clearly see how industrial agriculture is a key driver of progressive destruction, yet this destructive cycle is defended in the name of affordable food and the need to feed the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we certainly need to maximize food production in affordable ways, the current system is incredibly short-sighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it may be helpful in the moment, its environmental effects are creating a world in which future generations will be unable to grow food or find potable water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may sound like a fear-mongering exaggeration, but we\u2019re really precipitously close to a time in which vast populations will be wiped out, lest we radically and rapidly change course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important to realize that once topsoil is eradicated, you cannot grow food no matter how many chemicals you add to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2014, Maria-Helena Semedo, deputy director general of natural resources for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, warned that at the current rate of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/only-60-years-of-farming-left-if-soil-degradation-continues\/\">topsoil degradation<\/a>, all the world\u2019s topsoil will be gone in less than 60 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, that means we may have only about 55 years left. Water shortages are also becoming a pressing problem around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Path to zero hunger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As noted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentsciencenews.org\/health\/fake-food-fake-meat-big-foods-desperate-attempt-to-further-industrialisation-food\/\">Shiva<\/a>, \u201cBiodiversity-intensive and poison-free agriculture \u2026 produces more nutrition per acre while rejuvenating the planet. It shows the path to \u2018Zero Hunger\u2019 \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also points out that while industrial agriculture uses 75% of available farmland, it produces just 30% of the food we actually eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMeanwhile, small, biodiverse farms using 25% of the land provide 70% of the food,\u201d she writes. \u201cAt this rate, if the share of industrial agriculture and industrial food in our diet is increased to 45%, we will have a dead planet. One with no life and no food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shiva adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe mad rush for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/farm-free-lab-food-catastrophic-human-health-environment\/\">Fake Food and Fake Meat<\/a>, ignorant of the diversity of our foods and food cultures, and the role of biodiversity in maintaining our health, is a recipe for accelerating the destruction of the planet and our health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shiva responds to Impossible Foods\u2019 defense of GMO soy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By now, you\u2019re probably aware of the latest food fad:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/livingmaxwell.com\/impossible-foods-burger-misleading-consumers-fda-rejects-claim-that-it-is-safe-for-consumption\">The Impossible Burger<\/a>, hailed by many vegans and Silicon Valley investors as the answer to environmental problems blamed on livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/2017\/8\/8\/16112326\/impossible-burger-fda-approval\">Impossible Foods\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2017\/08\/fda-gets-salty-with-darling-start-up-behind-impossible-burger-that-bleeds\/\">fake meat<\/a>&nbsp;is made with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017-08-08-fda-hasnt-confirmed-if-meatless-impossible-burger-is-okay-to-ea.html\">GMO soy<\/a>, specifically chosen by the company for its \u201csustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior manager of impact strategy, Rebekah Moses, recently told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Article\/2019\/06\/12\/Impossible-Foods-unveils-2019-impact-report-Cows-aren-t-getting-any-better-at-making-meat.-We-are?utm_source=newsletter_daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=12-Jun-2019&amp;c=g8zOXZoJ6fenB61PxVQZNjsMJul\">FoodNavigator-USA<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have done a tremendous amount of diligence and we\u2019re confident that in using GMO soy, we are not taking a step backward in terms of sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her article in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentsciencenews.org\/health\/fake-food-fake-meat-big-foods-desperate-attempt-to-further-industrialisation-food\/\">Independent Science News<\/a>, Shiva rebuts the company\u2019s claim, noting that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the fact that 90% of the monarch butterflies have disappeared due to Roundup Ready Crops, and we are living through what scientists have called an \u2018insectageddon,\u2019 using GMO soy is hardly an \u2018environmentally responsible option.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shiva also points out the company\u2019s \u201ctotal ignorance\u201d of the fact that herbicide-resistant superweeds are driving the use of ever greater amounts of more toxic herbicides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/business\/local\/volatile-pesticide-to-be-sprayed-on-soybeans-and-cotton-this\/article_61e18221-a39e-535b-a66d-bf90f9ccc994.html\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>, 2,4-D \u2014 linked to cancer and endocrine dysfunction and known for its drift potential \u2014 will be doused on millions of additional acres of farmland across the Midwest and South this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attempts to restrict the use of dicamba in Arkansas, which has decimated the non-dicamba-resistant crops over the past couple of years, also failed, with regulators choosing to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2019\/03\/arkansas-tried-to-restrict-the-use-of-this-controversial-pesticide-monsanto-fought-back-and-won\/\">relax restrictions<\/a>&nbsp;instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shiva writes in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentsciencenews.org\/health\/fake-food-fake-meat-big-foods-desperate-attempt-to-further-industrialisation-food\/\">Independent Science News<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt a time when across the world the movement to ban GMOs and Roundup is growing, promoting GMO soya as \u2018fake meat\u2019 is misleading the eater both in terms of the ontology of the burger, and on claims of safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Impossible Burger \u2014 a significant source of toxic glyphosate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, recent testing instigated by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/yesmaam\/pages\/8069\/attachments\/original\/1557958339\/COA_S0004900_Impossible_Burger_and_Beyond_Meat_patty_-_glyphosate.pdf?1557958339\">Moms Across America<\/a>&nbsp;reveals the Impossible Burger contains glyphosate \u2014 a given, really, considering it\u2019s made with GMO soy, as the herbicide becomes integrated into the whole plant and cannot be washed off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.momsacrossamerica.com\/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate\">Moms Across America<\/a>&nbsp;on May 16, 2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe total result (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23224412\/\">glyphosate<\/a>&nbsp;and it\u2019s break down AMPA) was 11.3 ppb. Moms Across America also tested the Beyond Meat Burger and the results were 1 ppb \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis new product is being marketed as a solution for \u2018healthy\u2019 eating, when in fact 11 ppb of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/yesmaam\/pages\/680\/attachments\/original\/1393210354\/Glyphosat__publikation__Shehata_und_Kr%C3%BCger.pdf?1393210354\">glyphosate<\/a>&nbsp;herbicide consumption can be highly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4756530\/\">dangerous<\/a>. Only 0.1 ppb of glyphosate has been shown to alter the gene function of over 4000 genes in the livers, kidneys and cause severe organ damage in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/enveurope.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12302-014-0014-5\">rats<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Impossible Burger is made of GMO soy, which has been shown to cause organ damage in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/yesmaam\/pages\/680\/attachments\/original\/1488425137\/Kulik_Y_MORPHOLOGICAL_CHANGES_OF_LIVER_Translation2.26.17.pdf?1488425137\">animal studies<\/a>&nbsp;and has been shown to be significantly different from non-GMO&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0308814613019201\">soy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe GM ingredients of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/livingmaxwell.com\/impossible-foods-burger-misleading-consumers-fda-rejects-claim-that-it-is-safe-for-consumption\">Impossible Burger<\/a>, which includes a genetically modified yeast and GM soy leghemoglobin proteins, 46 of which are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beyond-gm.org\/fda-fake-meat-gmo-burger-may-not-be-safe-to-eat\/\">undisclosed and untested<\/a>, are even more concerning to many consumers than the long-term health effects from glyphosate because of the reported immediate allergic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/livingmaxwell.com\/impossible-foods-burger-misleading-consumers-fda-rejects-claim-that-it-is-safe-for-consumption\">reaction potential<\/a>, which is acknowledged by the manufacturer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moms Across America also points out that while Impossible Foods claims the key ingredient in its fake meat \u2014 leghemoglobin soy \u2014 \u201chas been consumed for hundreds of thousands of years,\u201d Michael Hansen, Ph.D., a senior scientist at Consumers Union (a Consumers Reports division), has stated, \u201cThis is categorically not true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the same article,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/livingmaxwell.com\/impossible-foods-burger-misleading-consumers-fda-rejects-claim-that-it-is-safe-for-consumption\">Living Maxwell<\/a>&nbsp;goes on to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn email to Impossible Foods asking \u2018How could the heme in the Impossible Burger be \u2018identical\u2019 to the heme humans have been consuming for hundreds of thousands of years in meat and other foods if you genetically engineer it?\u2019 has yet to be returned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s more,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/livingmaxwell.com\/impossible-foods-burger-misleading-consumers-fda-rejects-claim-that-it-is-safe-for-consumption\">Living Maxwell<\/a>&nbsp;points out that while the company told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that its soy leghemoglobin was \u201csubstantially similar\u201d to proteins consumed in meat and other vegetables, Impossible Foods now tells customers (on its website) that this GE heme is \u201cidentical\u201d to that found in other foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/ebook-sign-up\/ebook-sign-up-a-letter-to-liberals\/?itm_source=childrenshealthdefense.org&amp;itm_medium=banner&amp;itm_campaign=e-book-liberals\">Download for Free:&nbsp;Robert F. Kennedy&#8217;s New Book \u2014 \u2018A Letter to Liberals\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Just how many GE ingredients does Impossible Burger contain?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moms Across America also warns that GMO soy might not be the only ingredient in the Impossible Burger contributing to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.momsacrossamerica.com\/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate\">glyphosate<\/a>&nbsp;load. Several of the ingredients in its fake meat are also available in GE form (although it\u2019s unknown whether the company is using GE sources for them), and others may be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/non-gmoreport.com\/articles\/grim-reaper-many-food-crops-sprayed-with-weed-killer-before-harvest\/\">desiccated<\/a>&nbsp;(dried) with glyphosate right before harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, any or all of the following ingredients in the Impossible Burger could potentially be GMO and\/or contaminated with glyphosate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026 Soy Protein Concentrate \u2026 Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors \u2026 Potato Protein, Methylcellulose (possibly from cotton),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16233347\">Yeast Extract<\/a>, Cultured Dextrose, Food Starch Modified, Soy Leghemoglobin \u2026 Soy Protein Isolate,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowfoods.com\/now\/nowledge\/vitamin-e-faqs\">Mixed Tocopherols<\/a>&nbsp;(Vitamin E) \u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.non-gmoreport.com\/articles\/oct08\/vitamins_gmo_challenges_for_organic_industry.php\">Thiamine Hydrochloride<\/a>&nbsp;(Vitamin B1),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com\/is-your-vitamin-c-the-real-deal-or-a-gmo-wannabe\/\">Sodium Ascorbate<\/a>&nbsp;(Vitamin C), Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.non-gmoreport.com\/articles\/oct08\/vitamins_gmo_challenges_for_organic_industry.php\">Vitamin B12<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hypothetically, the Impossible Burger may be nearly all GMO, as only four ingredients on its list are unlikely to be GMO: water, coconut oil, zinc gluconate and salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To quote&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentsciencenews.org\/health\/fake-food-fake-meat-big-foods-desperate-attempt-to-further-industrialisation-food\/\">Shiva<\/a>&nbsp;again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecent court cases have showcased the links of Roundup to cancer. With the buildup of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bayers-roundup-woes-send-investors-fleeing-11558266059?mod=hp_lead_pos3\">liabilities<\/a>&nbsp;related to cancer cases, the investments in Roundup Ready GMO soya is blindness to the market. Or the hope that fooling consumers can rescue Bayer\/Monsanto.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meat-simulated products are about profits and control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shiva also points out another \u201contological confusion\u201d relating specifically to the fake meat industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Impossible Foods, the GE yeast-derived \u201cheme\u201d is what makes the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/impossible-foods\/how-our-commitment-to-consumers-and-our-planet-led-us-to-use-gm-soy-23f880c93408\">Impossible Burger<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cdeliver the delicious explosion of flavor and aroma that meat-eating consumers crave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had thought that the plant-based diet was for vegans and vegetarians, not meat lovers,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentsciencenews.org\/health\/fake-food-fake-meat-big-foods-desperate-attempt-to-further-industrialisation-food\/\">Shiva<\/a>&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a fair assumption, no doubt. But what\u2019s really driving the burgeoning fake meat industry is not actually a vegan mindset, rather the ultimate goal is to replace real meat altogether with a patented product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shiva writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIndeed, the promotion of fake foods seems to have more to do with giving new life to the failing GMO agriculture and the Junk Food Industry, and the threat to it from the rising of consciousness and awareness everywhere that organic, local, fresh food is real food which regenerates the planet and our health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is about profits and control. He, and those jumping on the Fake Food Goldrush, have no discernible knowledge, or consciousness about, or compassion for living beings, the web of life, nor the role of living food in weaving that web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTheir sudden awakening to \u2018plant-based diets,\u2019 including GMO soya, is an ontological violation of food as a living system that connects us to the ecosystem and other beings, and indicates ignorance of the diversity of cultures that have used a diversity of plants in their diets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, the rise of fake meat is an attempt at recreating the same global control of the food supply that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/bayer-monsanto-corruption-roundup-weedkiller-cancer-trial-lawsuits\/\">Monsanto<\/a>&nbsp;and others achieved through patented GMO seed development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now they want to do the same thing with animal products, and once-living animals are eliminated and replaced with patented plant-derived alternatives \u2014 just like tradable heirlooms and conventional seeds were replaced with patented seeds you have to pay for each season \u2014 private companies will effectively control the food supply in its entirety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Shiva points out, the rise and massive growth of fake foods will not solve any of our problems, but will \u201caccelerate the rush to collapse\u201d of our food system, ecology, human health and farmers\u2019 livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would add that it will accelerate the elimination of personal freedoms and liberties because he who controls the food controls the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Impossible Foods attacks regenerative farming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I\u2019ve discussed in a previous article, Impossible Foods directly attacks regenerative ranching in its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/impossiblefoods.com\/mission\/2019impact\/\">2019 Impact Report<\/a>, claiming grass-fed cattle ranching generates higher amounts of greenhouse gas emissions than cows raised in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Article\/2019\/06\/12\/Impossible-Foods-unveils-2019-impact-report-Cows-aren-t-getting-any-better-at-making-meat.-We-are?utm_source=newsletter_daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=12-Jun-2019&amp;c=g8zOXZoJ6fenB61PxVQZNjsMJul\">concentrated animal feeding operations<\/a>&nbsp;(CAFOs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is despite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whiteoakpastures.com\/hubfs\/WOP-LCA-Quantis-2019.pdf\">recent evidence<\/a>&nbsp;proving grass-fed ranching actually has net negative emissions after all relevant factors are taken into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a third-party lifecycle&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whiteoakpastures.com\/hubfs\/WOP-LCA-Quantis-2019.pdf\">analysis<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 performed by the very same company that conducted Impossible Burger\u2019s lifecycle analysis \u2014 the carbon footprint of beef from White Oak Pastures (a regenerative farm) is 111% lower than conventional CAFO beef, as the \u201csystem effectively captures soil carbon, offsetting a majority of the emissions related to beef production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All things considered, including enteric emissions, manure emissions, soil carbon capture, vegetation carbon, miscellaneous farm activities, slaughter and transport, the total net carbon emissions from the beef production on White Oak Pastures were found to be a negative 3.5 kilos (kg) of carbon emissions per kilo of fresh meat, making this integrated, holistic system six times more carbon efficient than the average CAFO production model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Impossible Foods\u2019 soy-based fake meat is still a carbon emitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2019\/06\/19\/impossible-foods-and-regenerative-grazers-face-off-in-a-carbon-farming-dust-up\/\">Civil Eats<\/a>, while grass-fed beef has a net carbon sink of 3.5 kg per kg of fresh meat, conventional soybeans produce 2 kg of carbon emissions for each kg of food, and pea protein (which Beyond Burger uses for its meat substitute) produces 4 kg of carbon for every kg of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So just how can fake meat be considered a more environmentally sound alternative than regenerative farming?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to still being a carbon emitter, GMO soy does nothing to regenerate and build soils, nothing to protect our insect and wildlife population, nothing to increase plant diversity and nothing to improve the human health of consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the contrary, corn and soy, both conventional and GMO, are eliminating grasslands across the U.S. at the \u201cfastest pace since the 1930s,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2013\/02\/20\/biofuel-craze-wiping-out-americas-grasslands-at-fastest-rate-since-the-dust-bowl\/?utm_term=.dd600bd51408\">The Washington Post<\/a>&nbsp;reported back in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This conversion of grasslands and prairies into mono-crop farm fields may actually be among the very worst environmental impacts of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As noted in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Environment\/2019\/0614\/Habitat-meets-profit-as-ranchers-restore-native-prairies\">Christian Science Monitor<\/a>, prairie restoration (which is part of the regenerative agriculture model) \u201cimproves water retention and sequesters carbon in the soil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Understanding the scalability of regenerative agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When confronted with the discrepancy and asked for a comment, an Impossible Foods spokesperson told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2019\/06\/19\/impossible-foods-and-regenerative-grazers-face-off-in-a-carbon-farming-dust-up\/\">Civil Eats<\/a>&nbsp;they are \u201ctrying to raise awareness that grass-fed, extensive production is simply not scalable.\u201d Aside from sidestepping the question, this claim isn\u2019t firmly rooted in reality, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White Oaks Pastures owner Will Harris told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2019\/06\/19\/impossible-foods-and-regenerative-grazers-face-off-in-a-carbon-farming-dust-up\/\">Civil Eats<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhite Oak Pastures will never be a multinational corporation. There will never be a truly regenerative, humane, fair farm that will scale to a national level \u2014 much less multinational. Instead, every rural county in all 50 states should have a White Oak Pastures or two. That\u2019s the way it used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, one must not confuse regenerative agriculture with the industrial agriculture model where a small number of companies are producing a majority of the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The regenerative model requires an increase in the number of farms, not an increase in the number of cattle raised per farm. This has civil and local community benefits as well that are difficult to put a real price tag on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to Impossible Foods\u2019 baseless attack on regenerative agriculture, Harris has issued an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/press\/rancher-refutes-impossible-burger-criticisms-regenerative-grazing?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=engagingnetworks&amp;utm_campaign=OB+627&amp;utm_content=OB+627\">open invitation<\/a>&nbsp;to Impossible Foods\u2019 officials to visit his farm to get a thorough understanding of how regenerative grazing actually works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fertilizer industry is a major emitter of methane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In related news,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elementascience.org\/article\/10.1525\/elementa.358\/\">recent research<\/a>&nbsp;has also found the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender_category\/big-chemical\/\">fertilizer industry<\/a>&nbsp;in the U.S. emits a whopping 29 gigagrams of methane per year \u2014 over 100 times more methane than previous industry estimates at 0.2 gigagrams per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emissions from the fertilizer industry alone are also three times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) estimate for all methane-producing industries combined, which it claims produces 8 gigagrams of methane per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason for such high methane emissions by the fertilizer industry is because it uses natural gas (which is largely methane).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-author John Albertson told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/fertilizer-methane-emissions-100-times-higher\/60029\/\">New Atlas<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe took one small industry that most people have never heard of and found that its methane emissions were three times higher than the EPA assumed was emitted by all industrial production in the United States. It shows us that there\u2019s a huge gap between a priori estimates and real-world measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[N]atural gas is largely methane, which molecule-per-molecule has a stronger global warming potential than carbon dioxide. The presence of substantial emissions or leaks anywhere along the supply chain could make natural gas a more significant contributor to climate change than previously thought.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Diet is a determining factor for health and longevity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone delusional enough to believe they can live a long, healthy life sustained by synthetic chemicals,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/fda-tests-pesticide-residues-us-food-samples-cg\/\">toxic grains<\/a>&nbsp;(conventional or GMO grains contaminated with pesticides and herbicides) and fake meat derived from said toxic grains is likely to, sooner or later, get a rude awakening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While one may argue indefinitely over what type of diet is best, there\u2019s simply no argument that real food is better for the human body than a synthetic and toxic one. Any claim to the contrary can safely be disregarded as a PR ploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, if you care about your health and well-being, you simply need to make real food a high priority. To get started, consider the following guidelines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Focus on raw, fresh foods and avoid as many processed foods as possible (if it comes in a can, bottle or package and has a list of ingredients, it\u2019s processed).<\/li><li>Replace&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/drinking-soda-hot-day-damage-kidneys-diabetes-heart-disease-cola\/\">sodas<\/a>&nbsp;and other sweetened beverages with pure, filtered water.<\/li><li>Shop around the perimeter of the grocery store where most of the whole foods reside, such as meat, fruits,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/cruciferous-vegetables-broccoli-compound-sulforaphane-cola\/\">vegetables<\/a>, eggs and cheese. Not everything around the perimeter is healthy, but you\u2019ll avoid many of the ultra-processed foods this way.<\/li><li>Vary the whole foods you purchase and the way you eat them. For instance, carrots and peppers are tasty dipped in organic hummus. You get the crunch of the vegetable and smooth texture of the hummus to satisfy your taste, your brain and your physical health.<\/li><li>Stress creates a physical craving for fats and sugar that may drive your addictive, stress-eating behavior. If you can recognize when you\u2019re getting stressed and find another means of relieving the emotion, your eating habits will likely improve.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Emotional Freedom Techniques can help reduce your perceived stress, change your eating habits around stress and help you create new, healthier eating habits that support your long-term health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Originally published by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercola.com\/\">Mercola<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/suggest-a-correction\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/suggest-a-correction\/\">SUGGEST A CORRECTION<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-06-at-12.15.23-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Dr. Joseph Mercola's avatar\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/authors\/dr-joseph-mercola\/\">Dr. Joseph Mercola<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of Mercola.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"399\" src=\"http:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/g.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/g.png 345w, https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/g-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/g-268x310.png 268w, https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/g-91x105.png 91w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption>GMO Monster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GMO Monster @<a href=\" https:\/\/whatseatingyoukid.club\"> https:\/\/whatseatingyoukid.club<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Impossible Burger is made of GMO soy, which has been shown to cause organ damage in\u00a0animal studies\u00a0and has been shown to be significantly different from non-GMO\u00a0soy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[751,750,268,752],"tags":[41,753,155,153,623,296],"class_list":["post-3786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fake-meat","category-glyphosate","category-gmo","category-vegan","tag-cancer","tag-fake-meat","tag-glyphosate","tag-gmo","tag-soy","tag-vegan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3787,"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions\/3787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fitadelphia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}