: Avoid carbs if you want to lose weight.
Cutting carbohydrates (carbs) might help you lose weight in the short term, but it’s mostly because you are eating less food and fewer calories. The best weight-loss plan is one you can…
: Late-night snacking will make you gain weight.
Late-night snacking can lead to weight gain, but it’s not because of the time on the clock. For most people, after-dinner snacking can lead to eating more calories than your body needs…
Everyone should eat a gluten-free diet.
A gluten-free diet is the only healthy way of eating for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, but unless you have celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity, or you are allergic…
Gmo seed makers force farmers to use their seeds.
FACT: FARMERS IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD CHOOSE WHAT SEEDS TO USE AND WHAT CROPS TO GROW. MANY CHOOSE GMOS BECAUSE THEY CAN STAND UP TO EXTREME WEATHER AND PESTS.[14] Farmers…
‘Non-GMO’ means that the food has not been genetically modified.
Virtually all modern day crops have been genetically modified — even the ones that are labeled “non-GMO.” While GMO does stand for “Genetically Modified Organism,” this term is misleading because it is…
GMOs can’t occur naturally like the other types of genetic modification can.
Contrary to popular belief, GMOs, or transgenic crops, actually can occur naturally. Whether a crop has been genetically modified with or without human intervention tells you precisely nothing about the safety of…
GMOs can change your DNA when you consume them and can cause cancer.
Just as the genes in a banana don’t alter your DNA when you eat a banana, the genes in GMOs do not alter your DNA when you consume them either. Our digestive…
Every food at the grocery store is GMO unless it has a non-GMO label.
There are only 10 GMO crops on the market in the U.S. The non-GMO label is a voluntary label that companies pay for. If a product does not have the non-GMO label,…
GMOs are a plot by Monsanto to sell more pesticides and to control the seed market with their patented seeds
There are many different GMOs that were developed to exhibit various traits, and Monsanto (now Bayer) is just one of many companies that sells GMO seeds. The argument always seems to arise…
Seed companies sue farmers if GMOs blow into their fields.
This has never actually happened. Seed companies can sue for knowingly using their seeds without licensing agreements or for saving seeds despite signing a technology agreement that restricts farmers from saving part…
