Common genetically modifed foods

Robyn O'Brien, Author of The Unhealthy Truth, explains the foods that are most likely to contain genetically-modified ingredients to help parents avoid feeding their kids GMOs
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Common genetically modifed foods

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Where are these genetically-modified food found? Well, they are found most likely in processed foods. As I was learning about this, I was truly stunned. I mean, nobody was aware that these ingredients had been quietly introduced into our food supply. And so as any concerned mother, as any concerned citizen, I started to look. And now it is estimated that 80% of processed foods contain these genetically-engineered ingredients. Primarily, they are derived from corn, soy, canola oil, and sugar beets, which are increasingly used to sweeten our foods. And so if you can really make a concerted effort, when you're looking at the ingredients in any of the processed food that you buy, if you are trying to avoid these genetically engineered ingredients, it is primarily in the corn, the soy, the canola, and the sugar beets.

Robyn O'Brien, Author of The Unhealthy Truth, explains the foods that are most likely to contain genetically-modified ingredients to help parents avoid feeding their kids GMOs

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Robyn O'Brien

Author, The Unhealthy Truth

Robyn O'Brien is recognized by Teri Hatcher, Kourtney Kardashian, Kristen Bell and moms around the world.  She has been called “food’s Erin Brockovich” by The New York Times and has been named by SHAPE Magazine as a “Women To Shape the World”, by Forbes Woman as one of “20 Inspiring Women to Follow on Twitter,” and by The Discovery Channel as one of its 15 Top Visionaries. She is a former food industry analyst, author, mother of four and the founder of AllergyKids Foundation. Robyn graduated as the top woman in her class from business school before working as a financial analyst that covered the food industry. She is regarded as an expert on children’s health policy.  She has appeared on CNN, The Dr Oz show, Today Show, Good Morning America, CNBC's Kudlow Report, Fox News and the Ricki Lake Show and has appeared in several documentary films, including Food Patriots, Unacceptable Levels, Genetic Roulette.  

Robyn’s work has been recognized by individuals such as Yoko Ono, Robert Kennedy Jr., Ted Turner and Prince Charles. She is the founder of the visionary organization allergykidsfoundation.org which is focused on restoring the integrity of the food supply and the health of children, the author of The Unhealthy Truth (Random House 2010) and her work is seen in Food, Inc. filmmaker Robert Kenner’s 2012 video, Labels Matter, and in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

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