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One of the many startling revelations in Jeffrey Smith’s timely documentary Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives is just how striking the parallel is between the rise in digestive disorders and the rise in foods containing genetically modified organisms over the last two decades.
According to the film, digestive disorders have skyrocketed since GMOs have entered the food supply: irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, chronic constipation, gastrointestinal infections, Crohn’s disease, leaky gut syndrome and acid reflux have all seen sharp inclines in the last two decades, as has the incidence of gluten intolerance and Celiac’s disease.
One of the likely culprits, suggest Smith is the Bt toxin (Bacillus thuringiensis), registered with the EPA as a pesticide, making the plants (primarily corn and cotton) expressing the bacteria, pesticides as well. The Bt toxin effectively kills insects by exploding their stomachs by poking holes in cells. While scientists for the biotech industry have said the human digestive process destroys any traces of Bt toxins left in our food, the continuing rise in digestive disorders including gluten intolerance suggests otherwise. Smith also cites a 2011 study conducted by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre in Quebec, Canada that found Bt toxins in the blood of 93 percent of pregnant women and 80 percent of unborn babies, a condition that would not be possible if the digestive process destroyed the toxin, as the industry suggests.D
Do GMOs Cause Gluten Intolerance? - Organic Authority
According to the film, digestive disorders have skyrocketed since GMOs have entered the food supply: irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, chronic constipation, gastrointestinal infections, Crohn’s disease, leaky gut syndrome and acid reflux have all seen sharp inclines in the last two decades, as has the incidence of gluten intolerance and Celiac’s disease.
One of the likely culprits, suggest Smith is the Bt toxin (Bacillus thuringiensis), registered with the EPA as a pesticide, making the plants (primarily corn and cotton) expressing the bacteria, pesticides as well. The Bt toxin effectively kills insects by exploding their stomachs by poking holes in cells. While scientists for the biotech industry have said the human digestive process destroys any traces of Bt toxins left in our food, the continuing rise in digestive disorders including gluten intolerance suggests otherwise. Smith also cites a 2011 study conducted by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre in Quebec, Canada that found Bt toxins in the blood of 93 percent of pregnant women and 80 percent of unborn babies, a condition that would not be possible if the digestive process destroyed the toxin, as the industry suggests.D
Do GMOs Cause Gluten Intolerance? - Organic Authority
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