Are YOU Genetically Modified?

The best way to avoid Genetically Modified foods at your grocery store, is to know which ingredients are likely to be genetically modified.

  Dairy/Eggs Unless the label says "organic" or rBST-free, everything in the dairy case probably contains milk from cows injected with rBST, a genetically modified hormone.

  Meat Genetically modified corn and soy are so prevalent in the US that almost everything in the meat case comes from animals fed GM crops.

Fresh Produce Watch out for genetically modified sweet corn!

  Cereals Unless they're organic, cereals probably included GM ingredients, mainly high-fructose corn syrup and other corn products. Be careful choosing "natural" cereals - that doesn't really mean non-GMO.

  Cookies/Rice/Beans You're fairly safe here (as far as genetic modification goes), but be careful about "heat-and-eat" pasta meals (which you should avoid anyway) that include GM ingredients.

  Ice Cream/Frozen Prepared Meals Unless labeled organic, these are pretty much guaranteed to have GM ingredients like corn, soy products, and even GM beet sugar.

  Oils/Fats/Shortenings Olive oil in non-GMO. However, any "vegetable oil" (corn, soybean, and canola) is usually genetically modified. Solid shortening is no better in this case, unless you rendered it yourself from your own animals/plants.

  Condiments/Prepared Foods ALL of these things contain genetically modified soy, corn, and/or canola, unless they're labeled organic.

  Breads/Crackers Almost ALL bread from your grocery store is made with corn syrup and soy-based ingredients. So, I'd say avoid them all-together....but more on that thought next time. ...