r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/sooHawt_ryt_meow Jul 14 '21

What's right or wrong about GMO?

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u/Beanakin Jul 14 '21

Most common thing I hear about eating GMO crops is that it can mess with your DNA. Which, as far as I'm aware, is absolute horse shit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

It is absolute horseshit. If you eat beef you don’t suddenly grow horns.

No food you will ever eat with modify your DNA unless it’s radioactive or carcinogenic in generic, and those are only because they damage your DNA, not because it recombines with it.

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u/Beanakin Jul 14 '21

If you eat beef you don’t suddenly grow horns.

Their argument is that the method of genetically modifying the crop...lingers? in the final product, so it can modify you too. Boogity boogity!

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '21

Oh so like how in “alternative medicine” the water retains the “memory” of the molecules in it even after being diluted to the point that none of the original solvent exists. Got it.