Genetically Engineered Foods To Eat Or Not To Eat?

1 Genetically Engineered Foods - To Eat or Not to Eat? Most people try to make healthy choices when it comes to food we eat. They stud y nutrition labels very carefully. They look for food that has more fiber and less sugar. They know all about ad d itives. They try to avoid high fructose corn syrup. But people d ont really think how many of genetically mod ified components all those healthy (and not so healthy) food s contain. Cereal they eat for breakfast and whole grain crackers they snack on most likely have genetically mod ified organisms, or GMO. As the world s population grows rapid ly, world wid e agricultural prod uction need s to be d oubled or even tripled . This is not possible without the use of transgenic method s, which speed the process of the selection of cultivated plants, increase crop capacity, and lower the price of food . Sound s great, d oesnt it? On the other hand , there is potential risk for the planet and peoples health. Not so great. For the last twenty years, the prod uction of GMO has increased significantly. GMO supporters assert that genetically engineered