Grocery Shopping for Better Health- How to Avoid GMO Corn

This is my last bit about corn, for now. I want to make sure that I am giving not only the info on why it is best to avoid corn products but also how to avoid them. That's what is really important; the practical and doable information. About one third of the commodity corn (that's the inedible corn I talked about previously) is made into ethanol and the rest goes into our food in one way or another. Neither of these options is a good one; growing corn for ethanol has it's own problems and eating it is not doing us any good. About half of the corn used for food is fed to livestock. The animals eat the tasteless, nutritionally void, genetically modified corn and then we eat them. The rest of the corn is made into high fructose corn syrup as well as other edible corn products. To make things simple here is a list of things to avoid when you go to the grocery store.

Non-organic, grain fed meat

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

Corn syrup

Maltodextrin

Dextrose

Sorbitol

Corn oil (used by fast food joints)

Corn starch

Corn meal

Maize

POP

If you are very allergic to corn these products may contain corn:

Glucose

Fructose

Baking powder and confectioners sugar (may have corn starch added)

Starch

Mannitol

Xylitol

Lactic acid

Caramel colour

Vanilla extract (may be sweetened with corn)

Vegetable broth, vegetable gum, vegetable starch etc. (the vegetable may be corn)

When choosing to eat corn in other forms like popcorn, tacos, polenta, tortilla chips, etc choose certified organic to ensure that the corn is not genetically modified and is not sprayed with chemicals. They really load the chemicals onto non-organic corn.

Basically the more you get away from buying prepackaged foods the more questionable ingredients you avoid. Making food from whole and natural ingredients is the best for your body and mind and the planet. Get more ideas with my recipes at http://www.ahealthierme.ca/rahm.htm

Don't let this scare you but do let knowledge change the way you look at food. What is more important than your health? Yes the organic corn may cost more but what good are you if you are getting sick all the time, have no energy and are all stressed out? Eating healthy is vital to being healthy. Please do your best and feed your body with all the goodness it deserves. Think about everything that your body does for you after all. It's truly amazing how the human body works, don't you think it deserves the best we can give it?

Something to think about...