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Why "GMO Free" is a Marketing Ploy You Shouldn't Fall For

A lot of companies are changing their recipes to remove genetically modified organisms and "unnatural" ingredients, and plenty of customers think that's great news. But these moves play more on irrational fear than they do on actual science, and basing all your food choices on avoiding "unnatural" ingredients may not be as healthy as you'd think.
 
You can read more about the haphazard case against GMOs in this recent takedown by Slate, but here's the gist: To label "GMOs" as being universally safe or unsafe is misguided. They're not a kind of food. Genetic modification is a way of making food -- and one that's been used, in various forms, for many years and to great success.
 
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