Who are the people who support GMOs and who are against them? Are GMOs good or bad?

This article is based on answering similar questions from netizens.

Simply put, people who support GMOs have a little more scientific literacy than those who blindly oppose them. This scientific literacy means that they know that eating pork will not turn you into a pig, eating dog meat will not turn you into a dog, eating mutton will not turn you into a sheep, and eating corn will not turn you into corn.

Because they know that the food we eat every day contains countless genes, from pigs, cows, corn, and cabbage. These genes are not our nutrition, but what genes can produce what things. Even things grown through genetic modification are still rich in various nutrients, such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, starch, sugar, vitamins, trace elements, etc.

The reversed people think they are smarter

Because they think they are smarter than others, those who oppose GMOs are a little worried that some other genes have been transferred into GMOs, and these genes will be harmful. In fact, these ideas are as stupid as eating pork will turn you into a pig, and eating dog meat will turn you into a dog. This is the scientific literacy that anti-GMO people lack, or they are just being clever.

With these ideas in mind, these people became more and more indignant. They held high the banner of patriotism, love for the people and love for future generations, and did their best to curse in the streets. While cursing, they threw dirty water on those who supported GMOs, calling them traitors, traitors to the country, bribe-takers, and those who did shady things. Some even cursed people's ancestors for eighteen generations. It proves that they can curse anything you can think of or not.

But despite the scolding, they still eat and drink, and they are all fat and strong, and they have not turned into pigs or dogs. When they go to the market to buy vegetables, they must buy those with worm eyes, and those that are crooked, cracked, and burnt. They believe that those must be original and organic. They therefore believe that it is because they do not eat genetically modified food that they will not turn into pigs or dogs.

In fact, there are no genetically modified vegetables for sale in the vegetable market now. So far, China has not approved the import of several products or the planting of several varieties, which are mainly concentrated in crops such as rapeseed, corn, soybeans, cotton, and papaya. Therefore, those anti-GM vegetables people keep "admonishing" or "teaching" people how to buy vegetables, buy this and not buy that. Apart from being smart and making a fuss, they are also deceiving themselves and spreading rumors to confuse the public.

In fact, anti-GMO activists still eat a lot of GMOs

When they go to the supermarket to buy oil or other foods, they always look carefully to see if they have non-GMO or organic labels, fearing that they might have bought genetically modified foods. They arrogantly believe that they have not eaten genetically modified foods, but in fact they have no idea how much genetically modified foods they have inadvertently eaten.

For example, when you go to a restaurant to eat, they are not obligated to tell you whether the oil used is genetically modified, whether the corn is genetically modified, whether the soybeans are genetically modified, whether the milk is squeezed from cows fed with genetically modified feed, whether the eggs are laid by chickens fed with genetically modified feed, and whether the chicken, duck, pork, beef, and mutton are raised with genetically modified feed.

Also, the main ingredients of the food you buy may not be genetically modified, but what about the ingredients? Do the oil, eggs, and meat used contain genetically modified ingredients? Manufacturers are not obliged to label them, because the country has never banned the sale and use of legal genetically modified products.

Therefore, I now tell my friends who are against GMOs that no matter how much you oppose GMOs, you cannot cross the hurdle of GMOs in your life, and you must have eaten a lot of GMO foods. But you can argue and insist that you have never eaten them. You can say that you have tested and proved yourself in the simplest way: eating pork turns you into a pig, eating eggs turns you into a chicken, and eating milk turns you into a cow. Now that you have not changed, it proves that you have not eaten them.

So, is biological genetic modification really harmful to the human body?

In fact, the reason is very simple. The biggest difference between living things and non-living things is that each living thing contains specific genes, and it is these genes that ensure the reproduction and inheritance of this living thing. Genes exist in every cell of a living thing. Therefore, in theory, as long as the science and technology are advanced enough, it is possible to use a cell of a living thing to copy this living thing. The scientific name is "cloning".

The so-called genetic modification now uses human knowledge of genes to change genes at the molecular level to make certain organisms more adaptable to human needs. The main method is gene editing, just like editing movie films to make the movie smoother and more beautiful. The difference is that genes are extremely microscopic molecular things, which require various high-tech means.

Since the birth of life, there have been billions of years of evolutionary history. In this long evolutionary history, it is mainly the continuous changes in genes that have made organisms have the various forms they have today. Of course, this kind of evolutionary gene change is a slow change in nature, while the current genetic modification is a rapid artificial change. Their ways of change are different, but the purpose is the same, which is to be more adaptable to survival. Artificial additions are more adaptable to human needs.

The so-called genetic modification is to analyze the genes of certain organisms and cut out certain gene fragments in the biological gene chain that are not conducive to growth or are bad, and insert gene fragments such as drought resistance, cold resistance, lodging resistance, disease and pest resistance, etc., and also add gene fragments for high yield, taste change, and increase of certain nutrients. The biological products obtained in this way will be more suitable for human requirements, and some can even supplement certain nutritional deficiencies in humans and prevent the occurrence of certain diseases.

Whether anything we eat is good for the body or contains toxins or adverse effects depends mainly on the nutrients and elements in it. The so-called gene is just a genetic code hidden in the cells of organisms. It is only responsible for the production of certain nutrients, but cannot replace certain elements. When any crop is genetically modified, the nutrition and substances contained in the fruit of the crop will be analyzed, and through genetic modification technology, it will produce more elements that are beneficial to the human body.

Therefore, when people eat genetically modified foods, they use the nutrients in them instead of retaining the genes. Any substance that enters the human gastrointestinal tract is converted into substances that can be absorbed by the human body and is absorbed, while the unnecessary substances are discharged as waste.

Therefore, genetically modified products are essentially safer, more nutritious, taste better, and look better than conventional varieties. How could they be harmful?

Safety of genetically modified foods

There is another naive fallacy among anti-GM food advocates, that is, even if GM food has been tested for safety, it does not count because it has not been tested for a long time. How long is this long time? Some people think that just because it is okay to eat it now does not mean it will be okay in the future, which means that 100 years or 1,000 years cannot prove that it is okay. Isn't this nonsense? According to this logic, humans have been eating pork and eggs for thousands of years, so who knows if there will be any problems in 10,000 years?

Of course, genetic modification technology itself is neither good nor bad. Good people can use this technology to do good things, and bad people can also use this technology to do bad things. For example, someone can maliciously destroy the good genes in a certain organism and add some harmful genes to make the organism unable to grow normally or die. But these have nothing to do with whether genetically modified food can be eaten. A simple truth is that kitchen knives can kill people and toothpicks can blind people's eyes. Will people no longer use kitchen knives and toothpicks?

Based on the safety of genetically modified technology, strict supervision is necessary. my country is one of the countries with the strictest supervision on genetically modified organisms in the world. It implements a strict access and supervision system for all imported genetically modified products and the development and utilization of genetically modified planting and breeding. Under such supervision, there are only benefits and no harm in eating genetically modified foods.

So I say that people who support GMOs have a little more scientific literacy, that is, they know that eating pork will not turn you into a pig. People who oppose GMOs also eat a lot of pork, which contains countless pig genes, but they have not turned into pigs. Moreover, the pigs and sheep they eat are raised with GMO feed, and they have eaten nothing. If they understand this, they will have some scientific literacy and will not oppose GMOs.

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