Re: soy is NOT real food - more evidence


"TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> http://www.rense.com/general68/rats.htm
>
> Most Offspring Died
> When Mother Rats
> Ate GM Soy
> By Jeffrey M. Smith
> Author of Seeds of Deception
> GMWatch.com
> 10-31-5
>
> The Russian scientist planned a simple experiment to see if eating
> genetically modified (GM) soy might influence offspring. What she got,
> however, was an astounding result that may threaten a multi-billion
> dollar industry.
>
> Irina Ermakova, a leading scientist at the Institute of Higher Nervous
> Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS),
> added GM soy flour (5-7 grams) to the diet of female rats. Other
> females were fed non-GM soy or no soy at all. The experimental diet
> began two weeks before the rats conceived and continued through
> pregnancy and nursing.
>
> Ermakova's first surprise came when her pregnant rats started giving
> birth. Some pups from GM-fed mothers were quite a bit smaller. After 2
> weeks, 36% of them weighed less than 20 grams compared to about 6% from
> the other groups (see photo below).
>
> But the real shock came when the rats started dying. Within three
> weeks, 25 of the 45 (55.6%) rats from the GM soy group died compared to
> only 3 of 33 (9%) from the non-GM soy group and 3 of 44 (6.8%) from the
> non-soy controls.
>
> *****
>
> Combined Soy group - 28 deaths total from a population of 78 = 35.9%
>
> Non Soy group - 3 deaths for a population of 44 = 6.8%
>
> You cannot visually tell the difference between GM and non-GM soybeans.
>
> I would avoid all soy, since they are not real food anyways.

Nope, you should not massage the data that way.
Here are the actual findings:
55.6% of the GM soy fed group died.
9% of the non-GM soy group died.
6.8% of non-soy group died.

This makes a strong case for not eating
GM soy. It does not make a case for not
eating soy.

GWC



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