(Community Matters) A food allergy is when our body sees food proteins as foreign and launches an inflammatory response to drive out that foreign invader. Is there something foreign about our food today?
From 1997 until 2002, there’s been a doubling of the peanut allergy. 1 out of 17 kids under 3 now have a food allergy, and there’s been a 265% increase in hospitalization related to food reactions. Beginning in the 1990s, new proteins were engineered into our food supply. No human trials were conducted to confirm safety. Governments around the world didn’t allow until proven safe; the US allows until proven unsafe. USA now has the highest rate of cancer in the world – in breast cancer, only 1 of 10 incidences are genetic.
Presentation from 2011 TEDxAustin
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