True, but simply saying that we shouldn't eat any plant (grain) that an insect won't eat is a much broader statement, and covers plants with naturally occurring defenses.
Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > On Nov 8, 2014, at 12:28 PM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch > <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > That is true Eric but you are comparing apples to oranges. I was referring > to GMO. A GMO or genetically modified organism is created by merging the DNA > from different species to create an organism; plant, animal, bacteria or > virus which cannot be produced in nature or through traditional crossbreeding. > > Matt > >> On Saturday, November 8, 2014 11:06:29 AM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: >> There are many plants that have naturally developed toxins so that insects >> won’t eat them. A plant “that even a bug has the sense not to eat” isn’t >> necessarily bad. >> >> —Eric “Not Genetically Modified” N >> >> P.S. Many insects have themselves developed toxins that make them >> unpalatable to other insects. Monarch butterfly, for example. >> >>> On Nov 7, 2014, at 10:07 PM, 'hangtownmatt' via RBW Owners Bunch >>> <rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Friday, November 7, 2014 6:09:30 AM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>>> The grain of today is not the grain of Jesus or Joseph. It has been >>>> selectively bread to withstand bugs and blights and climates, which means >>>> more grows for the same effort, at the price of anti-nutrients that can >>>> wreak havoc on health. >>> >>> And to take this a step further what about Genetically Modified Organisms >>> (GMO)? Sure, this can help to avoid pesticides, but why should I eat >>> grains that even a bug has the sense to NOT eat? I am in no way a Paleo >>> (or whatever they call themselves) but this bothers me to no end. >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
