GMO Foods, Gut Health, and the Hidden Pathway to Chronic Illness Since the publication of his best-selling book Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating, Jeffrey M. Smith has emerged as one of the most prominent voices calling for a global reassessment—and potential halt—of genetically engineered (GE) food technology. Through his organization, the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), Smith has documented thousands of anecdotal reports from individuals whose health improved after eliminating genetically modified (GM) foods from their diets, often on the recommendation of their healthcare providers. Some people reported improvements within days; for others, benefits unfolded gradually over four to six weeks. Reported Health Improvements After Removing GM Foods To date, more than 3,000 individuals have reported improvement in 28 different conditions, including: Digestive disorde…

About one in 23 men and one in 25 women in the US will develop colon cancer during their lifetimes.  Although using colonoscopies to find and remove cancerous polyps has reduced the overall death rate from colon cancer, among people younger than age 55, deaths from colon cancer have increased 2 percent per year from 2007 and 2016. Could there be a relationship between colon cancer and the observation that almost all Americans are deficient in fiber?  We think so. So did a group of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, who joined forces with the University of KwaZulu in rural Africa to compare the diets of African Americans and rural Africans.  African Americans have especially high rates of colon cancer, 13 times higher than rural Africans; and the researchers hypothesized that the rural Africans’ high-fiber, low-fat diets had something to do with this. To test their ideas, the researchers compared the diets and also the microbiota (gut bugs) of a…