Are foods that have been genetically altered safe?
Ayurveda recommends foods that are alive with “chetana” – nature’s own intelligence. The Council of Maharishi Ayurveda Physicians suggests eating foods that are as close to their “natural” state as possible, to benefit from their “chetana” value. Total Health News recently had the opportunity to speak with Laura Ticciati, the founder and director of Mothers for Natural Law, a nonprofit organization that educates the public on the dangers of genetic engineering. She and her husband, Robin, are authors of the groundbreaking book, Genetically Engineered Foods: Are they Safe? You Decide, (Keats/NTC publishing). Q: What exactly is a genetically engineered food? A: Genes are the building blocks of all living organisms — they make an apple an apple and a fish a fish. A GE food is created by isolating and cutting out the genes from different organisms and inserting them into a food crop. Using this technology, scientists can combine the genes of two completely unrelated species, such as a fis
