Staying away from common GMO foods

Gigi Lee Chang, CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World, shares advice for parents on the most common foods with GMO's and what to do to help your family avoid them
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Staying away from common GMO foods

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About 75% of all foods contain some genetically modified ingredients. The most common genetically modified plants are corn, soy canola cotton seed oil and also it is important to look out for famine, because they are fed genetically modified grain. In terms of avoiding GMO's when you are out and try to feed your family. I think if you are eating out, avoid fast food because the many of the fast foods have GMO's and they are not going to label it and they are not going to tell you, hey these hamburgers have GMO's in it. Look for whole foods, where possible and If you can, try to choose organic because by definition organic is GMO free. And then in terms of produce, look for organic, so when you are shopping you see the little PLU's stickers. Look for the number 9 which means it’s in the organic produce and with regard to beef choose grass fed, because again traditional conventional beef is fed grains that often can be genetically modified. In terms of Sea food, look for wild fish especially Salmon again they are fed genetically modified grain.

Gigi Lee Chang, CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World, shares advice for parents on the most common foods with GMO's and what to do to help your family avoid them

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Gigi Lee Chang

Former CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World

Gigi Lee Chang is the CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World, a national non-profit organization which empowers parents to protect their children from harmful chemicals. She is a frequent speaker on various topics, including children’s health, food and nutrition, as well as socially conscious/sustainable business practices and entrepreneurship and was awarded “Brand Innovator 2008” and “2010” by Brand Packaging. In addition, Gigi has been featured in over 250 national and regional media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, MORE magazine, Yogi Times, KIWI Magazine, Cookie, Parenting, OK! Weekly, Celebrity Baby Blog, TODAY Show, Newsweek and Time Out New York Kids. Gigi is also the Founder of Plum Organics and on the advisory boards of Environmental Media Association (EMA), Pregnancy Awareness Month (PAM), International Baby Planners Association (IBPA) as well as Friends of Baby Buggy.

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About 75% of all foods contain some genetically modified ingredients. The most common genetically modified plants are corn, soy canola cotton seed oil and also it is important to look out for famine, because they are fed genetically modified grain. In terms of avoiding GMO's when you are out and try to feed your family. I think if you are eating out, avoid fast food because the many of the fast foods have GMO's and they are not going to label it and they are not going to tell you, hey these hamburgers have GMO's in it. Look for whole foods, where possible and If you can, try to choose organic because by definition organic is GMO free. And then in terms of produce, look for organic, so when you are shopping you see the little PLU's stickers. Look for the number 9 which means it’s in the organic produce and with regard to beef choose grass fed, because again traditional conventional beef is fed grains that often can be genetically modified. In terms of Sea food, look for wild fish especially Salmon again they are fed genetically modified grain.