GMOs, or genetically modified foods, have been making their way into our food supply since the 1990s without any indications on labels. If you think you have been eating only "natural" food to avoid this, you may be mistaken.

Labeling is a main issue, both for consumers that want the facts and the companies that want to hide the facts, and rightly so, as how do we know what we are eating if it is not clearly labeled. In the USA and around the world, consumers are wanting to know more about what foods contain GE (genetically engineered) elements but are being stone-walled by some food companies (usually the largest ones) and a lack of hard legislation.

Over the last 15 years, controversy and protests have swirled around genetically engineered foods. In 2001, in an act of frustration, citizens in 10 cities across America partook in a guerrilla action by going to the nearest large grocery store and slapping their own warning labels on foods suspected of containing genetically engineered ingredients.

But it is not the stores that are averse to labeling, it is the companies that produce or distribute the food, as they know from research that people will think twice about buying the food or reject it altogether. In general, it is the large food companies that are using the GE foods, so if you can't remember who does and who doesn't use them, go for the smaller companies that are certified organic.

For a large list of companies that do and do not use GMOs, try here:
http://www.truefoodnow.org/shoppersguide/guide_printable.html
and here: http://www.safe-food.org/-consumer/brands.html

It is estimated that about a third of the corn grown in the US is GE. Although most is designated for animal feed, GE corn is making its way into our food supply unannounced.

If you eat rice, watch out for a new product released in 2005 called Golden Rice. Although it has more vitamins and minerals in it than regular rice, it is a bio-engineered product. In 2006, a study showed supplies of long-grain rice in the US had become inadvertently contaminated with a genetically engineered variety not approved for human consumption.

Increasingly large numbers of pharmaceuticals are produced using GMOs. This may not seem like an issue at first, but a study done in The UK in 2002 revealed that genetically modified DNA material was found in bacteria inside the stomach of those who had consumed the food. Because these crops have antibiotic-resistant marker genes inserted into them, this may be the clue as to why antibiotics do not work with some people with illness -- they have superbugs in their system mutated by the GE DNA that resist the treatment.

Aside from the direct impact on our bodies, there is another area that is of great concern: the environment. Cross-pollination is a major problem. Pollen can be dispersed in areas up to 13 miles by wind, animals, and insects, causing mutated natural flora, like "super-weeds" and more resilient insect pests. Then birds and animals feed on the plants. In addition to this, GMO plants are customized to resist amounts of fertilizer so that they can put MORE on them. This drains off and causes more pollution, of course, as well as changing the healthy bacteria content in the soil, affecting fertility.

Unfortunately, right now we the people are left to discern for ourselves what to put into our bodies as it seems that companies who are not forced to will not comply with specific labeling. To this point, I called the Hidden Valley company, makers of one of my favorite ranch dressings, and asked them if they use GMO soybean in their product. Their answer (crafted by lawyers no doubt): "Not to our knowledge." That's nice. I asked them to let me know when they know for sure.

I asked Kwan Yin about GMOs and what they do to the body, and got this response: "When these (plants) are altered, the prana, or the electromagnetivity is altered. And therefore it does not give the life-sustaining force it would have had it been left alone, even if it was in its most weakened state. We say simplicity in eating is very important, because as the body goes to metabolize what it is that it needs from the food, it gets confused. It can not metabolize six things at once. It can metabolize one or two, unless it is cooked together in the same pot and would become a merging of energies, so it would become a blend and accepted by the body."

She continues: "GMOs disrupt the foods natural impulses. The more it is mixed with chemicals, the less prana it has. Many people do a lot vibratory healing or fasting, but most of all, if it is pocketed in there, it is because the human is holding on. Anything pocketed in the system, the human is holding on to -- like a bad experience, or what they are afraid to let go of. If they were trusting, their vibration would be so high, it would slip right through and would not affect anything. It's easier to not partake and to know the truth before you indulge in anything, thereby avoiding it. Higher vibratory patterns do not hold things, because mostly they do not partake in a lower vibratory experience."

"They are feeding it mainly to the animals. Yes, it is affecting them. It is affecting the meat, which is already altered because of the quality of the water, the grains, and the way humans deal with the physical condition of the animals. This means that it is not as digestible as it once was. When animals were taken spiritually from the wild, it was without greed and brutality, and with respect. People have come to see nature as a brutal influence that is negative. So the meat at the stores is filled with less prana, and the bacterial counts are very different than what once was. There is that part in the human that is adaptable to anything, but they don't know it yet. So you just raise your vibration and don't have to worry about the rest -- there is reincarnation."