GMO Foods And Ingredients - Goes Way Beyond The Top Five

Genetically modified organisms are hitting the different news venues now on a continuous basis.

But there is still many people who can't figure out what all the fuss is about. Sure the list of GM ingredients is growing and more accepted foods are entering the market all the time. But there is still this general feeling by many people it's just not going to affect me. I don't have to worry about the following top five, I just won't use them in my daily diet.

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corn soybeans sugar dairy products canola and cottonseed oils (made into vegetable oils)

Welcome To The Reality Of The Top Five

So you are still sitting on the fence in regards to GMO's. You understand the concept, you realize the advantages it could bring to the agricultural community but there is just this nagging doubt that something seems to be going wrong somewhere. You have decided to avoid them.

The use of these top five permeates the foods we eat and the products we touch every single day of our life. It is almost impossible to avoid many of these genetically modified organisms.

Everything just seemed so simple to you. I won't eat corn, can't stand soybeans and heck, sugar isn't good for me anyway. Then it's too bad, but I guess I have to give up cereal for breakfast and I like olive oil anyway. See not a problem.

But now welcome to the reality of your new life!

Corn and its Uses
adhesives on envelopes, tape, stamps etc. are all made from corn baking powder dryer sheets for your laundry coffee - instant and regular ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise any word with corn in it (corn chips, cornbread, corn flour etc.) many of the cosmetics and toiletries we purchase and use everyday processed meats from the deli counter plus hot dogs and sausage products ethanol - gasoline for your car, lawn mower, weed whacker hair products - shampoos and conditioners, gels and mousse medications and prescription drugs use corn as a filler or coatings high fructose corn syrup any vitamin supplement with vitamin E or vitamin E itself

Actually this is just a short list of corn-based products we use daily. There is actually over 100 different items we use all the time in our lives which are derived from GMO corn.

So as you can see, avoiding GMO's is not just some short list of giving up cereal, corn and soy burgers. Do not let yourself be fooled into believing you can effectively avoid contact with this ever-growing altered organism in your daily life.

GMO Foods And Ingredients - Goes Way Beyond The Top Five

About The Author: Kathi Robinson
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Food Trends for 2007 and Beyond

Suddenly, from the depths of an otherwise peaceful evening, a story idea stirred across my imagination. I sprang to my feet with exuberance.

In artistic abandon, I tossed aside the original article that I had penned for today's column. My thoughts raced ahead in favor of a daunting new idea.

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Today's column is going to explore some new taste trends for 2007 and beyond.

Trends are an indicator of the direction that a society is moving towards. From a curious student of life and sociological perspective, it is fascinating to watch how cultural trends evolve through periods of history. We experience "AHA" moments that help us to better understand the times in which we are living.

Food trends, like other trends of a society, paint a picture of interconnection.

Here is my take, a kaleidoscope view if you will, of some current and/or future trends that I envision will flavor the culinary landscape in future days.

Vintage Cuisine

We will see a revival of foods that were popular in our parents and grandparent's day, however, these foods that I've labeled Vintage Cuisine will excite the palate with new twists in presentation and interpretation. The artery-clogging components will continue to be lightened up in fresh and exciting ways. Slow-roasted meals with rich depth and intriguing flavors will become increasingly popular and will be interpreted in ways that merge the goodness of the garden with global tastes in a continually evolving synergy and fusion.

The Slow Food Movement will continue to pick up speed. Tried and true rustic-flavored farmhouse favorites like pot roasts, shepherds pie, savory stews, cassoulets, meat loaf, lamb and veal shanks, and other succulent slow roasted meats and vegetables will tickle our taste buds.

Regional, Local Ingredients

We will see a continued movement towards locally produced agricultural products. Neighborhood farmer's markets and regional green markets that sell organic products will continue to find popularity as the "in place" for conscientious shoppers. There is a trend to want to know where our food comes from. We want to know how our food is grown, and some of us like this writer, want to understand the landscape and know that contaminated water is not flowing down a hill into the fields where the crops are growing.

After watching news reports that some bagged spinach leaves, green onions and alfalfa sprouts had turned deadly with E.coli bacteria, we started asking more questions of our food purveyors. As a result, we will see the introduction of smart-packaging technology that will be debuting sometime in 2007. This new technology will allow a big red 'X" to appear on a bag of produce if the bag contains E.coli, salmonella or any other strain of bacteria present inside the bag.

Fusion Cuisine

We will see more flavorful interpretations of the fusion between regional and global cuisine. It's a small world, after all. Creative cooks will explore the endless possibilities that fusion cookery offers. Watch for South American, Spanish and Mediterranean foods to be especially hot trends.

Multi-Tasking Antioxidants and Performance Boosting Foods

Antioxidant foods that are packed with multi-tasking nutritional dividends will continue to be popular. We want to know what our foods can do for us. What happens inside our bodies when we eat a particular food? The war on trans fats will continue and we will become more aware of the ingredients and additives that are slowly killing us one spoonful at a time. We are becoming more empowered to read the ingredient lists on a package and google the names of ingredients that we don't recognize.

Passionate Cooks with Great Entertaining Personalities will continue to be the face of food television

Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, and Ina Garten are three faces that have become synonymous with the Food Network. However, with the boom of cutting-edge digital technology products, the possibilities for a great cook with a great personality on video are wide open.

Home Entertaining Trends

The art of entertaining well at home will continue to be a driving force connecting family and friends in inspiring ways. We will see more ways that entertaining and hospitality can be used for a greater common good. A perfect example of this is being done by Florida's new Governor Charlie Crist who is opening up the Governor's Mansion to everyday folks for informal discussions about Florida's future.

As is often the case, I have many more delicious and festive ideas to share. For a continued dialog on the subject of Food Trends for 2007 and beyond visit my newly set-up Taste Trends blog at http://www.tastetrends.blogspot.com/

Food Trends for 2007 and Beyond

Kathi Dameron is a free-lance writer and the owner of Kathi Dameron & Associates, a writing boutique that does creative, content-rich writing and blogging assignments. She can be reached at 850-422-3599 or at askkathidameron@aol.com

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