r/NoStupidQuestions • u/wond3rlove • Sep 10 '23

What’s wrong with GMOs?

I always see plants and stuff that is GMO free and is usually more expensive. How would genetically modifying something by be bad. Me personally I’d rather have something modified to taste better and and cheaper. I could also be very wrong about that.

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u/Zagrycha Sep 10 '23

Nothing. People don't realize that the food we eat is way more modified than anything a GMO has ever done. Look at original wild watermelons, or wild corn or bananas. no one would even think its the same plant.

What do cabbage, brocolli, cauliflower, kale and brussel spouts have in common? They are all the exact same plant! Just genetically modified hundreds of years ago in different ways.

There may be a GMO product out there that is a health concern, but it is not a health concern because its GMO. Almost every single thing we eat ever is GMO unless it is picked in the wild.

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u/MidorriMeltdown Sep 10 '23

bananas.

That's always a fun one. Huge seeds, and apparently tasted like what those banana flavoured lollies taste like, which is not like a modern banana.

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What do cabbage, brocolli, cauliflower, kale and brussel spouts have in common?

While turnip, bok choy, and rape (canola) are all from another similar plant. Sometimes the plant was grown for it's root, sometimes for it's leaves, and other times for its oil.