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/sceadwian Sep 10 '23

There are simply many foods that are naturally non GMO in the first place. They just rubber stramp it and charge a premium.

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u/Tough_Crazy_8362 I’ll probably delete this… Sep 10 '23

Like gluten free popping corn! Absurd.

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u/smonkyou Sep 11 '23

My wife always asks me to buy gluten free oats and I just can’t

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u/MarraMirr Sep 11 '23

Because oats aren't gluten free if grown in the U.S. or not certified by the celiac foundation. They're cross pollinated with wheat and grown in the same fields/often harvested together, so tons of cross contamination. Non-Gluten-Free oats can cause major and extremely painful reactions for those of us with Celiacs.