Is It FDA Approved?

I can't tell you how much I love getting the question, "Is It FDA Approved? I do my best not to go off on the person because I try to maintain my composure. At first, you would think that is a reasonable question, but then when you know some facts about the FDA it seems like an irrational one.

The first thing I tell people is that Isagenix products are botanicals and do not have to be approved by the FDA. At this point I go into my little speech about the FDA and I try to stay calm. The FDA is the most dangerous Dept. in the US Government. They have a great deal of control over what products make it to market and which ones don't. The trouble comes in when big industry begins to take control of the FDA.

I am referring to big Pharma and the largest food companies on the planet. Ever wonder why they approved the drug called Vioxx? This was the largest pharmaceutical recall in history. Did you know that more people die of legal prescription drugs in this country than any other country? Yet, the FDA is supposed to protect of us from any harmful drugs entering the market.

The concern is that the FDA believes the testing that is done from the companies themselves and that can be a very skewed report and often times it is. I would like to turn my attention to the food industry and companies like Monsanto. When I read about Monsanto and the FDA's approval of their GMO technology I believe my head is going to explode.

GMOs have been around since the 90's and I should mention here that they are Genetically Modified Organisms. The process of creating a GMO is by injecting the DNA of one species into the DNA of another species. In the case of Monsanto, they are injecting bacteria and viruses into the seeds of corn, soybean, sugar beets, and canola. They say they have done testing on the effects of this process and find that it is no different than the non GMO seeds. What they don't tell you is that they are leaving out very important information in their reports to the FDA. So what does the FDA say? Since there is no difference they will allow Monsanto to continue to produce these seeds.

Isn't that amazing? The funny thing is that when scientists and other testing labs try to do their own tests on the effects of the seeds, the findings are never allowed to be used. Now, the scary part is that the findings are nothing short of frightening!! There are so many instances that livestock die and it causes infertility in many of the animals among many many other damaging effects. I don't have the time in this post to list all of the negative effects of these dangerous chemicals, but it raises a very serious question. Is the FDA really there to protect us? How can you allow these GMOs to continue without doing extensive testing? These seeds are changing the genetic make-up of our cells. Our bodies were not made to process these chemicals that are injected into the seeds. I don't want to be a human Guinea pig and continue eating food that contains these GMOs. I am now on a mission to alert everyone I know that GMOs can be extremely dangerous to their health.

I feel an obligation since our revered FDA fails to do it. So the next time someone asks you if it is FDA approved, try not to go off on them like I would. I don't give much credence to the FDA because in my opinion they are not really protecting us. If they were then our food supply would be GMO free.