GMO Foods: What You Should Know

Today on The Bitter Truth About Food, we are talking about something that has been at the center of one of the most heated food debates of the last three decades. We are talking about genetically modified organisms, or what most people simply call GMOs. And I want to be upfront with you right from the start: this episode is not going to tell you that GMOs are the devil, and it is not going to tell you that they are perfectly safe and you should never worry about them. What this episode is going to do is give you the real story, the complicated, nuanced, deeply interesting story about what genetic modification actually is, why it was developed, what the science says about its risks and its benefits, and why the conversation around it has become so deeply polarized that it is almost impossible for ordinary people to know what to believe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices