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Genetically Modified Soybeans: Bad for Your Health?

Genetically Modified Soybeans: Bad for Your Health?
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Jingduan Yang
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The debate about genetically modified (GM) soybeans has always been controversial. Currently, 90 percent of the soybeans grown in America are genetically modified. Are GM soybeans harmful to the body? Let us explore this topic in detail.

1. Genetic Modification Versus Hybridization

Is there a difference between the two?

Genetic modification is a deliberate alteration of an organism’s genome. By inserting the genes of one or more species into the genes of another through a modern genetic recombination technique (also called DNA recombination technique), a brand-new variety is produced.

Jingduan Yang
Jingduan Yang
M.D.
Dr. Jingduan Yang is a board-certified psychiatrist and fifth-generation classical Chinese medicine physician whose work bridges Western psychiatry, functional medicine, and ancient healing traditions. He is the creator of the ACES Model of Health and Medicine—a four-dimensional framework spanning anatomy, chemistry, energy, and spirit—and the author of “Facing East” and “Clinical Acupuncture and Ancient Chinese Medicine.” As a principal founder of the Northern School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he advances whole-person care grounded in science, ethics, and humanity.
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