If you are going to quote Bruce Lipton, do not misquote what he was saying about the "mind body connection" and extrapolate that to "the environment"

A study of nearly 700,000 medical records has revealed that the rate of asthma attacks in the UK has fallen. A steady increase in attacks during the 1980s reached a peak in 1993, making England one of the worst affected countries in Europe with one in five children suffering from the condition.

Doctors are puzzled as to the cause of the recent decline in attacks, since common causes like poor air quality have not noticeably improved. A number of possible reasons have been suggested, including milder winters and changes in treatment. One lead may be that viruses like the common cold have mutated, making them less likely to trigger an attack.

Dr Martyn Partridge, chief medical adviser to the National Asthma Campaign, welcomed the news but added that it still leaves 3.4 million people in Britain suffering from asthma.

Next dud theory?

I did not misquote. Bruce Lipton seems to be concerned about genetically modified foods as when you change any gene in the environment then you change the structure of the DNA. If you are bombarding DNA with a gene then you can expect problems with it if it is not stable and scientists do not know for sure exactly what GM consequences there are yet as it is a new science. If someone says they know for sure what the consequences are then they are lying as there is no way they could test the miriad of different circumstances outlying an unstable gene when it is attached to a DNA string.

To put it into another scientist's words:-
"We're in a crisis position where we know the weakness of the genetic concept, but we don't know how to incorporate it into a new, more complete understanding. Monsanto knows this. DuPont knows this. Novartis knows this. They all know what I know. But they don't want to look at it because it's too complicated and it's going to cost too much to figure out."
Richard Strohman, Ph.D.,
Professor Emeritus, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkele

Here's one topic discussed at ABIC where Jorge Meyer mentioned very encouraging recent priminary results indicating very good biological availability of pro-vitamin A in the Golden rice. Greenpeace have actively mislead the public about this rice, but fortunately it moves along to those who could benefit in spite of Greenpeace irresponsibility

http://www.bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=2006-07-30&hidType=NAT&hidRecord=0000000000000000120164

Efforts on for production of golden rice: experts
- Bangladesh Observer

Intense efforts are underway for commercial production of golden rice, a genetically modified rice rich in Vitamin-A, to meet nutrition needs of the people in the country, reports BSS.

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) is conducting the research that is now in "advance level" to develop the variety of golden rice through transferring gene of beta-carotene from daffodil flowers into BRRI Dhan-29, the highest yielding rice variety, said Dr. Mosharraf Hossain, chief scientific officer of BRRI.

Talking to BSS on Thursday, he said, "We are hopeful that research for developing golden rice variety likely to be completed by 2010 and after that limited cultivation of the new rice variety would be possible following government permission."

He said extensive experiments are going on to ensure biosafety so that the variety could not pose any health hazards.

Due to transfer of beta-carotene content, the rice looks yellow in colour and hence called golden rice.

The beta-carotene, after consumption, produces Vitamin-A in the body, he said, adding that the BRRI scientists are carrying out the research for producing golden rice to provide Vitamin-A to the rice-dependent nation.

Apart from Bangladesh, research on commercial production of golden rice is going on in Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Vietnam and China.

When asked about safety aspects of the rice variety, Dr. Shamsher Ali, Head of Biotechnology Division of BRRI, said, "The variety will undergo food safety test and environment safety test before starting commercial cultivation to avoid controversy and ensure biosafety."

The golden rice will provide 17 times the amount of Vitamin-A present in other high-yielding rice varieties available in the country.

According to statistics, about 125 million children, most of the developing countries, suffer Vitamin-A deficiency.

I have read The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles and I understand your misquote fully, Lipton was refering to the micro-environment, not protiens.

Richard Strohman, Ph.D., don't believe everything you read at safefood.org. This is the same guy who said AIDS was not caused by HIV.

If we use your twisted logic we should all join the Amish and never invent anything because all it needs is a lobby group with no science to back them saying it may be bad 10 years in the future.

Waffle I say.

Though it appears that GM crops do not affect humanbeing or animal as GM protein breaks down in the digestive system in to amino acids but we don't have much studies whether it can affect the different micro-organisms existing in the human or animal body which in turns might be harmful ultimately.