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[–] badruns 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

You're postulating that all "food" is the same. GMO foods have some additional things present and other things missing. If a crop is modified to excrete it's own kind of pesticide, guess what - you're now consuming that pesticide as well.

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[–] Hey_Sunshine 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

ya, pretty sure that's why coffee beans came to contain caffeine. the point im failing to make is rather simple. the first law of thermodynamics(conservation of information?).

1 g of angus beef will be just as energy dense as 1 g of GMO angus beef.

GMO is a retarded term anyways. Think about it, English Bulldogs are "Genetically Modified Organisms", I somehow doubt that the chemical energy stored in a english bull dog is any different than another canine of same size.

although I would love to be proven wrong

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[–] qwop 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

GMO isn't about equivalent caloric energy. DNA is used to make proteins. When you modify the DNA, the cells start to produce proteins that never existed in nature before. These proteins can be toxins, they can be allergens, they may be both.

In addition to that, synthetic genetic manipulation may insert genes from a completely unrelated species into another species. For example, insert the genes of an insect into a fish. Something that never happens in nature (it is impossible to cross-breed an insect with a fish).

This video explains the basics of what is going on pretty well. Hope you learn something new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9LmFLaC18