Greetings ATS. I have not posted a thread in quite some time, but I thought this one was necessary since many users are concerned about the potential health risks of GMO products.[mods-please move if I didn't place this in the right forum]Little to many people's knowledge, GMO insulin has been around since the development of Regular Humulin Insulin by the now 2nd largest manufacturer of insulin. GMO products are NOT NEW at all, but somehow they seem to get plenty of attention these days.The article I will link below has some info on the disadvantages/advantages of GMO insulin. It's a good article, but it doesn't explain all of the negative aspects of this "wonder drug."So many people out there have told me that "At least they figured out how to make it, or you wouldn't be alive today." While I can agree with them in looking at it simply, there are many health concerns about GMO insulin that don't get addressed enough today in this world. This thread is intended to point out some of the flaws in GMO insulin and very real potential health risks.GMO or humulin/novolog inslulin are created by genetically modifying a strain of E.Coli bacteria. They move the dna of the e.coli bacteria and recombine it in such a way that it mimics the way insulin works in the body, but it is not insulin whatsoever. Hence the origin of Recombidant DNA origin, or rDNA (printed on every bottle).I'm going to outline as a list some of the benefits of GMO insulin, and some of the very real health risks of this product.Benefits:1. GMO insluin costs way less to produce in the laboratory than insulin that is harvested from pigs or beef.2. The faster production results in getting a product to the shelves much faster.3. They claim that the insulin that is produced by this method mimics the insulin that is produced in the human body. (they are completely wrong about this point-because pro-insulin that the body produces contains a peptide called C-Peptide, which GMO insulin lacks).Risks:1. GMO insulin is preserved by a highly toxic substance called meta-cresol, or m-cresol for short. The doctors say that it is in such a small amount, "A little of something horrible isn't that bad for you, right?" I beg to differ. The MSDS sheet for m-cresol says it is a highly cancer-causing agent. Below I will link the MSDS on m-cresol and will also link a page to show that M-cresol is an ingredient in their "wonder drug."2. Many doctors have theorized that because the GMO insulin does not contain C-peptide, that it could have unwanted side-effects. C-Peptide is a peptide that does a lot of things in the body, and just so happens to be something that diabetics cannot produce. One of the main things that doctors theorize about C-Peptide is that it gives diabetics hypoglycemia awareness. If the GMO insulin contained C-Peptide, it might be a little less of a health risk than it is now. Currently there is a company out there working on a similar rDNA product that mimics the C-Peptide molecule in the body. I wonder what the health risks of this GMO C-Peptide will be?3. Hypoglycemia unawareness. Low blood sugar can cause seizures in diabetics. They can be very violent life-threatening siezures. I have read countless times that the older non-gmo insulin that is harvested from beef/pigs does allow the user to "feel" when they get a low blood sugar. The symptoms of low blood sugar are non existant for up to 17% of diabetics as of several years ago. This is a big one, becuase many people are left disabled because of this hypo-unawareness. Many emloyers will refuse employment or find a reason to fire someone if they have a seizure on the job. I know more than one person it's happened to.I have outlined most of the benefits and risks of GMO insulin above. I did some studying and found that close to 50% of all diabetics collect SSDI (social security disability income) because of the complications which include: Hypoglycemia unawareness, which can lead to seizure. Blindness, which can lead to expensive laser surgery. Loss of circulation to extremities, and breakdown of the kidneys which can lead to expensive lengthy painful dialysis treatments along with lenghy hospital stays.With all the discussion about the Affordable Care Act lately, I wanted to outline another aspect of this. All of the companies that make the insulin, insulin pumps, test strips, ketone test strips, glucose tablets, diabetes pills for type II, dialysis machine makers, and hospitals make about $250 billion net income before taxes each year.There are close to 40 million diabetics in North America (that includes Canada and Mexico). They say that the rate of diabetes is about 19 million diabetics in the USA ALONE! That means to me that the SSDI program could have a significant ease of the costs by the FDA ALLOWING A CURE FOR THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE!!!!There are a lot of companies that have been working on the "cure" for many years. I have watched as the different companies have devised different methods that are in some cases applicable to humans.If the President of the United States of America wants to give the USA a big burst of fiscal income, find the companies who have made an effective cure and allow them to have fast-track approval of their medical devices/implanted cells ny the FDA! If 19 million Americans were able to get off of GMO insulin, there are a lot of those who COULD GO BACK TO WORK!!!!Not to mention the fact that the USA could become a curing center for the world, and reap the taxed income of any of those who could afford to travel to the USA for the cure.In fact, if any medical trials have proven results with any disease, the USA should fast-track those companies to getting approval and getting "cure" clinics set up around the world that the USA can reap tax benefits from.Many people have told me that diabetes is a "managable" disease. I want to inform ATS that at least 50% of people have problems controlling their blood sugars, which lead to many other health issues that cost a lot on our medicaid and medicare programs.What I've outlined here is what I see as being the only way to get the USA out of it's debt problems. Not to mention allowing people to avoid potential health risks of GMO insulin!Sources:The last thing I have to say about all of this is that if the FDA would fast-track a cure to this horrible disease, it would generate FAR MORE than the $245 billion that the government reaps a miniscule percentage of in taxes. Many of those people who are disabled from the horrible disease most likely would have a chance if the FDA would start fast-tracking some of the newer diabetes research.Please share your thoghts ATS.