Genetically modified foods, cancer, and diet: myths and reality.

Substantiating any myth is essential for its gist to be elevated to credibility. The provision of evidence is essential, and scientific research results must be reliable, repeatable, and reputable for global acceptance. Published claims should withstand rational scrutiny, not only from the publication and anonymous-referee filter system (which hopefully spots misconceptions and errors), but also from the worldwide scientific community once the publication is released. Vested interests must not be allowed to influence research, from conception to completion. Novel cures cannot be validated without withstanding the rigorous examination of evidence-based medicine or research. Alternative medicine fosters too many myths about successful cancer treatments. A fundamental foundation of allopathic medicine is the randomized double-blind experiment, with findings secured over an appropriate biologic period. Biased observation and vested interests (financial or otherwise) must not be permitted to warp the experimental protocol. To eliminate interand intraoperator bias, neither subjects nor technicians should be aware of the experimental design or know what to expect when a test variable, chemical, or product is researched. Results should be gathered and analyzed objectively by a third person unaware of the purpose or aims of the experiment. To be substantiated as acceptable, validated experiments should be objectively repeatable by other acknowledged experts, should provide equal or similar outcomes, and should, after rigorous statistical analysis, show significance. Genetically engineered crops have been harvested for millennia. Retaining seeds from bumper crops is a time-honored agricultural tradition. Shoppers demand high-quality, pristine-looking fruits INTRODUCTION