Halloween is right around the corner and as such I figured everyone deserves an early little food scare. I'm not talking about razor blades in the candy, or rat poison in the popcorn balls - I'm talking about genetically modified food - the stuff we eat every single day, without even knowing it.

What is GMO (genetically modified organism) food, exactly? Well as I am not a scientist I can not tell you EXACTLY what it is but I can tell you a little bit I learned about the creation of such food. The food is first taken to a lab where they take it and infect it with viruses or bacteria that have a special DNA sequence they would like to infect the plant with. They then "activate" this DNA to have the spliced properties that were previously selected. The whole things is kind of complicated and creepy.

The scariest part of the whole process is that this type of food is likely something we have already been eating - without even knowing it. Once you unleash something that can reproduce in nature - that is what is does - reproduces. So the fancy organic Whole Foods apple you paid $3 for might have had trace elements of GMO food in it already - so much for paying more to feel healthy. I personally think genetically modified food is scarier than the processed stuff you can get at any dumpy superstore, but the real terror is when you combine them.

Think of it... genetically modified food that has been beaten, blended, preserved, and made shelf stable served up to our friends and family. It has likely already happened and chances are if you have eaten it. It is the food equivalent of Heidi Montag on a plate and I don't know about you but I am personally not down with eating Heidi Montag.

What can we do about frankenfood? Well there is not a lot we can do except petition our government to make it illegal and (much like the destruction of Frankenstein) burn it all to the ground. We have to destroy this type of food and the evil (for profit) companies that created it. That is the only way we can get that warm, safe, feeling back when we eat to our heart's content. Wait, maybe thats a part of my own personal eating disorder - but regardless - we must destroy the Frankenfood - before it destroys us!