Gm Food More Nutritious

In 2015 the food and drug administration approved genetically modified apples and potatoes but these varieties won t likely be commercially.

Gm food more nutritious. Farmers are worried that gmo will destroy sustainable agriculture and create super weeds. Genetically engineered ge foods have had their dna changed using genes from other plants or animals. As the world population grows perhaps genetic modification can increase crop yields. Indeed the organic food sector prohibits its food to contain more than 5 gm content.

While these studies have shown differences in the food there is limited information to draw conclusions about how these differences translate into overall. For example potatoes are modified to even out distribution of starches enhance texture and reduce fat absorption. There is a growing body of evidence that shows some potential health benefits of organic foods when compared with conventionally grown foods. In the european union eu foods with more than 0 9 gmo ingredients must list genetically modified or produced from genetically modified name of food.

Connie diekman registered dietitian and past president of the academy of nutrition and dietetics links up with farrah brown a part time nurse and full time mom to talk about whether gm foods are more or less nutritious than other foods. Genetically modified golden rice has more beta carotene and iron that consumers in malnourished populations need. The unintended consequences of genetic modification include an increased potential for new allergens in the food supply antibiotic resistance toxicity and environmental challenges. Addressing global food security becomes essential when the population is projected to increase to 9 6 billion by 2050.

Gmo crops there is no nutritional difference between gmos and their non gmo counterpart unless the nutritional content of the gm crops has been intentionally modified like high oleic soybeans or biofortified crops such as golden rice. Is it safer or more nutritious. This will require a global food supply increase of 70 percent as well as more nutritious foods especially for countries with problems of nutritional deficiency. The new genetically modified plant will then be drought tolerant as well.

Engineers design plants using genetically modified organisms or gmos to be tougher more nutritious or taste better. Scientists take the gene for a desired trait in one plant or animal and they insert that gene into a cell of another plant or animal. Biologists are concerned in particular about the creation of monocultures the dominance of a single species.