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Aura7541 said:
Nirvana_Nut85 said:

It's up for debate because there is no scientific reviewed evidence to back up these claims. Period.

Increasing the amount of vitamin does not make it more nutritional.  For example, vitamins themselves. I can buy a cheap brand of Vitamin D and take 5 times the amount of anothet brand and still have less absorb due to the quality. There is no evidence that by genetically modifying the fruit and adding extra vitams that the body would necessarily absorb it.

Soil also plays a major role in the amount of nutrition you intake. Most of the organic/ eco grown food you can purchase from Amish/Mennonites comes from soil that has not been depleted in the manner of major crops.

Every food that we eat is genetically modified. Genetic modification has been going on since humans invented agriculture. Humans have artificially selected certain individuals and crossed parents with advantageous traits so that the progeny contains those traits from both parents. Did you know that mangoes used to taste absolutely horrible (like PTC levels of bad)? Those sweet, juicy mangoes that you see in the supermarket were genetically modified. Ever wondered why there are so many different types of apples? It's because we have manipulated the apple's genomes so that their genes express for specific proteins and metabolic pathways for the tartness, sweetness, or crispiness.

Your vitamin example is confusing. One vitamin D molecule can't be less absorptive than the other because they have the exact same molecular structure. If a certain brand has "less quality" vitamin D, then we're talking about a supplement that may not even have vitamin D inside. Same thing applies to additional nutrients as a result from genetic modification of foods. The additional vitamins can't be less absorptive because the vitamins in the GMO and non-GMO are exactly the same.

You're mistaking genetic modification for natural hybrids. The two are not the same.  Splicing together genes from different organism in a lab (fish cells/tomato) is quite different from the natural result of cross pollination. The example you are using is flawed and a false talking point made to try and draw inaccurate examples between the two. One has its limitations in nature vs modifying that which could never naturally occur. 

The formulation of a vitamin can result in one brand having a lesser quality when it comes to absorbtion than another. The point I am trying to make is that increasing the vitamin content may not necessarily make it more nutritional. The method that is used to increase the vitamin may not result in the same potency found in the natural version of the fruit/vegetable. This is due to the vitamin no longer being the same molecule as it has been modified. The fruit/vitamin would no longer have the same molecular structure.



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