sundin13 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.
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...like I said, its just genetics. There is no debate. You can factually alter a plant's genes to increase the nutritional content.
Take for example, Golden Rice, genetically modified to contain Beta-carotene, which contains Vitamin A, which can be absorbed:
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/96/3/658.abstract
Once again, I am not arguing any specific case about any specific GMO. I am merely talking about the fundamental nature of Genetic Modifications. There is no argument to be made that it is not possible to modify plants to increase their nutrients.
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This has not been peer reviewed. I asked to provide a thorough peer reviewed study. Until then it is just false claims. An interesting article I found details why the study provided was heavily flawed.
http://news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2013/09/golden-rice-not-so-golden-tufts
