| 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.
