Re:Chipotle Says Adios to GMOs, as Food Industry Strips Away...
by legulere on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @12:16PM
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This hasn't really much to do with science.
Golden rice was planned to address the problem of a (almost) rice-only diet leading to vitamin-a deficiency. This completely ignores the other effects of such a imbalanced diet. Eating different kinds of food is like the number one recommendation of food scientists.
The next step would be replacing the varieties of rice grown by golden rice. This includes the difficulty of distribution. This is really notable because one of the reasons for the project is that it's seen as too hard to distribute other sources of vitamin A (like pills) in those regions. There also might be a reduction of genetic diversity.
Golden rice was planned to address the problem of a (almost) rice-only diet leading to vitamin-a deficiency. This completely ignores the other effects of such a imbalanced diet. Eating different kinds of food is like the number one recommendation of food scientists.
The next step would be replacing the varieties of rice grown by golden rice. This includes the difficulty of distribution. This is really notable because one of the reasons for the project is that it's seen as too hard to distribute other sources of vitamin A (like pills) in those regions. There also might be a reduction of genetic diversity.