Sorry !!! what is golden rice !!!
Serious note -truth be told tofu/ Soya is not too good for all, causes hormone imbalance !! GMO /MSG too many untested stuff I do not use ...
Eat locally grown stuff , I am a fan ...
It can be either white rice (without rind or refined) or whole and whole rice, contain vitamin A. They contain mainly B vitamins, vitamin E, salts such as potassium (K) and elements such as phosphorus and calcium (P and Ca )
Browning the rice with a little edible oil can add a small amount of vitamin A, but it is not enough. The supply of vitamin A with fruits and vegetables has to be completed.
We have to be very careful before introduction of any GM food. It is directly against the way and direction of evolution. Our previous experience with BT brinjal and BT Cotton (not food) is very bad in India.
The yellow colored fruits and vegetables, egg yolk, liver of cord fish etc. are very good source of vitamin A. The Vit. A deficient poor people may be given those food item. Why they should be thrown in the risk zone ?
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The Golden Rice Project was first introduced in 1999, when two professors Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer, proposed their project to Rockefeller Foundation to genetically engineer rice to increase its nutrients. Rockefeller Foundation supported their goal to provide a sustainable biofortification approach to combat vitamin A deficiencies in developing countries. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is prevalent in developing countries whose diets are dependent on rice or other micronutrient-poor carbohydrate foods, which do not contain vitamin A. The World Health Organization estimates that about 250 million preschool children are affected by VAD and about 2.7 million children die because of the deficiency. VAD can have numerous negative health effects such as dryness of the eye that can lead to blindness if untreated; reduced immune system response, and an increase in the severity and mortality risk of infections. VAD is one of the main causes of preventable blindness of young children from developing countries.
The Golden Rice Project began as a proposed solution for VAD; however, despite the establishment of a Humanitarian Board and abiding by national and international regulations governing GMOs, opposition to the project has blocked the roll-out of the Golden Rice Project in developing countries.
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Golden rice is a genetically modified, biofortified crop. Biofortification increases the nutritional value in crops. Golden rice is genetically modified in order to produce beta carotene, which is not normally produced in rice. Beta carotene is convereted into Vitamin A when metabolized by the human body. We need Vitamin A for healthier skin, immune systems, and vision.
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'Golden' rice is a genetically engineered (GE) rice variety that has been developed by the biotech industry to produce pro-vitamin A (beta-carotene).
The research that led to golden rice was conducted with the goal of helping children who suffer from vitamin A deficiency (VAD). In 2005, 190 million children and 19 million pregnant women, in 122 countries, were estimated to be affected by VAD. VAD is responsible for 1–2 million deaths, 500,000 cases of irreversible blindness and millions of cases of xerophthalmia annually. Children and pregnant women are at highest risk. Vitamin A is supplemented orally and by injection in areas where the diet is deficient in vitamin A.
As of 1999, 43 countries had vitamin A supplementation programs for children under 5; in 10 of these countries, two high dose supplements are available per year, which, according to UNICEF, could effectively eliminate VAD. However, UNICEF and a number of NGOs involved in supplementation note more frequent low-dose supplementation is preferable.
Because many children in VAD-affected countries rely on rice as a staple food, genetic modification to make rice produce the vitamin A precursor beta-carotene was seen as a simple and less expensive alternative to ongoing vitamin supplements or an increase in the consumption of green vegetables or animal products. Initial analyses of the potential nutritional benefits of golden rice suggested consumption of golden rice would not eliminate the problems of vitamin A deficiency, but could complement other supplementation. Golden Rice 2 contains sufficient provitamin A to provide the entire dietary requirement via daily consumption of some 75g per day.
Since carotenes are hydrophobic, sufficient fat must be present in the diet for golden rice (or most other vitamin A supplements) to alleviate vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency is usually coupled to an unbalanced diet. Moreover, this claim referred to an early cultivar of golden rice; one bowl of the latest version provides 60% of RDA for healthy children. he RDA levels advocated in developed countries are far in excess of the amounts needed to prevent blindness.
No, I am sory to say 'no' to the GM crop designed for the poors, from past experience. Moreover, VA fortification via a staple crop is not an ideal option, as it can create metabolic and cardeo healthproblems .
Anyway, it will not be free of cost to the needies. If they have to buy, there are many natural & healthy alternatives,
as colored veggeis, fruits, beans etc.
I think that if the data from respected resources say it is a good idea and respected researchers of this field agree, then it should be said that Golden Rice is more likely than not to be a good idea. If new data comes to light that stands up to scrutiny that suggests otherwise, then that will trump previous data.
To date, there is no respected data or researcher, as far as I know, that can refute the benefits of Golden Rice, or any other GE'd crop or organism.
This is supposed to be "Research Gate," folks, not "I am going to ignore all the data and respected experts to regurgitate sensationalized propaganda from the Corporate Organic Agenda to validate my fanatical ideological narrative." Folks, if you disagree with GE technology being sustainable and safe, please provide some sources since everything I have investigated from the anti-GMO crowd has been sensationalized pseudoscience that isn't respected by the scientific consensus. You see, I used to believe your narrative until I had my conversion to science and became literate in its ways.
This is a scientific forum. Please become literate in science before posting your uninformed strong opinions about subjects you don't have even a basic understanding of. Maybe try and develop your skeptical abilities and learn how to think critically, while you are at it, so that you know how to vet the reliability of your resources you rely on for information. All the best with that!
The answer is "yes". Please see the following RG link and PDF attachment.
Chapter Golden Rice: To Combat Vitamin A Deficiency for Public Health
Yes, of course. The opposition to genetic engineering of foods is based on ignorance. It is actually safer than a lot of natural systems because it involves the transfer of very discrete genes, with well defined properties. By contrast, natural processes involve random and undefined movements of genes. One such natural process led to a potato that had abnormally high levels of solanines. Solanines are responsible for babies being born without brains (anencephalic). It was only that the potato was put through a test designed for genetically engineered crops that the problem was discovered. Another was the development of a celery that was naturally resistant to pests. When workers harvested it, it was so toxic that their skin blistered! The food industry knows that genetic engineering processes are safer than natural processes but can't say so without alerting the general population that there are dangers inherent in natural processes.
Just have a look at the review article of Ingo Potrykus:
Golden Rice”, a GMO-product for public good, and the consequences of GE-regulation
· October 2012
· Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 21(1)
· DOI:
· 10.1007/s13562-012-0130-5
· 📷Ingo Potrykus
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