Genetic Modification Doesn’t Just Produce More Nutritional Foods, It Helps Naturally Fight Off Disease Without Chemical Pesticides.
“Dr. Borlaug was about science more than anything,” Elsa Murano, director of the Borlaug Institute at Texas A&M says. “Using science, to feed people… Genetic modification allowed for different varieties of crops to be grown in different conditions.” Whether drought, disease, or simply increasing the efficiency of crops, Murano and her colleagues work every day to find new ways to feed the world through these modifications.
“There are so many chronic diseases, whether it’s diabetes, cancer, whatever, food can help mitigate or even prevent depending on the diet that you have,” Murano says. “Having that knowledge has now become very important, so it’s not only about feeding people so they don’t starve to death, it’s about being nutritionally savvy.”
“Every scientific study that has been done has shown genetically modified foods are as safe as traditional foods. They are digested the same way, they have the same nutritional advantages.”
Genetic modification doesn’t just produce more nutritional foods, it helps naturally fight off disease without chemical pesticides.
“We helped develop a variety of coffee resistant to this fungus, and we introduced it into Central America,” Murano says. “We shot video last summer of a big harvest; these farmers finally getting their coffee harvested and several of them said ‘I don’t have to leave now.’ That’s huge!”
“If science can help us produce foods that are safe in a different way than maybe we’re used to and it saves peoples’ lives, it’s a no brainer.”
This news was originally published at kbtx.com