Like any other science, genetic engineering also has pros and cons. Let us look at some of them. Pros of Genetic Engineering Better Taste, Nutrition and Growth Rate Crops like potato, tomato, soybean and rice are currently being genetically engineered to obtain new strains with better nutritional qualities and increased yield. The genetically engineered crops are expected to have the capacity to grow on lands that are presently not suitable for cultivation. The manipulation of genes in crops is expected to improve their nutritional value as also their rate of growth.
Genetically Engineered Foods Food is the esscence of life and without it, life would fail to exist; however, the wrong nature of food can lead to the same fatal outcome. Foods that are genetically engineered are based on the premise that foods are made better for humans in many different ways (Eschholz and Rosa 537). Using the latest technology, scientists are able to create crops that are more productive to feed the ever growing population or by introducing new traits into already existing foods to make them overall better; it is easy to see why many people would think that this new technology is just another improvement in everyday lives. When modifying the food, scientists take a gene from one species and insert it into a new species to enhance desired traits such as resistance to herbicides or to provide more nutritional results. This way of improving foods has been taking place traditionally by just crossing two plants together and hoping that the new traits are taken without any negative ones (543).
Foods that are grown organically have shown to be beneficial for our bodies and are not combined with chemicals which dilute their effectiveness. Nature is a way of life, something that is not to be manipulated or changed. Organic farmers are an excellent example of people who decided to work with nature, rather than against it. Purchasing food that is grown locally and without the use of GMOs, we can preserve the business/es that still choose to grow their food the natural way while also increasing our lifespan and overall
Genetically Modified Food can be accepted Nowadays, with technology’s developing, more and more Genetically Modified (GM) Foods are produced and come out in many markets around the world. However, there are a great number of people who think the GM foods are dangerous and may do harm to their health. Therefore, they can’t accept GM foods. Unfortunately, I believe that GM foods are available in our lives because they have never been proven to harm people so far, they are more nutritious than traditional foods somewhat and they also can benefit farmers a lot for their working procedures actually. Professor Ian Campbell from Australia's Peter MacCallum Cancer Center says that no scientific evidence showing that GM food is harmful to people's health has been presented to date.
Can you imagine walking into a grocery store and seeing nothing but nearly empty shelves where food is usually stocked. The reason why you haven't seen that is because of GMOs. GMOs are the leading reason why farmers can continue to to grow enough food for the growing population. GMOs are a very good thing because it has allowed farmers to produce a higher yield on less acres, allowed them to use less pesticides and herbicides for a healthier product, finally it has allowed farmers to keep prices down because they have been able to spend less money on trying to grow the crops. Farmers are able to produce a higher yield on less land because of GMOs.
For example if a given food can be modified to be grown in a new environment, farmers would be able to grow, eat and sell the genetically modified food. Genetically modified food may increase access to food for the world's population if it can be produced in greater amounts for less money. So later on our population will double. Genetically modified foods allow farmers to use fewer
The food irradiated do not changed it is nutritional value and don’t become dangerous as a result of irradiation. In fact, the changes are so minimal to determine whether or not a food has been irradiated. Food irradiation can be an important tool in the war against illness and death from foodborne diseases . Also, irradiation is a process of ionizing energy that offers many benefits to consumers, retailers and food manufacturers because it contributed to improvements in both quality and quantity of the food supply. How it helps to improve is by informing them that the products they are selling in well tested.
Although many people may not like natural food because it do not have not flavor, natural food does provide enough nutrients, so people can have more energy in their daily life performance. For instance, when I eat homemade food, I have sufficient energy to be able to study, play soccer, and go to work. Therefore, I enjoy more to eat homemade food than eating processing food. Pollen believes Cooking is one of the most important health consequences of buying food from local farmers” (Pollen539) I agree, because I feel so different when I do not eat homemade food. As a result, eating homemade food with natural ingredients, it would help me out to do better of my daily activities.
Let’s see how much you know about genetically modified foods and why people have to label them? Genetically modified foods are products in which the genes are transformed into new ones with a new shape and color with better quantity of the product as well as better quality. First of all, consumers have a right to know things contained in their foods, especially foods that have been changed in shape, flavor, color, and both quality and quantity. Why? It is obvious that when people pay money for something they buy, they want to know what exactly things are (such as nutrition percentage or calories content).
It is divided up into 4 different sections that talk about healthier materials that can be used to make foods. Some examples of those are corn fiber and agave nectar. The corn fibers are used in sugar free foods and the agave nectar is used to sweeten foods or drinks without the need for sugar. For the way the economy is this statement by Stuart Cantor, “The growing problems of obesity and diabetes around the world offer manufacturers’ opportunities to formulate food and beverage products that can help reduce these conditions and, thus, improve human health.”, tells me there is an open market for healthy goods that are at a reasonable price. It is not just the fast food industry that needs to change its processed foods manufactures as well and the means to do it are out there.