Genetically Engineered Golden Rice Falls Short on Lifesaving Promise

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

Vitamin A deficiency is a major problem in developing countries, particularly in areas where diets are based primarily on rice. Without adequate dietary beta-carotene, which your body converts into vitamin A, people are at increased risk of infection, blindness and other health problems.

Children and pregnant women are most severely affected, and it’s estimated that up to 2.7 million children’s lives could be saved by providing adequate vitamin A.1

As a solution, biotech companies created genetically engineered (GE) Golden Rice, which produces beta-carotene that, theoretically, the human body can convert into vitamin A.

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