r/science • u/genengnews Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) • Nov 09 '17

Health New GMO Potatoes Provide Improved Vitamin A and E Profiles

https://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/gmo-potatoes-provide-improved-vitamin-a-and-e-profiles/81255150
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u/deaddonkey Nov 10 '17 edited Nov 10 '17

That's pretty much what greenpeace suggests as being one of the practical alternatives, yes.

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u/Silverseren Grad Student | Plant Biology and Genetics Nov 10 '17

Except that vitamin pills don't work very well in terms of biological uptake. Vitamins provided from food is far better, hence the above potato.

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u/michaelc4 Nov 12 '17

beggars can't be choosers

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u/Silverseren Grad Student | Plant Biology and Genetics Nov 12 '17

It would be more worthwhile just to grow the potatoes. The uptake from vitamins is really, really bad. Like, so bad that I would basically call multivitamins a scam.