Neutraceuticals

[crystal sage]

... Does all this sound scary to anyone????

No wonder more and more people are either going anorexic... or living off junk food... at least these foods may not be DNA Challenged!!! or are they???

We are living off artificially created foods... eg chemically enhanced... now DNA challenged....Frankenfoods... !!!

These days We are being encouraged to be cosmetically enhanced inside and out!!!!

"Many of the genes used to create transgenic food animals are synthetic approximations of the original gene , but deemed, mistakenly, to be “substantially equivalent” to the natural genes. The synthetic genes contain DNA sequences that have never existed in evolution, and by no stretch of the imagination can they be presumed safe."

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Genetically_Modifi...mals_Coming.php

Consumers need to be alerted to a whole range of genetically modified ‘neutraceuticals', animals and animal products that are supposed to provide enhanced nutritional value.

Cloned transgenic pigs have been produced rich in beneficial omega-3 fatty acids [8] normally obtained by eating fish. The transgene consisted of a synthetic n-3 fatty acid desaturase from the roundworm C. elegans driven by a cytomegalovirus enhancer and chicken beta-actin promoter, accompanied by a selection marker gene for neomycin resistance.

Recombinant human protein C was expressed in the milk of cloned transgenic pigs [9]. Human protein C is an anti-coagulant found in the blood, and serves as a therapy for many disease states. Foetal pig fibroblasts were transformed with a fusion gene consisting of the mouse acidic whey protein and its promoter and terminator into which the pig protein C gene sequence had been inserted. This results in high production of human C protein.

Rare natural forms of beta- and kappa- caseins were used to transform embryonic fibroblasts with as many as 84 copies of the genes integrated randomly in the genome. The fibroblasts were then used to produce clones of the cattle. Nine cows expressing the transgenes produced milk with up to 20 percent

increase in beta-casein and double the level of kappa-casein. The overall health of the transgenic cattle was not discussed in any detail, let alone the health impacts of the milk used as food.

........transgenic chickens can thrive on lactose containing feed, such as dairy products or waste products. Early chicken embryos were transformed using the spleen necrosis retrovirus vector (SNTZ) , a replication-defective vector........

Edited August 5, 2007 by crystal sage

[crystal sage]

....and then there's Nano-foods

http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/...fiction%3F.html

http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ne...-meets-academia

Edible nanoparticles can be made of silicon or ceramics, or materials that react with the body's heat or chemistry, such as polymers.

"We are confident that some of the soft particle nanofoods are really harmless," Kampers said. "The body is accustomed to soft particles. They look like normal cells thatthe body knows about."

"We do not really know exactly how these nanoparticles go through different routes in the body and where they end up," he said. "We need more research about hte effects onfood and on the body."

The Nano4Food conference will look at ways the technology can be used in food manufacturing, distribution and consumption.

Edited August 5, 2007 by crystal sage