Enrichment Food, Additives, and GMO's by Nora García Mercado https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5 Questions and answers of our investigation - NORA AND JIMENA en-us 2019-11-12 01:01:22 UTC 2019-11-12 02:28:09 UTC hello@padlet.com 1) 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748255
  • A GMO is a product that has been genetically altered or modified by humans, not naturally. GMO products were created because they provide more opportunities for efficient and effective production on both agricultural and aquacultural procedures. Meaning that with GMOs industries could have more products for less money, space, and time. 

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  • Companies and people use, buys, and creates GMO products because the product will have a lower price with a greater benefit, and greater amount. By modifying the product companies can control the amount, size, resistance, and reproductive growth of a plant or animal. Also, these products are altered in order to protect crops from insects, plant diseases and other viruses, benefiting big and small farmers production rates. 

    • ]]>     2019-11-12 01:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748342     3) 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748474 GMOs are banned from Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Greece, Poland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Belgium, among others European countries. Also in Algeria and Madagascar in Africa; Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan and Saudi Arabia in Asia; and Belize, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela in the Americas.]]> 2019-11-12 01:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748474 4) 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748593 GMO Products (vary from disease/insect/drought resistance, tolerance from herbicide, and enhance nutrients)
    a) Corn 
    b) Potatoes 
    c) Disease resistant Papaya

    ]]>     2019-11-12 01:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748593     PAPAYA 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748977 2019-11-12 01:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409748977 SQUASH 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409749056 2019-11-12 01:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409749056 6) POTATO 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409749349 2019-11-12 01:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409749349 5) Pros | Cons of GMOs 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409752081 PROS
    - Genetically modified (GM) crops have been proven safe through testing and use, and can even increase the safety of common foods.
    - GMO crops lower the price of food and increase nutritional content, helping to alleviate world hunger.
    -  Growing GMO crops leads to environmental benefits such as reduced pesticide use, less water waste, and lower carbon emissions.

    CONS
    - Genetically modified (GM) have not been definitely proven safe for human consumption since it is new, humans still don’t know the long term consequences of using them. 
    - Experimenting with the genetic makeup of plants may result in changes to the food supply and could introduce toxins or trigger allergic reactions into products. 
    - Certain GM crops harm the environment through the increased use of toxic herbicides and pesticides.]]>     2019-11-12 02:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409752081     7) Fortified | Enriched 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409752560 FORTIFIED
    Milk with vitamin D and iron
    Salt with indone 
    Fruit juice fortified with calcium

    ENRICHED 
    Bread: enriched with vitamin B lost in the processing of white flour. 
    Enriched flour: pasta, tortillas, and products made with enriched white flour are also enriched foods.
    Wheat flour: commonly folic acid, riboflavin, and iron are added to wheat flour after production. ]]>     2019-11-12 02:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409752560     8) CONCLUSION 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409753153 In conclusion, we consider that GMOs are harmful for both the Earth and humans. We think this because even though GMOs products’ prices are low, they contain more product, and give the farmers and companies more variables and economic benefits during production, we still don’t know for sure what, we, the consumers eat. We don’t support GMOs because these days not every GMO is definitely proven to not harm humans’ health since GMOs are new and people still don’t know the long term consequences of using them. Other factors that contribute to our posture is that some GMOs are proven to damage croplands by adding into the soil more pesticides and toxic substances, as well that genetically modified food and animals could be introduced with allergies or toxins.  

    On the other hand, we consider that Fortified and Enriched food have their cons and pros, but we mostly support it. The purpose of fortified food is to improve the nutritional quality of food, reduce nutritional disorders, fortification for the body building, and fortification for medical treatment. And the purpose of Enriched food is when foods are processed they often lose some of the important nutrients such as vitamins and minerals in the process, if the food is labeled “enriched” it means that the vitamins and/or minerals which were lost have simply been added back to restore it to its original nutritional value. Many consumers think that “enriched” means that the food has extra nutrients added to it which will make it more nutritious. That is not true. It has simply been restored to its original state. From this information, we can ultimately conclude that in fact fortified and enriched food instead of harming our health it helps it and improve it giving the necessary nutrients, minerals, and antioxidants that our body needs in food. 
    ]]>     2019-11-12 02:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409753153     FORTIFIED 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409756780 2019-11-12 02:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409756780 ENRICHED 79059 https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409756871 2019-11-12 02:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/79059/yoc2f41egai5/wish/409756871