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SeedyChick
Posted 8/1/2015 10:15 (#4710864 - in reply to #4710807)
Subject: RE: "non-gmo" truth in labelling....more b.s.



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Ron..NE ILL..10/48 - 8/1/2015 09:21

seedchick

Not heard of Riverside University. But I'm suspect of that supposed "study" by this paragraph found further down the page of your link.

That research, presented at a conference in March, found that the new genetically modified, high oleic soybean oil (Plenish), which has a lower amount of polyunsaturated fatty acid than traditional soybean oil, is healthier than regular soybean oil but just barely. Using mice, the researchers found that the Plenish oil also induces fatty liver although somewhat less obesity and diabetes. Importantly, it did not cause insulin resistance, a pre-diabetic condition. It should be noted that both the regular soybean oil and Plenish are from soybeans that are genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide RoundUp.

Doesn't that last paragraph seem to give the whole study a different angle?



From Wikipedia: The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside), is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,900 acres (769 ha) in a suburban district of Riverside, California, United States, with a branch campus of 20 acres (8 ha) in Palm Desert. Founded in 1907 as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside pioneered research in biological pest control and the use of growth regulators responsible for extending the citrus growing season in California from four to nine months. Some of the world's most important research collections on citrus diversity and entomology, as well as science fiction and photography, are located at Riverside.

My takeaway from the study is that soybean oil is not a very healthy source of fat for human consumption. The high oleic soybean oil, which has a lower amount of polyunsaturated fatty acid than traditional soybean oil is not as bad as regular soybean oil. From a nutrition standpoint, GMO or non-GMO has nothing to do with the nutritional shortcomings.
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