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Omega-3s 
Mon Nov 02, 2009 at 13:59:56 PM PST
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Oh yes, it's true. Monsanto is here to rescue us from overfishing. How, you ask? By engineering a variety of soybean with extra omega-3. And last week, the FDA decided that the oil of the new omega-3 soybean is GRAS - Generally Recognized as Safe.
The confirmation of GRAS status enables food companies to develop and test foods containing the new omega-3 oil, which are important steps towards consumers being able to benefit from this omega-3 product in a variety of food products with an acceptable taste experience.
As you can see on Monsanto Today, Monsanto is very pleased to give the world such a great product - one which will provide a source of omega-3s in our diet without a fishy flavor, and one which will mean we don't need to overfish the oceans in order to get enough omega-3s. I'm sorry, but that's like inflating the tires on a Hummer and saying you're doing something to help fight global warming. Let me explain.
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Sat May 09, 2009 at 06:00:00 AM PDT
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I thought I knew how to eat a healthy diet. I thought I knew why certain foods cause heart disease and others do not. And then I learned the full story. Or at least, as full of a story as science has revealed to date. While I was on a long road trip recently, I picked up my iPod and randomly selected a podcast of a Canadian show about food with an interview of Susan Allport, author of The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed From the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them. And... wow!
I knew almost immediately that I had to read her book. I **thought** I knew a lot about nutrition and food. I thought yeah, yeah, blah blah, Omega-3s are good. I know enough. But that's like wearing a pair of glasses with the wrong prescription and thinking that your blurry view of the world is crystal clear.
This diary will summarize the info in the book, explain why our current "knowledge" about nutrition is flawed, and then explain how government policies encourage unhealthy diets (beyond the detail you and I already knew) and what should be done to fix it.
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