GMO Tomatoes Fight Cancer?

The study was authored by Dr. Alan Fogelman of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The work was presented at the annual conference of the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions. The scientist and his team maintain that the addition of a small amount of “franken tomato” to the rats’ food, which consisted mostly of ingredients found in the Western diet (i.e. large, fat portions), significantly allowed lower the levels of inflammation in the blood rodents.

However, the GMWatch.org organization, which deals with the fight against GMO foods, emphasizes that the study was small, very poorly carried out, in addition, not available for review by independent experts, nor published in any scientific journal. Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital, explains: rodent trials do not necessarily translate to humans, particularly in terms of food. Based on these studies, performed only on rats, we cannot say that genetically modified food will be a handy pharmacy in the future. The wisest choice is to simply eat healthy. We find plenty in nature fruit and vegetablesincluding different varieties of tomatoes. There is no need to resort to the help of a mutant tomato.

source: ScienceNews.pl

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