The other benefits of GMO are: improvement of the taste and nutrition, immunity to antibiotics, cultivation of rare and difficult to cultivate kinds of plants, limitation of the preservatives and quality improvement ingredients and the modification of the smell, color and taste of the agricultural plants. ... In fact, juicy and shiny tomato may be a few weeks old and have very little nutrition. ...

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With the use of an outrageous cartoon, Wilson shows scientists using high technology machines to make vegetables immune to be eaten by insects. ... The rats developed stomach lesions causing them to die two weeks later: since this test the FlavrSavr tomato has been terminated. ... If we unknowingly consume genetically modified foods then our bodies are already immune to its chemicals. ...

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The American Academy of Environmental Medicine conducted studies finding that "several animals indicate serious health risks associated with GMO food consumption including infertility, immune system regulation, insulin regulation, cell signaling, and harmful changes in the liver, kidney, spleen, and gastro intestinal system" (Rodale 34). ...

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Many people are aware that vitamin A has something to do with vision, but many are not aware of the central role it plays in maintaining the integrity of the immune system. According to the World Health Organization, dietary vitamin A deficiency (VAD) compromises the immune systems of approximately 40 percent of children under the age of five in the developing world, greatly increasing the risk of severe illnesses from common childhood infections, thus causing hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths among them (The Golden Rice Project). ...

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