Re: genetically modified food

**LEE REICH l*@hvc.rr.com**

I am not a nutritionist, but I understand that fat is needed to utilize
vitamin A and in those parts of the world where people are deficient in
vitamin A, there also is a deficiency of fat in the diets.

Margaret Lauterbach wrote:

> >
> >
> >CONSUMERS VALUE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THEM
> >
> >Consumers may be willing to pay a premium for certain genetically modified
> >foods if they are told of the potential health benefits they may receive
> >from eating those foods, according to a recent Purdue study. The findings
> >also indicated that a marketing survey method called "cheap talk" can be
> >used in mail surveys to yield more accurate results. Jayson Lusk,
> >associate professor of agricultural economics and author of the study,
> >used a mail survey to assess how much consumers are willing to pay for a
> >genetically modified, or GM, food called golden rice. His paper appears in
> >the November issue of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
> >http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/031024.Lusk.rice.html
> >
> >
> >jems
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> Interesting.  As of the Sept/Oct. 2000 communique from RAFI, golden rice
> only provided 10% of the recommended daily requirements of vitamin A.  One
> would have to consume 110-180 kilograms of golden rice per year to get the
> recommended daily amount.  Will people have room for other foods that
> provide other nutrients?  Did these people know how much they'd have to eat
> before they agreed to spend?  I'll bet they were told the cost per pound,
> and not how many pounds they'd have to consume.  Margaret Lauterbach
>
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