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April 11, 2011
Monsanto’s Fishy “Omega-3” Soy
Misleading media reports on new GM soybeans help the biotech/agri-business giant lead consumers astray
by Craig Weatherby

For example, Science News penned this howler: “The two enzymes Monsanto has just added to soy effectively turn the legume’s oil into a proto fish oil.” (Raloff J 2011)

That’s not even half-right ... as we'll explain.

Monsanto’s GM soy scam ignores a key omega-3 distinction
To grasp the disingenuous, deception-by-omission message that will sell Monsanto’s GM “omega-3” soybeans and the soy oil made from it, we need to review some basic facts about omega-3s.

Unlike the SDA fat in Monsanto’s GM soybeans, fish and fish oils raise blood levels of omega-3 DHA as well as omega-3 EPA … a decisive distinction that matters for two reasons:

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DHA is the most important omega-3 to get from your diet.
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While people can convert SDA into EPA, we cannot convert SDA into DHA.

Why is dietary DHA more critical than dietary EPA or an EPA precursor like SDA?

People cannot easily convert dietary or bodily EPA into DHA … a fact that’s pivotal to any discussion of Monsanto’s so-called GM “omega-3” soybean.

And, despite some functional overlap between the two long-chain omega-3s from fish, DHA and EPA play very different roles in human health:

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DHA is essential to key brain health, eye health, and inflammation-control functions.
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EPA is essential for other key inflammation and immune-system functions.

Further, it takes four to five times more dietary SDA to reach the EPA blood levels people can achieve by consuming the same amount of EPA from fish or fish oil (Harris WS et al. 200..

Together with these critical distinctions, human’s documented inability to efficiently convert SDA into bodily EPA make a mockery of any claims that Monsanto’s GM soybeans can substitute for fish or fish oil.

Why the major plant-form omega-3 isn’t ideal, either
Omega-3 fatty acids come in two different forms – short-chain and long-chain – which differ greatly in their ability to support and enhance human health:

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Short-chain “green” omega-3s (Alpha Linoleic Acid or ALA) are found in walnuts, laxseed, canola oil, and leafy green veggies such as spinach. Some packaged foods are fortified with ALA.
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Long-Chain “marine” omega-3s (EPA and DHA) come from ocean and fresh-water foods such as fish, shellfish, and algae. Some eggs are given labels such as “rich in omega-3s” because they come from hens fed DHA.

Only the long-chain “marine” omega-3s found in fish and fish oil are essential to human health.

If fish are unavailable, the human body uses omega-3 ALA from plants to make long-chain omega-3 DHA and EPA.

But people can convert only from one to 10 percent of dietary ALA into the omega-3 DHA and EPA.

Humans’ very low short-to-long-chain omega-3 conversion rates means that while dietary ALA can ensure survival and their minimum health needs, food-borne ALA can’t easily raise body levels of DHA and EPA enough to ensure optimal health.

(Non-fish eaters and pregnant women have the highest omega-3 conversion rates … probably to compensate for low DHA-EPA intake and babies’ high DHA requirements, respectively.)

This is why U.S. and world health authorities concerned with heart and overall health recommend getting 250-500mg or more of long-chain omega-3 EPA and DHA daily (roughly equal amounts of each fatty acid) – from fish and/or fish oil.

Sources

* Harris WS, Lemke SL, Hansen SN, Goldstein DA, DiRienzo MA, Su H, Nemeth MA, Taylor ML, Ahmed G, George C. Stearidonic acid-enriched soybean oil increased the omega-3 index, an emerging cardiovascular risk marker. Lipids. 2008 Sep;43(9):805-11. Epub 2008 Aug 6.
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Lemke SL, Vicini JL, Su H, Goldstein DA, Nemeth MA, Krul ES, Harris WS. Dietary intake of stearidonic acid-enriched soybean oil increases the omega-3 index: randomized, double-blind clinical study of efficacy and safety. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Oct;92(4):766-75. Epub 2010 Aug 25.
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Raloff J. Fishy fat from soy is headed for U.S. dinner tables. April 9, 2011. Accessed at Fishy Fat From Soy Is Headed For U.S. Dinner Tables - Science News
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Whelan J. Dietary stearidonic acid is a long chain (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid with potential health benefits. J Nutr. 2009 Jan;139(1):5-10. Epub 2008 Dec 3. Review.

Article from Vital Choices Newsletter

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Just want to say that I do believe that Monsanto is evil.
Who was president from 1992 on?
Why cannot Moochelle's garden be declared as truly "organic"?
Cause the Clinton's gave some rumpswab donor from Arkansas a contract to to treat the Whitehouse Lawn with petrified waste from a "RECYCLING" plant thereby rendering it "unedible".

I am computer spastic, however all of this is verifiable on the net.

What does Moochelle do with said food....
She donates it to homeless shelters.

Wake up America!

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PS Don't eat soy anything. Take krill oil instead.