The Philippines, with a total coastline of 36,289 kilometers, has marine resources that provide food to millions of Filipinos.
Food
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Contrary to what most people may think, irradiated foods are safe to eat! This assurance came from Luvimina G. Lanuza, head of the Irradiation Services Section of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), a line agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
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Food products that contain higher levels of phytosterols for reduced cholesterol, crops with higher levels of carotenoids for increased vitamin A, potato loaded with antioxidants, low-linolenic soybean, and high-lysine corn.
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Here’s good news for Filipinos who are hypertensive. A team of scientists from Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa (UAS) in Mexico has successfully developed a genetically engineered tomato (GE) that can help treat hypertension.
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Could it be that the forbidden fruit mentioned in the Holy Bible was the avocado? David Fairchild, America’s greatest plant explorer, described alligator pear – as it is known in some parts of the world – as “a food without rival among fruits, the veritable fruit of paradise.”
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