Genetically Engineered Salmon

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Although I agree with you that people will be freaked, it makes no sense.

Adding a gene to an animal does not change the food content in any measurable way. You eat it, it gets digested into fat, carbos and proteins, which your body then breaks down further into fatty acids, amino acids, and sugars. Regardless of the source it all ends up the same.

A genetically engineered fish is made of the same stuff as a natural fish, and when you eat it it ends up exactly the same. There is no "extra" additives, the gene they add is DNA just like all the fish's other genes and gets digested just the same.

When you start screwing with the hormones of an animal, everything goes to hell. Just look at the average teenage girl.