Alimentos funcionales: ¿una modificación genética benéfica para el consumidor?.

Abstract

An analytical review was carried out on the different functional foods, focusing specifically on transgenic foods that meet functional properties. Functional foods are a type of food, ingredients or bioactive compounds that provide the individual after ingestion, health benefits and the prevention of different diseases. As for transgenic foods or also known as genetically modified organisms, they were designed in order to eradicate world hunger and malnutrition, improve crops, minimize costs, reduce the use of agrochemicals, improve the nutritional quality of food, and Many advantages that the agri-food industry has exposed, but there are Formando líderes para la construcción de un nuevo país en paz 4 also several disadvantages of its development, such as the invasion of traditional crops and the consequent loss of biodiversity, risks of GMOs for public health such as allergens and toxins, resistance to antibiotics, among others.