> However we still don't understand allergies, autoimmune disorders, or nutrition well. On top of that, there's the whole field of gut bacteria that we're just

> However we still don't understand allergies, autoimmune disorders, or nutrition well. On top of that, there's the whole field of gut bacteria that we're just starting to take seriously. People shouldn't be downvoting you. That's a very important point. There shouldn't be knee-jerk reactions in either direction. (GMOs in general, not the rice.) Here's an example of how little humans know about how vitamins work: if you give smokers beta carotene in supplement form, it increases their chance of lung cancer, even though in food form it reduces it.[1][2] [1] http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/dangers-beta-carotene-and-smoking http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/dangers-be... [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15572756 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15572756