New Study Finds that Orange Maize Improves Vitamin A in Children

Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa

Just ahead of World Food Day, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (http://goo.gl/AwrAkl) has established that ‘orange’ vitamin A maize increases vitamin A storage in the body. This maize has been conventionally bred (non-GMO) to have higher levels of beta-carotene, a naturally occurring plant pigment that the body then converts into vitamin A.

Lack of sufficient vitamin A blinds up to 500,000...

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