New tomatoes have increased vitamin D and less cholesterol

Buzz Lightbulb · Guru

New tomatoes have increased vitamin D and less cholesterol

Kebbin · Guru

Tomatoes naturally lower cholesterol, they do not have any in them! Grow some and get the vitamin D while your doing it. Just an assumption but did you just add the cholesterol for a gimmick? Animal products have cholesterol not fruit or vege.

-- Edited by Kebbin on Monday 30th of May 2022 01:51:42 PM

Buzz Lightbulb · Guru

An excerpt from a related article:

'They were made by editing a gene called Sl7-DR2 to stop the plant producing an enzyme that converts provitamin D3, a precursor to vitamin D, into cholesterol. We altered a very small fragment of a part of this gene, says Jie Li at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK, who led the research. Comparing with the non-edited tomato plants, we didnt see any effect on growth, development or yield in our edited plant. It just looked like a normal tomato fruit.'

I interpret that to mean that it keeps reduce cholesterol.