The two are different.
"Gene food" refers to food containing nucleic acid, because nucleic acid is the carrier of genes. Nowadays, many health products appear under the banner of "gene food", especially health products for the elderly. In fact, the human body does not need to supplement nucleic acids. Moreover, nucleic acids are synthesized within cells, and foreign nucleic acids are digested and hydrolyzed in the digestive tract. Yes.
Genetically Modified Food (GMF) refers to foods that use genetic engineering (transgenic) technology to embed (non-identical) exogenous genes in the genome of species, including genetically modified plant foods and genetically modified animal foods. and genetically modified microbial foods. As an emerging biotechnological method, genetically modified foods are immature and uncertain, which inevitably makes the safety of genetically modified foods a focus of attention.
That is to say, one or several exogenous genes are transferred to a certain organism (animals, plants and microorganisms) through genetic engineering means, and the corresponding products are effectively expressed ( Polypeptides or proteins), such organisms are used as food or food processed from them as raw materials.
Genetically modified crops have three main characteristics. First, they have the effect of exterminating original wild crops. Once genetically modified crops are planted, wild crops will become extinct. This has been proven in practice and is no longer a theoretical issue; Second, genetically modified products are all sterilized products. Just like mules, they cannot use the harvested grain as seeds for the next year like the original crops, but can only buy new seeds every year. Almost all the patent rights for genetically modified seeds of major crops in the world belong to three large multinational companies, Monsanto, Bayer, and DuPont, and you have to pay expensive patent fees to purchase them. Third, there are special requirements for pesticides and fertilizers, and only pesticides and fertilizers designated by genetically modified seed companies can be used. The seeds of Chinese farmers can no longer be controlled by the farmers themselves, because seeds of genetically modified rice and other plants cannot be saved. The autonomy of Chinese farmers and the fundamental rights of the Chinese people are all in the hands of interest groups and the multinational companies behind them. . Other ancillary costs for genetically modified grains, such as special herbicides, fertilizers, etc., are also all in the hands of multinational companies. Genetically modified species pollute the original ecological species and the environment, making it impossible to restore the original ecological species.