Can you imagine being able to eat bacon that actually helps your heart? Well a group of university researchers is working on creating such a thing. Apparently they have created cloned pigs that make their own omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish are thought to decrease chances of heart disease. And it’s not often that I favorably quote the New York Times, but they said it best when they said that this could be the “nutritional holy grail.”
I’m sure some idiot activists will make it very difficult for such a dream food to reach the shelves of U.S. grocery stores, despite numerous studies that have proven various types of genetically modified foods to be safe for consumption. But in the meantime, we can now dream of a day when bacon is both tasty and healthy…