Wheat to get nutrient boost, maybe

With many of the foods we eat these days being produced in mass manufacturing fields that have nutrient-deplete growing condition, there growing public interest in this has made the term "organic" incredibly popular recently -- and it's not slowing down.

In that vein, scientists have found a way to boost the protein, zinc and iron content in wheat. With wheat being a main grain staple in the diets of billions -- accounting for about 20 percent of overall global calories consumed -- this potential breakthrough really does have the capability to help bring more nutritious food to many millions of people globally.

Although without more in-depth research, I remain a little skeptical on the gene that has been identified in wild wheat that raises the grain's nutritional content. The University of California research team indicated that the gene became nonfunctional for unknown reasons during humankind's domestication of wheat.