Nowadays genetically modified food is widespread all over the world While proponents of GM crops ensure that these foods are safe for human consumption and help to increase food supplies others argue that their effects on health have not been studied long

Access to adequate food supply has always been one of the biggest concerns of humankind. Nowadays, with the rapid increase in population resulting in the never ending demand for food, production of genetically modified food has become a popular trend. While the proponents of this method of growing food consider it the best solution to overcome the lack of food problem, many others have concerns about the health issues it may cause. The following essay will demonstrate some positive aspects and downsides of GMOs.

On the one hand, transgenic food grows faster and with better flavour. Because of the fast pace of population growth in the last decades, the traditional agricultural activities could not fulfil the requirements of human beings anymore. So, noble solutions like altering the gene make-up of plants have been hired by farmers so that nations have access to supplies as fast as they need it. Moreover, farmers can grow plants that not only resist disease, but also require fewer environmental resources such as water and fertiliser using biotechnology. As a result, they can increase the supply of food with reduced cost and longer shelf life.

On the other hand, modified food can cause different health problems for humans. Namely, the number one most common side effect of consuming these products is allergic reaction. This allergic reaction happens when a certain protein present in the GM crop enters the body and stimulates an immune response. Oxford university researchers found out that consumption of conventionally grown foodstuffs could create an allergic response in 40 % of consumers. In addition, non organic foods have been reported to be void of nutritional value. As genetic engineering tends to focus more on increasing their production, prolonging their lifespan, and deterring pests, the nutritional value of some crops is sometimes compromised. As an example, studies found that organic soybeans are far higher in nutritional components like healthy sugar and proteins.

In conclusion, although new ways of producing edible materials help the fast growth of crops and plants with fewer resource depletion, it may cause side effects and reduce nutritional value of food.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, moreover, so, while, in addition, in conclusion, such as, as a result, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 13.1623246493 53% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 41.998997996 110% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1872.0 1615.20841683 116% => OK
No of words: 349.0 315.596192385 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.36389684814 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32221490584 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77122826964 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 221.0 176.041082164 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.63323782235 0.561755894193 113% => OK
syllable_count: 571.5 506.74238477 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.10420841683 285% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.2973053066 49.4020404114 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.0 106.682146367 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.8125 20.7667163134 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.75 7.06120827912 96% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.67935871743 150% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.341867636826 0.244688304435 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100256410968 0.084324248473 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0739784848516 0.0667982634062 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.189809524778 0.151304729494 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.080166668644 0.056905535591 141% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 13.0946893788 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 12.4159519038 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.97 8.58950901804 116% => OK
difficult_words: 117.0 78.4519038076 149% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 9.78957915832 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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