Do Grains Cause Genetic Mutation?

[Tenet Nosce]

I think everything out there will cause genetic mutation. So I find it useful to "mutate" in the most beneficial way. That is to utilize those things that have been proven to upgrade us or make us more efficient.

Yes, that is a good point. There is beneficial mutation too! But I think they were specifically looking at the ones which are associated with disease in this study.

Not "more of the same" or "humans have done this for thousands of years". That kind of thinking does not allow for advancement or evolution when it comes knocking on the door.

You are right. I think you may have been misunderstanding the "thousands of years" angle. I just mean that thousands of years of philosophical debates hasn't yielded any definitive answers. Not to mean that because "this is the way we have always done it, therefore that is the way it should be done." That kind of thinking is fallacious, as you have pointed out.

Grain is not all that good for us. You can get an idea of how beneficial each would be by the amount used in processed foods. The most commonly used will coincide with the least benefit for us.

Agreed.

I am currently trying to design a set of questions for my guidance group. I was recently told that I could make a snack that had all of the nutrients I needed for good health, for use on a daily schedule. This is odd as far as we are supposed to mix it up normally. So I am very curious, just haven't gone in depth on the idea yet.

That sounds interesting! What kind of guidance group is it? Do you mean coming up with a single recipe that fulfills all the body's nutritional needs? At one point I tried to devise a whole day's meal plan that met all the body's nutritional needs- and was unable to do it in less than 2200 calories of food.

Are you familiar with the nutrient search tool on nutritiondata.com? It allows you to reverse search for foods by nutrient. Could be helpful.