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What the mouse knows and we don't?

Why does a mouse eat the germ of grain and leave the rest for us? what does it know that we don't?
I went to a GLND session where this was pointed out to me.  I had not taken note of this before; but I then realized that in the grain stores at home, the maize grains all have an elliptical hole at the top.

Apparently the mouse eats that part of the grain because of the importance of the grain germ to its body. The germ contains phospholipids; the essential oils that enable the building of the cell membrane.

What is a healthy cell membrane good for? Good health. Healthy cell membrane allows the passage of wastes out of the cell and the absorption of nutrients into the cell. Nutrients help to fuel the cell and hence the body.

What is  the  effect of unhealthy cell membrane? Basically disease, lethargy and lack of energy. When wastes build up in the cell, they cause disease. When the cell does not have the nutrients it requires then the body becomes lethargic.

So, does the mouse know all this? Perhaps only intuitively. But it does. And that's why the mouse eats the germ and leaves the starch and gluten for us.
What do we humans do instead when making maize meal? We strip the grain of all the essential nutrients and leave the starch alone. We then mill this, and later "fortify" it. This is a scam that we should resist. Of course the people in the business of making maize mill want it on the shelf for as long as possible, and that is why the germ is removed.

But eating this maize meal is really eating empty calories. It contributes little to the specific needs of our body, aside from filling our bellies. Wheat, polished rice have also been stripped of these essential nutrients.

It is up to us to know the importance of what we eat, and do it right.


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