I WANT TO BE GENETICALLY MODIFIED!

I think we need our little toes currently for balance but I could be wrong. :crazy:

Another interesting fact. Did you know that it is advisable to leave the dew claws on dogs that do agility as it helps THEM balance too.

Bet you glad I posted now aren't you? :wink:

Mmm also an interesting thread. Do be aware that various universities around the world have discovered that about a third of the population have wheat problems. They may not realise it, a headache after a drink, falling asleep about 30 minutes after something all will end up as a diabetic. Yes GM you makes sense but its not as simple as that. There are some drugs that may affect your genetic makeup but!!!!
So avoid any wheat product, some alcohol is made with wheat eg blended cheap and even some not so cheap whiskies. I glass for me and of to bye byes. Eat a bread made from hard wheat, Bye Byes, beers from wheat BB, and so on, however, malt whisky mais whisky, Brandy then look out table here you go!
Bread, bread made from Rye, barley etc have no effect, yet from hard wheat known as ble in France as opposed to froment (soft wheat) causes serious black outs. Incidentally I tackled certian UK suppliers about this and Weetibix said that mostly they only use locally grown soft wheat and Ryvita told me they only allow soft wheat into the factory!
Now to your vodka, some sugars are made from hard wheat, especially cheap vodkas, also be aware that some sugar alcohol actually made from wheat and fraudulent got into the UK drink chain.
My tipple now is Calvados, you cannot make that with wheat. Incidentally some naughty wine makers have been "fortifying" their wines by lumping loads of hard wheat into their wines. (That is only detectable by me if I fall asleep)
I produced evidence to the fact of many accidents happen in France after dinner to lorry drivers falling asleep after midday meal. And what is the NORMAL midday meal, oh yes, a glass of cheap beer, (made with hard wheat), a load of bread, (Hard wheat), something and chips, bread and cheese. You will notice the amount of hard wheat. Oh and what percentage of the French become diabetics, oh yes above 33%.
The grain people have just ignored it even though a professor there acknowledged the inference.
So wheat red and white seems OK, maize, Durham wheat (not really wheat at all, but often called hard wheat which it is not) OK, mais, Rice, and so on seem not to be problematic!

Sorry but I don't agree with several things in your post.

The amount of people with Diabetes is growing but hasn't reached the 33% level , thank goodness.
it ranges from around 8% in places like Guadeloupe (ie non metropolitan France), 5.4% in the Nod Pas de Calais to 3% in Brittanny. It's highest in the poorest sectors with 5.5% in St Denys compared with 3.3% for Paris as a whole. There's an average of 4.4% of the population.
http://www.afd.asso.fr/diabete/chiffres-france

I also didn't think that the French grew or used much hard flour. Indeed when you try to make bread. Even the strongest wholemeal flours (T110/150) are nothing like the strong flour sold in the UK, its one of the things some people bring back from the UK with them. You have to adapt recipes/techniques somewhat.

I spent a bit of time checking just to make sure.
The ordinary T55/65flour used for normal bread is from soft wheat.
The term froment actually applies to one particular variety of soft wheat. though Wiki says that it is now used as a synonym.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farine_de_bl%C3%A9
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9_tendre

The hard wheat (ble dur) that is grown in the South of France is durum wheat and is not suitable for French bread. It is used for pasta and bulgur.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9_dur
http://www.boulangerie.net/mp/infoblefar.html#ble


Personally, I think the accidents after lunch are after too much rouge. Far too often we have followed a driver weaving all over the place after lunch. It has got better in the years we've been here. There are quite often spot breathalyser checks on the roads out of town at at 2.0 clock.

GraceK said:

I think human beings lost a lot of 'connection' with the earth and other planets when it 'evolved' to walk on two legs instead of four. We'd have been better to keep all four limbs in contact with the ground, we'd be a lot wiser and probably wouldn't need mobile phones! :think:

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But, big cats with sabre teeth could sneak up on you undetected and eat you alive, thus forcing you either back into the trees or to live in holes under the ground. Our knees are back to front and the wrong way around for out running swift predators. If you're going for a walk in the Serengeti Park, you need to be able to spot lions from a distance.