Can i person live off of Grits?

Question

Can i person live off of Grits?

Answer 1

technically, yes

healthily, no

Answer 2

Not very healthily.  Grits are made from corn and aren't even the whole grain, so they are starchy and not very nutritious.  Corn is one of the least nutritive of all the vegetables and used to be considered good only for feeding to pigs.  You would suffer severe vitamin deficiencies pretty quickly eating only corn, let alone only grits, which are a processed corn product.  Besides, why would you want to even try?

Answer 3

Yes, but i would imagine that you would get sick.

Answer 4

yeah but for no more than maybe a month or youd start to get real ill as you need your protein,vitamins and all the other shizz.

Answer 5

I'm sure you could,Did you know that a person could live off of Pistachios and water because they are a complete food

Answer 6

...possible...been done before...boring !

Answer 7

Only???  Not for very long.  Scurvy, rickets, pellagra . . .  ;~)

Answer 8

My Great Grandma Blanchy ate mostely Homenys most of her life and lived to be 90. It can be done, just don't make it your daily main course meal.

Answer 9

blllleeeeeeeeeecccccccchhh!probably so but why? and it wouldn't be very healthy.

Answer 10

Not solely, and not forever, just because it's missing essential amino acids, even if it's enriched with vitamins and minerals.  That's true of every plant except soybeans.  

You know, when Italians changed from wheat to corn polenta in the 1700's, and when the Iroquois shifted to corn for the basis of their diet, there was a drop in health - people became shorter, died earlier, and got more cavities.  Yuck.  

Answer 11

Not really.  Grits on their own don't provide all the nutrients the human body needs to survive.  While it may keep a person going for a while, the body will eventually become weak and give out.