I understand your individual points and I appreciate the response. Unfortunately, I don't find your arguments compelling because you've shifted your statements

I understand your individual points and I appreciate the response. Unfortunately, I don't find your arguments compelling because you've shifted your statements as you've explained more, and the absolutes you opened with are becoming a lot softer as you're adding more factors and citing additional variables and nuance. I think it all boils down to "if microbes can eat it super easily then you should avoid it because it's too easy to digest." There's probably something valid there, as I, for example, made my kids oatmeal pancakes yesterday because I wanted something that burned a little slower than the typical flour pancakes.