Health Benefits Of Whole Grains
A new study confirms the health benefits of whole grains.
As stated within:
“Greater whole grain intake is associated with less obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol — major factors that increase the risk for heart disease and stroke.”
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As for which grains to purchase, I suggest reading through the article below:
As stated within, “Buy only organic whole grains…“
Ross
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One note: They are really comparing eating whole grains to eating refined grains. Of course the whole grains win out. I’m still not convinced that grains are part of a proper diet, especially those containing gluten (wheat, barley, rye, and oats are often contaminated). There is absolutely nothing in a grain that cannot be found in vegetables and fruits. Stick to the produce.
Scott Kustes
Modern Forager
Well, the story didn’t explicitly state that it was comparing whole to refined grain consumption but that it usually what these studies do.
Scott is right though, if all it did was compared whole vs. refined then that doesn’t prove that whole grain consumption is healthy per se, only that whole is more healthy relative to refined. It would be no different than me doing a study comparing rat poison to Big Mac’s. Would you say that because Big Mac’s are more healthy than rat poison that therefore we should eat Big Mac’s everyday? Of course not.
A more interesting study would be to see if whole grains are more healthy than substituting their consumption for veggies and fruits.
I cannot agree with Scott more. Grains = complex carbs which break down slowly in the digestive tract. This is because they have complex molecules which make your body work overtime to break them down into easily useable sugar. This takes energy you could be using for your training. The only creatures that can digest grains in their natural state are birds. As Scott says, stick to the produce.
Try Ezekiel 4:9, they’re sprouted and organic, easy on your stomach and chock full of nutrients. They’re the only grains I eat.