Healthy
diet will not be complete without complex carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.
And the whole grains are a great source of all the above, which makes them a
great choice for someone who us serious about healthy living and organic food.
Adding whole grains to your daily diet can significantly lower risk of diabetes
and other health problems like high blood pressure, heart disease and certain
cancers.
Most people
eat a lot of grain every day in a form of cereal, bread, crackers deserts and
etc. But most of it highly processed and refined and has little or virtually no
dietary value for your body. According to Dietary Guidelines for Americans at
least half of the grains you eat are supposed to be whole grain. That means
that grain has to contain the bran (outer layer of the grain) and germ (the
part from which a new plant sprouts), which are usually removed in the milling
process. The important nutrients like potassium, selenium and magnesium, and
dietary fiber are contained in bran and germ. So we don’t get them by eating
white flour that is made out of endosperm, the bulk of the seed which contains
minimum of vitamins and minerals. It has fine texture, tastes good, stuffs your
stomach, gives bread a longer shelf life but doesn’t give your body what it
needs to be healthy and strong.
So next
time you are munching on your sandwich think for a moment may be it’s time for
you to go whole grain.
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