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"Thin gruels, hard breads and stodgy may not sound much like superfoods but
these humble meals fuelled our forebears as they worked long days in the
fields. They were nutritional powerhouses in comparison with the sugary cereals
and fluffy white loaves that many of us eat today. What they lacked in finesse,
they more than made up for in nutritional value as potent sources of
fibre-rich, nutrient-dense whole grains.
Since then, consumption of whole grains has dropped to the extent that,
according to the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study, a diet low in whole
grains was linked to almost 215,000 preventable deaths and more than 3.5m years
of life lost due to ill-health, disability or early death in the EU in 2019
alone. Studies on whole grain intake are few – most focus more broadly on fibre
intake – but an oft-cited UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey back in 2015
found that only 17% of UK adults are eating the recommended amount.
This matters because research shows that eating 50g of whole grains daily is
linked to 25% lower incidence of Type 2 diabetes, a 20% reduced risk of heart
failure and a 12% reduction in cancer deaths."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
