Wholegrains found bursting with health benefits

I can recalled, when I am 5, my late Grandma always cook brown rice..cereal..for me, she told me that to clean up the digestic sytems is to take wholegrains food. My late Grandpa is a self made Chinese physician & he was very well know for his treatments for the people. Unfortunately he passed away 9 years before I was born.

I believe those herbs & food for health passed on to my late mom must be from his research. Now this is further confirmed by FDA researcher's.

Wholegrains found bursting with health benefits
06/12/2004 - Daily helpings of brown rice, wholegrain bread and cereals could reduce the risk of developing the increasingly common health condition of type 2 diabetes.

Researchers at the US government science agency Agriculture Research Service (ARS) say the results from a study of over 2000 people suggest at least three or more servings of wholegrain foods each day could reduce chances of developing ‘metabolic syndrome.’

Metabolic syndrome is a condition marked by a combination of abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, poor blood sugar control, low HDL "good" cholesterol and high blood fats. The constellation of health conditions increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Classed as an epidemic by the UN-backed World Health Organisation, at least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, a figure likely to more than double to 366 million by 2030.

The ARS findings build on a body of growing evidence that suggests eating wholegrain cereals could bring a string of health benefits.

Food makers are already reaching out to consumers with products that market the health benefits of such foods rich, using new approval on a wholegrain health claim cleared by a number of countries, but not yet at a European level.

Last year the US Food and Drug Administration cleared claim supporting their reduction of heart disease risk and earlier this year Sweden’s voluntary health claims code, gave food makers a similar approval. Read More...
Wholegrains found bursting with health benefits

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