A study found that eating more whole grains can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
Data from three case-control studies involving 14,427 patients with CHD and 400,492 participants found that people who ate more whole grains were “significantly associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease.”
What are whole grains? Here’s a partial list from the whole grains council.
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Barley
Buckwheat
Corn, including whole cornmeal and popcorn
Millet
Oats, including oatmeal
Quinoa
Rice, both brown rice and colored rice
Rye
Sorghum (also called milo)
Teff
Triticale
Wheat, including varieties such as spelt, emmer, farro, einkorn, Kamut®, durum and forms such as bulgur, cracked wheat and wheatberries
Wild rice
So convincing, I just ate some oatmeal.