Make Half Your Grains "Whole"
Challenge this week: For 5 out of the 7 days this week, watch your grains. Each of those 5 days, make sure that half of the grains you obtain are "whole grains."
Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley or another cereal grain is a grain product. Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits are examples of grain products.
Grains are divided into 2 subgroups, whole grains and refined grains.
Whole Grains: contain the entire grain kernal -- the bran, germ, and endosperm. Examples include: whole-wheat flour, bulgur (cracked wheat), oatmeal, whole cornmeal, brown rice
Refined grains: have been milled, a process that removes the bran and germ. Most refined grains are enriched (which is not necessarily bad, its just not a whole grain). Examples inclued: white flour, degermed cornmeal, white bread, white rice
Check the ingredient list for the words “whole grain” or “whole wheat” to decide if they are made from a whole grain.
I suggest going to mypyramid.gov to find out more if you want to. Also, if you go to the homepage, on the left side will be a link called "My Pyramid Plan." Add in your age, height, weight, and it will come up with a pyramid plan perfect for your body type! This website has some really neat information and tips to help you try to start a better diet & exercise lifestyle!
Okay just a p.s.
ReplyDeleteMake at least half of your grains whole grains, they can all be whole if you want - you don't need half of them to be ...unwhole, but you need "at least" half of them to be whole.
Hope that clears up any confusion.
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So, I looked at the ingredients in my Honey Nut Scooters this morning and the number one ingredient was whole grain oat flour! WOW! Thanks for this challenge Tiff. I think it's good to be mindful of all the ingredients that are in the foods we eat.
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