Whole Grains in Your Diet by Sophia Cable (Guest Author)
Getty Images/TODAY Introduction: In the nutrition class I teach, students were asked to write a blog post on a nutrition topic. One of those students, Sophia Cable, wrote an interesting blog post on whole grains. Students were also asked to conduct some of their own “research” on their nutrition topic and that research is shared in her post. I welcome Sophia Cable as a guest author for this week’s blog post. Grains are commonly thought of as bread, rice, pasta, and oats. Many people think that they should not be eating bread daily, or that they should never eat a plate of spaghetti. This is not true. Foods like this can be very healthy and beneficial to incorporate into your diet. The only thing is to make sure to choose the healthier options. You may be asking how can bread or pasta ever be healthy? The answer is simpler than you would think…choose whole grains. To gather a little more information abo...