Eating For Health

So many people “avoid carbs” and avoid grains.   The latest diet craze is to go low carb.  Is that the healthiest choice for a longer life?  Are some carbs healthy?   Absolutely.    If you are watching carbs, you should watch to see you add whole grain carbs to your diet.   Whole grains aren’t carbs to avoid but to add to your diet.   A recent Harvard study on Whole Grains found that people who ate whole grains lowered their risk of heart disease.   How much whole grains did they eat to lower their risk of heart disease?   The more they ate they lower the risk 5% lower risk of heart disease for those eating 1 ounce a day (1 slice of whole wheat bread) 8% lower risk for those who replaced one serving of refined grains with one serving of whole grains every day   20% lower if a serving of red meat was replaced by whole grains Whole grains contain all parts of the grain including the bran.   The bran is rich in B vi...