Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Grains as Food: an Update

Improperly Prepared Grain Fiber can be HarmfulLast year, I published a post on the Diet and Reinfarction trial (DART), a controlled trial that increased grain fiber intake using whole wheat bread and wheat bran supplements, and reported long-term health outcomes in people who had previously suffered a heart attack (1). The initial paper found a trend toward increased heart attacks and deaths in the grain fiber-supplemented group at two years, which was not statistically significant.What I didn't...


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