What You Need to Know About ... Grains & Cereals

They are the staff of life, but that doesn't mean our daily bread should be Krispy Kremes or Cinnabons

DOMINO EFFECT

Thousands of years ago our forebears learned how to domesticate staples such as rice, wheat and millet (as well as such less-well-known grains as amaranth and quinoa), which led in turn to cities, civilization and telemarketing. Packed with complex carbohydrates and essential vitamins such as B and E, grains still account for most of the calories consumed in the world.

PHYSICS LESSON

But the more we grind, mill, refine and strip grains of their constituent parts, such as bran, the fiber-rich outer layer, the more quickly our bodies are able to digest them--and the sooner we're hungry...

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