Eating Whole Grains – It’s like adding to your health insurance portfolio

Web MD suggests “Eating more whole grains is an easy way to add a layer of “health insurance” to your life.“

Various studies show that mortality rates were 17 to 43 percent lower for individuals who consume one or more servings of whole grain per day versus those that ate few or no servings of whole grain.

Whole grains can claim a wide array of health benefits that other foods cannot. Studies have shown that people who eat whole grains have lower body mass index, lower cholesterol and lower waist to hip ratios. Large epidemiological studies have shown that people who eat three servings of grain reduce their risk of heart disease ( 25-36%0, stroke (37%), Type II diabetes (21-27%), digestive system cancers (21-43%) , and hormone –related cancers (10 – 40%).

The American Heart Association, Dietary guidelines for Americans and Healthy People 2010 all recommend three servings of whole grains daily. Yet the average American eats less than one serving per day and 30% of Americans never eat whole grains. Fewer than 10% of Americans get the three recommended servings per day.

Keeping it simple – The Bread House eliminates the guesswork and offers real whole grain products. Grocery store labeling on foods can be confusing. Products are difficult to find. For one thing, it’s not always easy to tell just which foods are truly whole grain. When shopping the bread, cereal or snack aisle almost every package proclaims its whole-grain goodness. But not all of them actually are whole grain. Packaging slogans like “multigrain,” “100% wheat,” “cracked wheat,” “organic,” “bran,” and “stone ground” may sound healthy, but do not actually indicate the product is actually whole grain. It is important to read the ingredient list and look for the following sources of whole grains as the first ingredient

Many Americans are not knowledgeable regarding cooking with whole grains. As adults we tend to eat the way our families ate when we were children. To overcome this socialization takes a deliberate conscious effort. So to lower cholesterol, to increase iron intake, to add complete protein, to boost calcium intake and to improve overall health and reduce disease risk consider adding whole grains to your diet.

Goodness Gracious, The Bread House products are made with 100 percent natural ingredients with truly whole grains milled into flour daily, thereby preserving all of the inherent nutrition and health benefits.