Plus how to know if you’re getting enough of them in your diet.
Plus, what are whole grains to begin with?
(For more on cooking, check out ourWhole Grain Cooking Guide).
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What Are Whole Grains?
All grains start out whole.
“Refined” grains, on the other hand, are missing one or more of those three parts.
(Many, like white flour, only contain the starchy endosperm.)
“Enriched” grains are usually just refined grains with a few nutrients like iron added back in.
Nearly half believed the mostly refined products had more whole grains than they did.
And scan what comes after it too.
