Introduction.?Vitamin Bx is widely distributed in nature. It is particularly abundant in whole wheat, enriched bread, whole cereal grains, legume seeds, certain fruits and vegetables, yolk of eggs, liver and meat, specially pork. In refined cereals vitamin Bx is negligible. Deficiency in vitamin usually occurs as a result of the cereal grains being highly polished or adulterated and also from w...

Consumption of a number of grains and grain extracts has been reported to control or improve glucose tolerance and reduce insulin resistance. The inability of the body to maintain normal glucose levels or to require excessive levels of insulin to do so has been called glucose intolerance, impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. These conditions are associated with obesity and may be ...

BACKGROUND Intakes of whole grains and cereal fiber have been inversely associated with the risk of chronic diseases; however, their relation with total and disease-specific mortality remain unclear. We aimed to prospectively assess the association of whole grains and cereal fiber intake with all causes and cause-specific mortality. METHODS The study included 367,442 participants from the pro...

This review summarizes recent studies examining whole grain consumption and its effect on gut microbiota and satiety in healthy humans. Studies comparing whole grains to their refined grain counterparts were considered, as were studies comparing different grain types. Possible mechanisms linking microbial metabolism and satiety are described. Clinical trials show that whole grain wheat, maize, ...

Background The role of whole grains, refined cereals, and legumes in preventing or initiating colorectal cancer (CRC) is still uncertain. The aim of this study is to examine the possible association between the consumption of whole grains, refined cereals, and legumes and the risk of developing CRC among Jordanian population. Methods A validated food frequency questionnaire was used to collect ...

OBJECTIVE  To quantify the dose-response relation between consumption of whole grain and specific types of grains and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality. DATA SOURCES  PubMed and Embase searched up to 3 April 2016. STUDY SELECTION  Prospective studies reporting adjusted relative risk estimates for the association between intake of wh...

Frontier Voice of Nutrition Remarks (March 22, 2013) Nalin Siriwardhana, Ph.D., interviewed J. Phil Karl MS, RD, CSSD, LDN., an expert in Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition from Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University. Reviewed by Dr. Edward Saltzman MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine. Whole grain foods have many health benefits in...