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Whole grains contain all three parts of the kernel: the bran, which is packed with fiber and B vitamins; the carbohydrate-rich core, or endosperm; and the germ, which is also full of B vitamins as well as other micronutrients. Finely milling the grains produces a flour that lacks the bran and the germ, leaving only the endosperm behind. Manufacturers enrich their refined products with some of the missing vitamins, but researchers suspect that it's the combination of everything--the fiber, the vitamins, the minerals and, no doubt, other as yet undiscovered nutritional ingredients--that makes whole grains healthy...
...this still sounds like eating sawdust, try changing your diet in stages. Start with wheat bread, then switch to whole wheat. Some brands are milder than others. You might even mix a teaspoon of oat bran or wheat germ into your yogurt...
Well, here's my advice: Don't trade your oat bran for fried onion rings just yet. There are lots of other reasons, backed by solid research, to eat plenty of fiber. Study after study shows that fiber lowers blood pressure and cholesterol level, as well as your chances of developing adult-onset diabetes. And even if it turns out that fiber doesn't prevent colon cancer, it does help maintain your intestinal health in other ways. Folks who eat lots of fruit and vegetables don't usually develop diverticulitis, an often painful inflammation of the intestinal wall...
...Brian C. Lalime of 8 Eric Rd., Brighton, Bran P. McCarthy of 343 Broadway, cambridge, and Shane P. Russell of 19 Wright Ave., Medford, were arrested at the Harvard Square kiosk for drinking in public and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of a "Class B" substance...
...encounter with Rudolph and about returning home. While he was gone, police believe Rudolph returned to Nordmann's house either late that night or Thursday and took 50 to 75 lbs. of food, including canned green beans, beets, corn, tuna fish, raisins and a large bag of wheat bran. He carried it away in Nordmann's 1977 Nissan pickup truck, which the store owner discovered missing when he returned home on Thursday. Police later found the truck at a nearby campground with a handwritten note from Rudolph inside. The contents of the note have not been released. At home, Nordmann...