A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
I have always known that whole grains are better for you, but sometimes it is hard convincing others. Even astonishing facts like "removing the bran and the germ for white flour takes out 17 key nutrients and 25% of the protein" and "whole grains have 3 to 5 times the nutrients found in refined grains" sound great, but are just facts until you can really see the difference. Imagine my excitement when I saw this picture from the Whole Grains Council that illustrates the nutrients in refined and enriched flours compared to whole wheat flour:
If this was whole wheat, all of the nutrient bars would be over to the 100% line. The light colored bars show what is left in refined white flour and the dark maroon bars show which nutrients are added back into enriched white flour.
All I have to say is "WOW"! There really is an incredible nutritional advantage when I eat a slice of Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat bread.
What do you like to eat to get your whole wheat flour or other whole grains?
