Day 225- Eat More Whole Grains

I have decided to start including more whole wheat products in my diet. For the last few weeks I've been starting to get a few items that fit into this category. I have been eating whole wheat cereals and making sure I eat whole wheat bread. I usually eat whole wheat bread, but I have been getting a little more strict about this lately. I have also been eating whole wheat crackers (For some reason that seems to be my snack of choice, but I have to watch myself to make sure I don't eat too many). So at the moment it is just small little changes changes, but I have also been cutting out the products that contain refined white flour too.

Benefits of eating more whole grains include:

• Reduced risk of diabetes
• Reduced risk of heart disease
• Reduced risk of rectal cancer (this is an important one for me since I had a scare a few years ago)
• Reduced risk of obesity

Some good food sources for are:

• Whole Grain Bread (100% whole wheat or whole grain)
• Whole wheat or brown rice pasta
• Brown or wild rice
• Whole Oats
• Whole Wheat or whole grain cereals
• Whole wheat or rye flour
• Popcorn (didn't know about this one)
• Whole wheat or whole grain crackers
• Bulgur (cracked wheat)
• Buckwheat
• Millet
• Barley
• Wheatberries
• quinoa

Some of the above sources I hadn't heard of before, so I'll probably be sticking with the more standard foods, but we'll see. Maybe I'll get the urge to do a little experimenting.