	August 9th, 2005 \| Issue 25
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More Whole Grains? Or More Hype?

Riding the wave of the “eat more whole grains” recommendation of the newly released 2005 Dietary Guidelines For Americans, food companies are now producing many new whole-grain products, but some, unfortunately, are far from 100% whole grain. Nor are they necessarily healthy foods.

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In the cereal aisle, for example, you’ll find products like Trix, Golden Grahams, Rice Chex, and Lucky Charms with the words “WHOLE GRAIN” emblazoned on the front of the boxes.

But few of these reformulated cereals have more than 1 gram of fiber per serving, indicating that there’s not a whole lot of whole grain in the box. Sure enough, in the ingredient list you’ll find refined white flours, often described as “wheat flour” and “enriched flour,” in addition to the heavily advertised whole-grain flour.

“Breakfast Candy”

And even if the cereals were in fact 100% whole-grain, many would still not be considered healthful food choices because they’re full of other ingredients that are problematic. Lucky Charms, for example, is nearly half-sugar. “With or without whole grains, these cereals are nothing more than breakfast candy,” reported the May 05 issue of Nutrition Action, the newsletter of the non-profit health-advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C.

Similarly, bread products like new 100% Whole Wheat Orowheat bagels do in fact contain only whole grains, but each bagel also has 450 mg of sodium, nearly one-third the total amount of sodium recommended for the day for middle-aged and older individuals by the new 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

When scouting out healthful, whole-grain products, follow these key guidelines: ...

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