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 | From Elizabeth Scott, M.S., your About Healthy Monday Editor Adding fiber to your diet can help you in many ways, including lowering your risk for heart disease and diabetes, among other things. And raising the amount of fiber in your diet can be as easy as consuming more whole grains. This week, starting today, we encourage you to get more whole grain fiber into your diet to increase your health. This newsletter brings information that can help you get motivated as well as recipes to make it easier in a delicious way. Enjoy! --Elizabeth Scott | |
Whole Grains: What You Need To Know
When making changes to your diet, it helps to understand not only what changes need to happen, but why it's worth the effort at all. Here's help with both! Learn how to get fiber in your diet--and why you should even bother--with this article from Laura Dolson, About.com's low carb diet expert. Read more
| Which Foods Are Considered Whole Grains?
Are 'whole wheat' foods the same as 'whole grain' foods? And what foods are rich in whole grains? Nutrition expert Shereen Jegtvig explains how to spot a whole grain and shares some nice recipes you can use this week. Read more
Here is more information about whole grains from About.com's weight loss expert, Jennifer R. Scott.
| Spelt: An Ancient and Healthy Whole Grain
If you'd never heard of spelt before today, you're in for a treat. This versatile whole grain can be used in many recipes to create food that's as delicious as it is healthy. Shereen Jegtvig has all the details here. Read more
| Gluten-Free Whole Grain Recipes
These gluten-free recipes are unique, delicious, and full of whole grains. Try some this week, from Teri Gruss, MS, About.com's expert in gluten-free cooking. Read more
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