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Whole Grains: Study Finds That Eating Them While Dieting Cuts More Belly Bulge

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Jennifer Moore on February 25th, 2008

Note from Connie: Yet another study citing the benefits of whole grains was just published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The findings are consistent with previous research. Jennifer gives you the details. Researchers at Penn State University assigned 50 randomly-chosen obese adults with metabolic syndrome to either get all their grains from whole grain sources or to avoid whole grains in favor of refined ones for 12 weeks. Both groups cut 500 calories a day from their diet and otherwise received the same advice on how to eat. While all 50 dieters lost weight and belly fat over...