Whole Grains

It seems there is a minconception about whole grains. Talk to anyone and they seem to think bagels are healthy to eat if they are called "made from multi-grain or made from whole grain". The healthy choice is to eat whole grains, NOT things that are made from whole grains and probably contain trace amounts of "whole grains". White flour, even though it has very little or no nutritional value, is made from whole grain.

I recently learned the difference between rolled and steel cut oats. I also learned rolled oats are not a whole grain. All these years I've thought they were. Steel cut oats are a whole grain. Rolled oats literally are rolled, which allows for the removal of the bran. I think if you eat rolled oats and oat bran it might equal a whole grain.