Research: Eating Whole Grains Reduces Risk Of Death By 15%

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The latest study from the Harvard School of Public Health has revealed that eating whole grains can decrease someone’s risk of death by 15 percent. UPI has more:

The study found eating grains especially helps with lowering the risk of heart disease, with grains like bran reducing cardiovascular disease risk by 20 percent.

“This study further endorses the current dietary guidelines that promote whole grains as one of the major healthful foods for prevention of major chronic diseases,” said Qi Sun, assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health and the senior author of the study.

The study looked at data for 74,000 women and 43,000 men from other studies conducted from the mid-1980s to 2010. They found replacing refined grains with whole grains and avoiding red meat greatly impacted health. However, they found no correlation between eating whole grains and overall cancer risk.

The study is published in JAMA Internal Medicine.