On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:17:57 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

> "<RJ>" > wrote:
>
>> Any help here on which prepared foods are "whole grain" ?

>I make grains regularly.

So only God can make a tree, but anyone can fashion a grain?
(Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

>Try some brown basmati rice, mixed with an equal
>part of whole wheat, with a bit of red rice and a pinch of wild rice
>thrown in. Yum!
>
>If you like that, try throwing in some whole oats, or upping the
>percentage of red rice. Black Japonica rice is good too, but unless you
>rinse it, it will turn everything purple.
>
>Whole foods and prepared foods are not usually things that go together.

I believe, the OP is looking to bring some "whole grain" foods into
his diet, not immediately embrace a new lifestyle. I'm trying to think
what choices can be made in a regular ol' supermarket, and can't come
up with many. I realize that I've had to go to ethnic markets to get
things like bulgar and interesting beans and lentils. As the original
query pointed out, the recommendation to "eat whole grains" rarely
comes with any specific directions or definitions. It doesn't do much
good to learn that a "whole* grain has the bran and germ, as well as
the endosperm, without knowing what (common) products may contain
these. The URL I posted befo

http://www.generalmills.com/nutrition/hn/wg_101.htm

seems solid, as far as it goes. Label-reading is a must. Advertising
hype for "healthy" foods is often very misleading. My supermarket
recently began carrying some sort of 'veggie chips' in the snack aisle
which are no more than pre-formed potato chips with a tiny amount of
vegetable coloring. Nothing like those delicious, but fabulously
expensive Terra Chips made from different veg.