Toward healthier bread and other whole grain foods
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:56
in Biology & Nature
Bread, pasta, and other foods made from whole grains - known to help protect against heart disease, cancer and diabetes - may get even healthier in the future. Scientists in Europe collaborating in the European Union HEALTHGRAIN project are reporting the largest study to date comparing nutrient levels in the world's different grain varieties, which could lead to the development of healthier varieties of grain and grain-based foods, they say. Their findings will be described in a group of papers scheduled for the 26 November issue of the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication...