Refined grains are often implicated in adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and obesity, largely based on dietary pattern studies. This perspective challenges the assumption that refined grains are inherently harmful, emphasizing the need to distinguish refined grains from other elements of the Western dietary pattern.
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Food groups associated with a reduced risk of 15-year all-cause death (March 2016)
This long-term observational study examined the relationship between food group consumption and all-cause mortality over 15 years in middle-aged French men (n = 960). Dietary intake was assessed through 3-day food records, and Cox modeling was used to adjust for confounders, including diet quality.
Whole-grain products and whole-grain types are associated with lower all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Scandinavian HELGA cohort (July 2015)
Whole grains are a cornerstone of dietary guidelines due to their association with reduced risks of chronic diseases. This study explored the impact of whole-grain (WG) consumption on all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Scandinavian HELGA cohort, encompassing 120,010 adults aged 30–64 years from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, over a follow-up period ending in 2009.
