Full grain, multigrain, whole grain, crushed wheat, full rye – just what do all these terms mean? In this article, we would like to give you an easy to understand guide, looking at what it is and what the health benefits of whole grains are for your body.

A grain kernel has three parts: a central “germ, ” surrounded by starchy “endosperm” and bran, which forms the outer layer. To effectively metabolize and digest grain fully, it is necessary for us to consume all three parts of the kernel. Millers provide food producers with refined white flour, having stripped it from almost all nutrition, for no reason other than consumers who want blemish free food. Simply put the difference between refined and unrefined (whole grain) grain is that the germ and bran have been removed to produce the latter.
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