Another reason whole grains are better than refined grains
Science Blog has a post on a study by the Agricultural Research Service which shows that whole grain consumption led to lower triglycerides than refined grain consumption during a recent study:
[V]olunteers’ VLDLs had higher levels of a kind of fat, known as a triglyceride, following the refined-grains test breakfast than following the whole-grains test meal. Second, volunteers’ VLDLs had a higher amount of another worrisome compound–this one known as apoCIII (short for apolipoprotein CIII)–following the refined grains test meal.
In medical studies, higher levels of triglycerides and of apoCIII have both been associated with higher risk of heart disease.
[tags]whole grains, triglycerides, carbs [/tags]