date:Jul 03, 2013
of whole grain and bran, 33 studies on the risk of cardiovascular disease and 19 on obesity.
Qi and his colleagues found that overall, people who ate the most cereal fiber or whole grains and bran had an 18 to 40 percent lower risk of diabetes than those who ate the least.
Likewise, people with diets high in cereal fiber had a 22 to 43 percent lower risk of stroke across the studies and were 14 to 26 percent less likely to die of cardiovascular disease.
Fiber-rich grains were also tied to a l