date:Dec 21, 2012
added Clemens, who was not involved in the study.
Consumers may take away the wrong message from the study, said Slavin, who advocated Americans eat fewer grains overall and switch from refined grains to whole grains.
Adding whole grains on top of what you're already consuming is a bad idea, said Slavin, since over-consumption of calories and carbohydrates are big risk factors for diabetes. We have whole grain brownies now - it's terrible.
A similar Dutch study, headed by Dr. Coen Stehouwer,