How did you do with your food journal yesterday? I hope you
learned a thing or two about your eating habits. Do it again
today. It will keep you accountable for what you eat and offer
information you can use to make improvements. It will give you a
sense of control. Today’s goal is to avoid all refined grains.
Or to put a more positive spin on it- Make all of your grains
WHOLE. Better still, keep at least half of your whole grains in
their whole form as opposed to eating them after they have been
ground into flour. The closer a food is to it’s natural state,
the fewer nutrients it loses and the lower it’s glycemic index.
Consider flour, which started out as a wheat kernel, oat groat
or whatever grain it was made from. Once that outer shell is
cracked and processed into fine particles, much more surface
area has been exposed to oxygen and heat… factors that can
destroy certain vitamins. Processing also makes the food more
readily absorbed by your body which can cause a faster rise in
blood sugar. Think rolled