Posted: Jan 17, 2013 3:00 PM by By Kathleen Doheny THURSDAY,
Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Many whole grain products aren't
quite as healthy as consumers might think, new research
contends, but some are healthier than others. "There is lots of
confusion" about how to find the healthiest whole grain foods,
said study author Rebecca Mozaffarian, project manager at the
Harvard School of Public Health's Prevention Research Center.
That confusion, she said, is due to at least five different
industry and government guidelines that define a product as
whole grain. The different standards are set by industry, the
government and the American Heart Association. Mozaffarian's
team looked at more than 500 products available at the grocery
store -- including breads, bagels, cereals, crackers, granola
bars, chips and other foods. They took into account not only
whole grain content but total calories, trans fats (if any),
sugars and sodium. The research is not meant to discourage
people from choosing and eating foods with who