Whole-Grain Cereals Might Prevent Heart Failure
January 22nd, 2008In a Physicians’ Health Study, of the 10,469 physicians reporting cereal consumption, 8,266 (79 percent) ate whole-grain cereal. Twenty-one percent, or 2,203, reported eating refined cereal.
Among those who reported eating whole grain cereal, 35 percent ate the cereal seven or more times per week, 39 percent reported two to six times per week and 26 percent reported once per week. The research was conducted from 1982 to 2006. The study alsot noted that those who eat whole-grain cereal seven or more times per week were 28 percent less likely to develop heart failure over the course of the study.
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