Healthy Whole Grains Are a JOKE

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So today we’re going to try to find a reason why these whole grains are healthy okay I mean eating healthy whole grains is such a widespread recommendation and just about every single diet that you can find on the internet they always mention well make sure you have plenty of whole grains so we’re going to take a look at 100 whole wheat right so this is made from whole wheat flour it is not made from refined flour okay now what is the difference between refined flour and whole wheat flour let’s take a look at this well to make this really simple the grain is uh made from three things you have the fiber which is called bran you have the germ which has like the B vitamins vitamin E A little protein so it has nutrition and then you have this other thing called the endosperm that’s where you have the carbohydrate okay so really refined grains are like 100 endosperm now let’s just first compare these two flowers um this one has bleached wheat flour so they add bleach to make it white this says enriched it’s a great word enriched right they add back in niacin iron B1 B2 and folic acid so they’re adding back these nutrients okay and then 1 4 of a cup which is 30 grams equals 23 grams of carbs and there’s basically no fiber in here so if there’s any nutrition in here it’s basically added in there now if we compare this to the or with flour right here we get 20 grams of carbohydrates per 1 4 of a cup so this is a little less carbs okay and this has three grams of fiber the net carb is going to be 17 grams so you know it’s so funny because people always talk about whole grains being high in fiber well three grams per 1 4 of a cup it’s not a lot of fiber now let’s take a look at the nutrition okay at the bottom here it says vitamin D zero calcium zero iron one milligram potassium when 10 milligrams okay so not a lot of nutrition but it’s whole grain so we have the brand the fiber but when we have the germ but I don’t see a lot of B vitamins in here now if you look at the expiration date on this 9 23 2023 like next year how can they put this flower on the Shelf for a few years I mean without going bad that’s incredible and the other fact that a lot of these vitamins are sensitive to oxygen they get oxidized they get destroyed so you’re going to grind the grain expose it to air light whatever and expect them to be preserved I don’t think so now this is interesting when this one expires the refine grain April 2024 so another year it’ll sit on the Shelf incredible so wow it’s definitely preserved all right so now what’s in this spread here let’s take a peek whole grain flour water sugar vegetable oil okay so we have some wonderful vegetable oil that’s coming from vegetables let’s take a look at the ingredients soybean oil okay so that’s soy oil so we put the soy all in here that’s omega-6 fatty acids and let’s see what else the gluten they put the gluten in there and then they put a little vinegar in there natural flavors citric acid okay so that’s what’s in bread here one slice is 21 grams of carb and the fiber is three grams again eleven percent that’s not really that much so we have wheat we have Rye we have spelled quinoa you have corn you have rice you have oats all of these are grains and even popcorn is considered a whole grain so we need to break this down to figure out what is in these whole grains that are so healthy is it the Fiber Well there’s not a lot of fiber okay so like we’re talking three grams per serving size not much is the vitamins and minerals well apparently whole grains only give you about 10 percent of your required nutrients 10 percent I wouldn’t call that nutrient dense and the other point is that when you deal with whole grains you have phytic acid phytic acid is in the bran and phytic acid blocks the absorption of minerals so zinc calcium iron interesting but there’s no phytic acid in refine grain so you’re not going to have any problem with that of course you’re consuming these synthetic kind of Elemental minerals which are like rocks or Metals which is a lot different from minerals that are like plant-based minerals now the question is well maybe there’s phytonutrients like flavonoids or polyphenols things like that in here well the problem is when they’re exposed to air and oxygen things like that a lot of these phytonutrients are fat soluble so they’re going to go rancid really fast maybe the benefit is the protein how much protein is in here oh well we got seven percent four grams okay four grams not a lot okay four grams and it’s not even complete protein let’s see if there’s any protein in um refined grains yes there is three grams okay we got a little bit how about in this bread right here we got four grams but of course it’s not complete so again please explain to me what is it in these grains maybe I’m missing something with fiber vitamins minerals protein phytonutrients now this is what you need to know about the studies regarding grains okay there’s three key points here and I’m not going to get two into it I’m going to put some links down below if you’re more interested but the majority the great majority of studies done on grains are comparing whole grain okay products two refined grains okay they’re comparing these two and obviously the whole grains are going to be healthier than the refined grains right but they’re not comparing eating whole grains to not eating whole grains they’re really comparing the whole grains to the refined grains and those people who are consuming uh whole grains are probably a little more health conscious they’re probably not smoking as much they’re probably exercising more they probably have a better lifestyle because the great majority of these studies are observational which means it’s all based on a questionnaire and you have to get people to remember what they ate and last I don’t know how long the problem with the studies is very very weak it’s not credible and that is because there’s just so many other variables that it could be and they could pretty much manipulate the study and make it look whatever they want it to look like so there’s a tremendous amount of bias in observational studies and a lot of these studies are industry sponsored so again you really can’t trust those studies like even some of the studies in the Blue Zone parts of the world where people live a longer life for someone to say that it’s because of the grains they’re living longer you can’t prove that well it could be the the fish it could be that they don’t snack as much it could be less stress life now in 2017 the Cochran um Group which is in very large independent group of scientists who review studies evaluated nine random controlled trials and basically it came out to this there’s not enough evidence to say that consuming whole grains will reduce your risk of heart disease so it is true that if you’re consuming maybe oatmeal it may decrease your cholesterol but you can’t then conclude that it’s going to reduce your chance for heart attacks because the cholesterol went down you can’t say that but if we’re looking at the low carb studies okay which I’m going to put down below that would be a study that omits this Frame and in this next video I’m going to show you the benefits for the heart your liver your arteries blood sugar diabetes by eating foods without grains Okay backed up by hardcore research so check it out I put it up right here