I'm not sure I could go macrobiotic and I'm not saying you should either, but Meg sure has some great food insights on her blog. Here, she writes about how she infuses whole grains and grain products (cracked grains) into her diet. You might find this interesting.
- For regular use, Meg eats whole oats, whole medium-grain brown rice, whole short-grain brown rice, whole corn, whole rye, whole buckwheat, whole wheat, and whole millet.
- For occasional use, she eats a lot of things. In the interest of time, I'll just list a few: Buckwheat noodles (soba), rice cakes, udon (whole-wheat noodles), corn grits or corn meal, unyeasted whole-wheat or rye bread, couscous, rye flakes, whole-wheat crackers or matzo, long-grain brown rice, sourdough or whole-wheat or rye bread, whole-wheat pasta, steel-cut or rolled oats, and tortillas.
- Never does she eat baked goods containing dairy products, refined grain cereals, yeasted breads, crackers, cakes, cookies, and so on, and white-flour products. This why I might never succeed at Meg's diet.
Whole-grain foods are all the rage these days, and for good reason. But do you know what those good reasons happen to be? Chances are you do; reduced risk of heart disease and diabetes, lower cholesterol, etc. Nevertheless, there may be some you're not so aware of, such as protecting against asthma, pulmonary disease, and certain digestive disorders.
Spare tire, muffin top, jelly belly -- these are just a few terms used to describe what experts often refer to as central obesity (depending on the amount of belly fat present). Aside from increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, a new study in the journal Neurology shows that 
I always thought a rice cooker was an unnecessary appliance. I mean, it's rice ... if you can boil water, you can cook it, right? Then, last week, I saw a rice cooker on clearance and I thought, "Why not?" What I discovered was that I'd been cooking rice wrong all along, because the rice that came out of that tiny red pot was perfect. Now we have brown rice with dinner every night and even my kids, certified rice haters, are gobbling it up. (Plus, I can steam my veggies at the same time!)
Do you sometimes feel like your body is a living, breathing version of the Star Trek Enterprise; in that, you feel like you're always hearing someone frequently yelling out "We need more power!" No? Then maybe it's just me ... that's hearing voices. And sounding like a geek for referencing Star Trek. I'm officially a crazy nerd. Great. Anyway, the fact remains that there are times in just about everyone's day where a little boost is necessary. Sure, super-charged energy drinks are easy enough to find these days, but what you really need is something healthy to put wind back in your sail. 
Calorie. When you're trying to lose weight those three little syllables can sound a bit sinister. But calories really aren't the bad guys. Basically, a calorie is just a unit of energy. They give us the fuel we need to keep going. But did you know that 
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Grocery prices are getting out of hand -- I bypassed a $2.49 box of frozen, multigrain waffles today to buy two boxes of the less healthy/not whole-grain variety because they were a buck a box. I'll sprinkle some flax on top of them before sliding the plates over to the kids, but I'm still having waffle-purchase regret. My kids eat a lot of waffles -- we're missing out on a golden whole-grain opportunity here.
Do you know what the second leading cause of cancer is in the U.S.? Colon cancer. Despite this fact, the number of screenings done to check for this cancer remain quite low. Colonoscopy can usually detect cancer at the early stages, thus saving the lives of many patients. Still, for one reason or another, about half of the amount of people who should be screened never undergo this process.
Multivitamins are a convenient way to get all of the major vitamins and minerals packed into one little pill, but they are not exactly the most soluble of food supplements. To get around this, many supplement manufactures have created powder drink vitamin formulas, serving to bypass this one issue. But the taste (and price) of some of these products may not be right for everyone. Fortunately, there is always one other option. Good, ol' fashioned food. 
