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Knowledge about grains

Miscellaneous grains

Which grains are miscellaneous grains?

Micrograins, also known as small grains, are a general term for various small grains and beans other than bulk grains such as rice, wheat, corn, and soybeans. Mainly include grains such as sorghum, millet, buckwheat, oats, barley, millet, millet, and coix, as well as legumes such as kidney beans, mung beans, red beans, broad beans, peas, cowpeas, lentils, and black beans. It is characterized by short growth period, small planting area, special planting area, low yield, and generally contains rich nutrients.

Can eating cereals really help you lose weight? Is oatmeal higher in calories than rice?

Compared with polished rice and white flour, cereals generally have a denser cortex and contain more protein, dietary fiber and resistant starch, which can reduce the digestion and absorption rate of nutrients, enhance the body's feeling of fullness, and have good lipid-lowering effect. However, polished rice and white flour are digested faster. After half an hour, blood sugar rises rapidly. After a few hours, blood sugar drops sharply. People return to hunger, which is not conducive to controlling the amount of food for the next meal. Therefore, compared with rice, oatmeal contains higher levels of vitamins and minerals, and can also delay the rise in blood sugar after meals and increase the feeling of satiety

What is multigrain and whole grains? How are grains different?

Multi-grain refers to a variety of grains. For example, if a product contains wheat, rice, buckwheat, oats, barley and other grains, this product is called a multi-grain product. From the perspective of nutritional balance and comprehensiveness, multi-grain foods are more nutritionally balanced than single grains because they combine the nutritional components of different grains. However, the concept of multi-grain grains is different from that of whole grains.

According to the definition of whole grain, if the starchy endosperm, germ and cortex of the entire grain grain are retained during processing, whether it is crushed or the whole grain, it can be called a whole grain. Therefore, whole grain is for a certain In terms of growing cereals, multi-cereals are a combination of multiple cereals