Feinsinger column: Unprocessed whole grains are important for optimal health

Feinsinger column: Unprocessed whole grains are important for optimal health

This is another column in a series on Dr. Michael Greger’s daily dozen — foods we should eat every day. Dr. Greger’s favorite grains are barley groats, buckwheat, yellow corn tortillas, millet, oat groats, popcorn, quinoa, rye groats, sorghum, teff, whole-wheat pasta and wild rice. Groats are the original grain, before anything has been done to it. Inflammation contributes to many diseases, and grains are anti-inflammatory. People who eat whole …