Right breakfast bread keeps blood sugar in check all day

davis submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.eurekalert.org)

If you eat the right grains for breakfast, such as whole-grain barley or rye, the regulation of your blood sugar is facilitated after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was previously not known that certain whole-grain products have this effect all day. This is due to a combination of low GI (glycemic index) and certain type of indigestible carbohydrates that occur in certain grain products.

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Kids back to basics in snack nutrition

amanda submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (news.bostonherald.com)

"Whole-grain crackers, fruit and water could become the school snacks of the future, driving out fattening favorites such as cola and chips. "

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Warming could cut China grain crops by over a third

humane-wolf submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (www.sciam.com)

Rising temperatures in China could slash grain production in the world's most populous country by over a third in the second half of this century, imperilling food security.

China will be 2 to 3 degrees Celsius hotter on average within the next 50 to 80 years. If do not take any measures,by the second half of the 21st century production of key agricultural products like wheat, rice and corn could fall byup to 37 percent.

But warmer temperatures could also increase pressure on China's already scarce water resources, change its forestry industry, cause flooding along the coastline and ma

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