April 2026

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When nutrition scientists are studying the health benefits of whole grains -- or any food for that matter -- how do they do it, and which foods are they using?
Assorted Grains in bowls and slices of bread
An April 2026 article for the Atlantic, titled How the Whole-Grain Trend Went Wrong, questions decades of peer-reviewed research supporting the health benefits of whole grains, only to turn around and concede that “the benefits scientists have been measuring may be only a fraction of what minimally...