Hey guys, today we're going to answer the question, what is healthy about the heart healthy whole grains?

Now, the American Association of Serial Chemists defined these whole grains as any mixture of bran endosperm and germ in proportions one would expect to see in an intact grain.

Here's the picture in an intact grain. Okay. Here's a picture of an intact grain,

which is a seed of grass. Okay, so these are seeds that turn into grass, that turn into plants.

That's what grains are. And there's three different parts. You have the brand, which is the outer

part, which is the fiber, trace minerals, some B vitamins. Then you've got the germ inside B vitamins, vitamin E, trace minerals,

phytonutrients, healthy fats. Then you have the endosperm, which is basically all the carbohydrate,

a little bit of B vitamins. Okay? So whole grain is any mixture of bran,

endosperm, and germ. In proportions, one would expect to see an intact grain. Okay, so

they expanded the definition to include even grinding it. So we're not just talking about

an intact whole grain

that you would kind of soak and make some cereal out of. It's basically you can grind it

as long as you put it back together. And according to the FDA, all you need is 51% of these three

elements together in proportion to call it a whole grain. Okay, so it could actually include some refined grains.

So what I want to differentiate is when you go to the grocery store, very few people are

buying actual grains as a whole berry and soaking them and eating them like that. Great majority

of people are buying them already ground down. And the problem

that when you grind these whole grains, even try to put them back together, they're still exposed to

oxygen. And oxygen is what destroys vitamin E, part of the B complex, a lot of the phytonutrients,

a lot of the healthy fats. So the more this grain is exposed to air,

the more it'll go rancid, the more it'll be exposed to molds and things like that, so they have

to add chemicals to preserve it. So it's not going to be that preserved. And not to mention all the

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