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Nutritional Information and Ingredients
Whole Grains
Find out more about whole grains
Consult an expert. See what Dr. Richard Béliveau, Ph.D.
has to say. (French version)
Canada’s Food Guide recommends up to eight servings of grain products each day depending on your age, particularly whole grains rich in fiber.
Foods rich in fiber can help you feel full. A diet rich in whole grains can also help reduce the risk of heart disease.
Whole grains have retained all the elements nature blessed them with: bran, germ, and endosperm. Eating each of these three parts allows you to enjoy all the cereal’s health benefits:
Bran: The protective cover around the grain. It contains fiber, group B vitamins, and minerals.
Germ: What feeds the grain and enables the plant to grow. Found in the heart of the grain, it contains group B vitamins, Vitamin E, minerals, and good fats.
Endosperm: The part of the grain between the germ and the bran. It contains mostly carbohydrates and proteins and is the grain’s energy source.
Whole grains also contain phytonutrients (antioxidants, lignins, and phytosterols), which have their own health benefits.
- Phytonutrients are made up of organic and mineral compounds. Mineral compounds are required to keep plants alive. Phytonutrients are basic components from the surrounding natural environment that are used by plants to meet their physiological needs, notably for growth and development.
- Antioxidants are chemicals capable of neutralizing or reversing damage caused by free radicals in organisms.
- Lignins are one of the main plant components. They are a group of chemical compounds belonging to phenol compounds (and there are therefore several types of lignins). They are mainly found in the walls of certain plant cells.
- Phytosterols are chemical compounds that are found naturally in plants. They are part of the sterol family, along with hormones and cholesterol. They are very important in biology because many of them are precursors to certain vitamins.
Praeventia products contain whole grains and are a source of fiber. They are a great way to include fiber in your diet.
