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Healthy Substitutes

By Dr Katz
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the October 2006 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
White bread and whole grain bread

White Bread for Whole Grain Bread

Whenever you replace white flour with whole grains—in bread, cereal, pasta—it's a strike against aging. Soluble fiber, found in oats and barley, has been linked to lower levels of insulin and bad cholesterol (think: diabetes and heart disease), and insoluble fiber in whole wheat reduces risk of gastrointestinal maladies like diverticulosis. Check out bread made with the new albino whole wheat—it tastes like the real white thing.

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