Whole grains reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, accord- ing to a study of nearly 43,000 male health professionals. Men who ate three or more servings a day were 40% less likely to develop diabetes over the next 12 years than those who rarely ate whole grains. These foods include whole-grain cereals and bread, oats, and brown rice. Even obese men, who are at greatest risk for diabetes, benefited from whole grains. Refined grain products, such as white bread and pasta, did not reduce the risk (nor did they increase it).

Nearly everyone knows that being overweight can lead to heart disease and diabetes, according to a survey by the American Institute for Cancer Research, but only one- quarter of adults know that it also increases the risk of certain cancers. These include postmenopausal breast cancer, as well as cancer of the colon, kidney, esophagus, and uterus.

– UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, Dec. 2002. P. 1.

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