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[scot47]

Well said Cleopatra. Common sense at least in the face of "Californian Narcissism" !

[trapezius]

For those who are interested in:

Oats (rolled or steel-cut)
Oat bran
Barley (rolled)
Wheat germ
Wheat bran
Spelt (an ancient cousin of wheat)
Flax seeds
Whole wheat flour
Brown rice hot cereal
7-grain hot cereal
10-grain hot cereal
Muesli
Brown rice (short grain, long grain)
Wild rice
13-bean mix
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Soy flour
Soy beans
Whole grain pancake/baking mixes
Gluten-free pancake/baking mixes

etc.,

(i.e., whole intact grains, whole grain flours, seeds, etc)

should go to GNC (they don't sell only bodybuilding products and vitamins).

There is an American brand called Bob's Red Mill, which grows and packages various grains, nuts, and seeds in Oregon. Their flours are stone-ground.

They have over 200 products sold in the US, but here you will find the ones I mentioned above and a couple of more that I might have missed.

For the complete list of their products: www.bobsredmill.com

Choice is yours: Buy a SR. 20 box of processed cereal and have it last perhaps 8-10 servings, or buy a SR. 12-15 package of intact oats/barley/etc, and have it last 20 servings. Not to mention, the nutritional advantage of eating intact and/or broken grains over grains pulverized into a fine flour and made into flakes.

SAY NO TO FLAKES.

[Cleopatra]

I buy 500g packets of various whole cereals - about 8SR a pop - and mix them to make a breakfast 'dish'. No need for any 'health food' shop, much less Bob's Red Mill. All are available in Geant and Carrefour. Vive la France!

[huntjuliehunt]

Trapezius,

Thanks for the first legitimate and helpful response in this forum.

By the way, I never indicated that one should eat packaged foods instead of fruits and vegetables. But for those who care about health, the information I provided is a great addition to your diet. The products would also serve as a great replacement for current, poor eating habits. If a company in California uses organic, natural, wholesome ingredients, and freshly seals it without preservatives to be frozen and eaten at a later date (using an oven, not a radiating microwave) there is no difference from making your own dinner (soup, for example) and freezing it for yourself to eat at a later date.

If you are someone who gets clean bills of health on a regular basis, and eats fresh fruits and vegetables, beans and legumes, and whole grains and nuts, and protein, and receives all necessary vitamins and nutrients from that diet, then good for you and I'd like you to come over and make me dinner. But not everyone has time and equipment to bake their own wholesome bread at home. I have yet to find bread in Riyadh that does not contain partially hydrogentated fat (trans-fat) or bleached white sugar, or high fructose corn syrup.

[Stephen Jones]

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