People today seem to be obsessed with being healthy, including my mother. She shops at organic stores, buys supplementary vitamins and exercises on regular basis for her health. In the middle of this recent trend, whole grain cereals -- which I find not very delicious -- serve as one of the most common menu on our breakfast table because it is well known for its health benefits. Now, the researchers are saying that a diet rich in fiber can make a person live longer, even up to nine years. Such discovery motivated many health-conscious people to purchase more whole wheat breads and whole grain cereals, but they have been some disagreement with the proposal. Hoping to persuade my mother not to buy whole grain cereals anymore, I have researched about the issue and how much of it is true.
First of all, intake of whole grain bread and cereals on daily basis is much valuable in preventing development of certain cancers alike abdominal cancer, breast cancer, digestive tract cancer, colon cancer and urinary tract cancer. Several researches done in concerned field indicate that towards shielding effects provided by eating wholegrain foods for a minimum of 3-4 times per week.
http://www.natural-homeremedies.org/blog/health-benefits-of-whole-grain-foods/
http://www.wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/what-are-the-health-benefits
In addition, fiber may decrease inflammation in the body. Inflammation is an immune response and can be beneficial when your body is fighting off infection, but chronically high levels of inflammation are known to play a role in certain conditions, including asthma and cardiovascular disease. In the study, dietary fiber reduced the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, infectious and respiratory disease over the nine-year study period by 24 to 56 percent for men, and 34 to 59 percent for women.
http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/fiber-decrease-risk-of-death-110214-1167/
However, there many claims that fiber plays no role in making you live longer. With respect to the fiber’s role of anti-inflammation, some people disapproved of this idea because “[u]nfortunately, it doesn’t explain why fruit and vegetables – which, if anything, are more anti-inflammatory than grains – barely put a dent in disease risk in this study. In fact, the researchers’ Inflammation Proclamation makes their findings all the more puzzling.” Also, people who advocate that fiber does not affect your life span contends that “the researchers failed to account for poor living conditions and socioeconomic status, both of which are huge contributors to infectious and respiratory disease. It’s well known that folks with lower income and social status also tend to have less healthful eating habits – including a lower consumption of fiber – and also have higher mortality from almost every cause.”
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/will-eating-whole-grain-fiber-help-you-live-longer/
It is not doubted that there are numerous benefits of consuming fiber on regular basis – it decreases levels of fat in the blood, improves blood glucose level, and lowers blood. However, as new findings question the fiber’s advantages to wellbeing, the relationship between consumption of fiber and how long we live still remains a stalemate. Therefore, until one of the sides backs up its opinion with a clear proof, we should be conscious not to fill our shopping carts with whole grain products.
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