Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- November 13, 2007
Eating healthy whole grains can be flavorful, tasty (:49)
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Suggested Intro:
EVERYONE WANTS TO GET WHOLE GRAINS AND FIBER INTO THEIR DIETS WITHOUT RESORTING TO COARSE, GRAINY BREADS AND RAW VEGETABLES. A NUTRITIONIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS THE ANSWER IS AS EASY AS SNACKING ON TRAIL MIX. GARY ABDULLAH HAS THE STORY:
Story:
(:07) MODERN PROCESSING STRIPS FIBER, VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS FROM WHOLE FOODS. BUT MANY KIDS SEE WHOLE-GRAIN HEALTH FOODS AS COARSE AND FLAVORLESS.
(:12) SO PENN STATE EXTENSION NUTRITION EDUCATOR JULIE HAINES TEACHES PARENTS THAT WHOLE GRAINS ARE IN MANY COMMON FOODS -- FROM CEREALS TO PRETZELS AND GOLDFISH CRACKERS -- AND CAN BE TURNED INTO CHILD-FRIENDLY SNACKS WITH A LITTLE INGENUITY:
Haines Actuality:
(:19) "ANY TYPES OF WHOLE-GRAIN PRODUCTS THROWN IN TOGETHER WITH SOME RAISINS OR DRIED CRANBERRIES. YOU COULD USE CHOCOLATE CHIPS OR M&M'S IF YOU NEEDED THAT LITTLE SWEET TOUCH, AND IT'S GREAT. CHILDREN OFTEN EAT THE PRODUCTS WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE TRAIL MIX, AND THEY OFTEN DON'T REALIZE THAT IT'S WHOLE-GRAIN FOOD. AND PARENTS, WHEN THEY REALIZE THAT THEY CAN MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES EASILY, THEY DO."(:11) HAINES SAYS RECIPES AND HEALTHY EATING TIPS ARE AVAILABLE ON-LINE FROM PENN STATE NUTRITION LINKS, AT W-W-W DOT EXTENSION DOT P-S-U DOT E-D-U. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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