Whole grain food is expected to be on the people's table

At the International Forum on "whole grain" food development held by the public nutrition and development center of the national development and Reform Commission on April 20, Huang Hanquan, economic and macro Research Institute of the national development and Reform Commission, revealed that the development of the whole grain food industry has been included in the national "12th Five Year Plan" and the "12th Five Year Plan" of China's grain and oil industry This means that whole grain food will soon be on our table Whole grain food includes barley, wheat, rye, rice, corn, buckwheat, millet, sorghum, oats and other grains that are widely used in the world But "there is no unified definition of whole grain food in the world" Huang Hanquan said: "however, the views of all countries are the same For example, the processed flour must preserve the starch endosperm, germ and bran, and the components and nutrients must be the same as the complete wheat grain." In fact, no matter what the definition is, the essence of whole grain food is embodied in the word "whole" It is necessary to not only comprehensively preserve all important parts of grain, but also to maximize the preservation of natural nutrients in grain, so as to give all the nutrients in grain to the consumers As the whole grain food preserves the original natural nutrients in the processing process, "therefore, it also preserves the dietary fiber, resistant starch, unsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants, B vitamins, micronutrients, various minerals and phytochemicals, oligosaccharides and other natural nutrients in the food, belonging to the low glycemic index food" According to the scientific research and epidemiological research on nutrition and health provided by Zhao Fayun, a professor of the Second Military Medical University, the consumption of carbohydrate food in China has decreased year by year in the past 30 years, and the consumption of animal fat food has doubled, which has resulted in the coexistence of nutritional deficiency disease and chronic diseases related to excess nutrition However, whole grain food plays an important role in the prevention of some micronutrient deficiency, the reduction of hypertension and cancer incidence, the control of weight, diabetes and other chronic diseases, and the change of current health and nutrition status.