Unless we educate and inform consumers concerning the foods they are treating as staples, the issue will only worsen. In Australia the prevalence of obese doubled between 1985 and 1995, whereas the rates of weight problems have trebled. Currently 20-25{d7fe11f3cc5025ed1dc653db11cfe8caa2528ab4ada6f4ef277ff0cef7ad45ff} of children and adolescents in Australia are overweight or obese. In the USA the situation is even worse, with the rate of obesity in some states, classified as a BMI of more than 30, and is affecting approximately one out of every three people in the state. Top excuse I actually have heard for not shedding weight.
As a matter of fact, it nearly became a standing symbol. So the livestock got the great things – the fibre, the roughage and a lot of the vitamins, and humans received the empty calories. Extracting the taste and losing the value, was a phenomenon that was not restricted to the grain industry.…