oat bran v. whole oats

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I've been making my morning cereal primarily out of a small quantity of

cracked oats (1/3 cup) and about2/3 of a cup of Oat bran. I'm wondering

if I should just give up on the Bran and concentrate on eating the whole

oats (cracked, and soaked overnight)?

 

This whole subject of the whole grain, the bran, the germ and any other

parts that i'm unaware of is confusing to me. Seems that the whole grain

should be enough since you get it all. Then again if the majority of the

nutrition is found in the bran then it makes sense to eat more of that.

Is there such of thing as Oat Germ?

 

does anyone know of a good internet source that would explain the

difference between these and what would be a good plan for their

ingestion?

 

thanks,

 

joseph

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In a message dated 20/2/02 01:20:11 GMT Standard Time, makas

writes:

 

 

> Is there such of thing as Oat Germ?

>

 

I did a search on oat germ and there were over 5,000 sites - however, there

were none in the first 50 that actually seemed to tell you what oat germ was

- it could well be oat bran under a different name!

Marianne