The Nuance

The World’s Healthiest Foods Are Missing From Your Diet

When was the last time you ate barley, millet, or buckwheat?

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
4 min readNov 3, 2021

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The study’s design was simple: Every day for four weeks, people ate a serving of either whole grain barley, whole grain brown rice, or both. They changed nothing else about their diets or lifestyle.

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.