Cereals

(asked on 27th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits for health of wholegrain consumption.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 7th June 2021

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN’s) Carbohydrates and Health report (2015) included an assessment of the relationship between dietary fibre and whole grains intake and cardio-metabolic, colorectal and oral health outcomes.

SACN found that there was strong evidence from prospective cohort studies that increased intakes of total dietary fibre, and particularly cereal fibre and wholegrain, are associated with a lower risk of cardio-metabolic disease and colorectal cancer.

Based on SACN’s findings government recommends that adults consume 30 grams of dietary fibre each day and that this should be achieved through a variety of food sources.

The SACN Carbohydrates and Health report is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf

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