Best Bets – Nutritious Choices for Digestive Health

• Substitute whole-grain products for refined ones. Be sure to substitute and not add! Try switching out brown rice instead of white and whole-grain pasta instead of conventional pasta.
  
• Always use whole-grain pasta and brown rice.
• Add barley to vegetable soup or stews and bulgur to casseroles or stir-fry.
• Experiment by substituting whole-wheat or oat flour for up to half of the flour in pancake, waffle, muffin or other flour-based recipes.
• Use whole-grain bread or cracker crumbs in meat loaf.
• Try rolled oats or a crushed, unsweetened whole-grain cereal (such as Kashi 7 Whole Grain Nuggets) as breading for baked chicken, fish, veal cutlets, or eggplant Parmesan.
• Freeze leftover cooked brown rice, bulgur or barley. Heat and serve it later as a quick side dish.
• Snack on ready-to-eat, whole-grain cereals, such as Kashi Cinnamon Harvest.
• Add whole-grain flour or oatmeal when making cookies or other baked treats.
• Try a whole-grain snack chip, such as baked tortilla chips.
• Popcorn, a whole grain, can be a healthy snack with little or no added salt and butter.
• Add flaxseed to your oatmeal, yogurt, or orange juice.
• Increase your consumption of yogurt as it is known to help with a variety of digestive issues.