The Big Grain Lie has been perpetrated by the Vegetarian/Vegan lobby. Grains are NOT good for you in any shape form or fashion (unless soaked or fermented). The government food pyramid is a big fat lie, too. Saturated fat and “cholesterol” being bad for you is also a big fat lie.
This was all started by a bunch of loud mouth Vegetarians and a choice was made to villainize saturated fat on some faulty interpretation of studies. You are made to eat saturated fat. Cholesterol is your friend and is good. Cut the grains and sugar from your diet and tell your Dentist and over educated and misinformed (or ignoring the evidence) Cardiologist to suck eggs.
Go out and get some coconut oil, lard and tallow and start to eat good food. Try a little something from the plant, animal, fungi, protists, and eubacteria kingdoms. THAT’s a balanced diet and you’ll feel better and look better.
I am a 2nd hand vegetarian: Cow eats grass, I eat cow.