Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
> >> Bran - or much better the unprocessed whole plant seed
> >> are *very* good fiber supplies, especially rye.
> >> Bran is not as good as whole plants because in the bran
> >> the vitamins deteriorate due to access to air oxygen.
> >If I recall correctly, bran is almost completely insoluble fiber.
> >
> >Ilya
> To your information: bran is a *very* nutritious food item.
> It has a protein content of 15% which is comparable to your
> ground beef(16.7%). And in terms of vitamin and mineral-content
> it's much better in many aspects.
> Bran is the best parts of the seed.
> *If* you don't assume to be
> allergic because of gluten, lectins, phytates
> or whatever.
>
> Still I'd consider the whole seed as better, because so much protein is
> way too much - it hasn't enough calories - like meat.
>
> Most people here consider wheat as non-paleo, but there are other seeds
> which were available in paleo and savanne times, wich have
> similar profiles.
>
> As example I include the reference for wheat bran,
> (compare it to ground beef).... :
> Wheat bran, crude         Value per
>                           100 grams of
>                           edible portion
>  Energy              kcal       216.000
>  Protein             g           15.550
>  Total lipid (fat)   g            4.250
>  Fiber,total dietary g           42.800
>
>  Minerals
>  Calcium, Ca        mg           73.000
>  Iron, Fe           mg           10.570
Amadeus, this is a perfect example of your replies that I find a little hard
to respond to. I make a simple statment bran is insoluble fiber, rather than
soluble. You seem to take it as a challenge to 'goodness' of bran, go on
defending it. Then change the topic to how meat is worse. All without addressing
whether bran is soluble or not, which is what I wrote about (which was a specific
response to a specific statement made by you). Please don't make it as a flame -
it isn't. Your persistence made me more careful about how I respond to you. But
it is hard having a consistent argument when most of your responses follow this
same pattern.

Ilya