Nutrition Tip

What should grains be eaten with?

The guideline recommends that grains be eaten together with legumes and with milk and dairy products, in order to raise their protein and vitamin content.

Published: 22 August 2026

The grain group is assessed not on its own but together with what is beside it. TÜBER, Türkiye's national dietary guideline, writes this directly: grains should be eaten together with other foods, with legumes and with milk and dairy products, in order to raise their protein and vitamin content. So what is put next to the pilaf is as decisive as the pilaf itself.

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