Adults stay in flooded forests during the first 5 months of flooding and consume fruits and grains.

A healthy diet involves consuming primarily fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to satisfy caloric requirements, provide the body with essential nutrients, phytochemicals, and fibre, and provide adequate water intake.

Because Asia Minor ground squirrels will consume agricultural grains when they are available, they are considered a pest in many areas, and may be poisoned.

People consumed milk, milk products, grains, fruits and vegetables.

This fungus grows on rye and related plants, and produces alkaloids that can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals who consume grains contaminated with its fruiting structure (called ergot sclerotium).

Commonly consumed grains include millet, sorghum and rice as staple foods.

At the same time, much more of the "harmless" foods can be consumed -fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other starches, as well as fish of all kinds.

Since dietary fiber, both soluble and insoluble, slows the absorption of carbohydrates, people with diabetes are encouraged to consume mostly whole grains, along with vegetables, unsweetened fruit and low-fat protein and dairy foods.

In recent years, a few brewers have produced gluten-free beer, made with sorghum with no barley malt, for those who cannot consume gluten-containing grains like wheat, barley, and rye.

A 2003 Harvard study found that women who consumed more whole grains consistently weighed less than women who didn't include as many whole grains in their diet.