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Oppose. I understand the logic, but can't support primary disambiguation for an article that consists of only 2 sentences. Figure out how to write a couple paragraphs on dietary bran, and then I'd be willing to take a serious look at whether this usage significantly exceeds the mythological and geographic usages. Dragons flight 20:57, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)Support. Thank you for making the page worthy of this. Though I did enjoy reading about Bran Castle (sometimes called Dracula's Castle). Dragons flight 18:20, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
Agree with move - the length of the current article doesn't change the status of the incoming links, and shouldn't affect where the article is placed. sjorford→•← 22:19, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Is anyone aware of any reliable information on problems with ingesting products containing bran? I experience stomach discomfort when eating storebought products with wheat bran, and digestive problems when eating storebought products containing oat bran. Unfortunately I haven't had much luck finding any info on this due to the massive amount of propaganda in support of bran and whole grain foods as health foods. I've heard that phytic acid may be a culprit, and that foods using sprouted grains may remove the phytic acid and alleviate the problem; I've had a little bit of luck buying sprouted grain bread from health stores, but it's expensive and too different from regular bread for my tastes. Thanks. --HunterZ20:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Rediculous claim
The last sentence in the article couldn't possibly be true: "The capacity of bran to absorb large volumes of water is exemplified in a well known demonstration in which bran packed into a 1 litre container can be made to absorb 1 litre of water without any spillage." This could only be true of all the molecules that make up the bran are able to pack into the unoccupied space in liquid water. I'm going to have to call bullshit on this. Also, the demonstration is not so well known (insofar as nobody in the biophysics graduate group at UC Berkeley seems to have heard of this...) I'll be removing it since a Google search also doesn't seem to bring anything up; although I'd be more than happy to actually observe the demonstration myself! --chodges00:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
