Grains link
Grains are an important part of our parrots' diets and our diets as well. Here is a diet that has some interesting facts about a variety of grains. I've been trying to feed more oats to my grey since greys tend to have high chlorestel levels and oats are supposed to help with that. Reading the page on oats was really helpful and interesting.

Walton Feed Grains

Aside from oatmeal, other foods high in soluable fiber will help lower cholestrol levels. Foods such as brussels sprouts, apples, pears, psyllium, barley and prunes. Making sure they keep a good balance of fats is important to. Lower the satured fat found in things like animal products, and feed teh proper amount of EFAs. Lycopene also plays a role in the precention of heart disease and can be found in many red foods. Food sources of lycopene include tomatoes, guava, apricots, watermelon, papaya, and pink grapefruit. Cinnamon also reduces cholesterol levels. Raisins are high in antioxidents which help lower cholestrol. So, a recipe for reducing cholestrol levels...

You'll need some rolled oats (preferably not the quick kind), cinnamon, raisins, red palm oil, and if desired-- apples with peel, pears, apricots, guava and/or papaya. Cook the rolled oats. Add some cinnamon to the water while cooking. Through a food processor run the apples with peel, pears, apricots, guava and/or papaya. When the oats are done add the fruits, some raisins, and red palm oil. Make sure it's cooled off a bit before feeding to your birds. I've also done this using organic just fruit munchies (made by just tomatoes). They will rehydrate while you're cooking the oats and they smell absolutely delicious. Sebastian loves getting this for breakfast.